Collas Crill, the only Channel Islands law firm to open an office in Singapore, has hired funds specialist Leon Santos as a group partner there. Santos will be based in Singapore from next month.
The news comes shortly after the firm announced that Guernsey-based trust and fiduciary specialist Marcus Hinkley will be moving to Singapore in September to head the office.
The Australian-qualified Santos previously worked with Mourant in Jersey and London, and with SJ Berwin and Kirkland & Ellis in London. He was most recently an in-house lawyer with Prosperity Capital Management in London, a funds manager investing in Russia and the CIS. Santos has experience advising private fund managers, banks and corporations on fund establishment, investment structuring, and operational issues.
Santos is the latest addition to Collas Crill's funds team, which is led by Paul Wilkes in Guernsey and Mark Rawlins in Jersey.
"This appointment is the latest development in our plans to increase the capabilities and strength of our offering in Singapore,” said Collas Crill managing partner Jason Romer in a statement. “This is an exciting expansion of the firm's Singapore team, and will ensure that we are able to continue to provide both fiduciary and corporate and funds experience at a high level to our clients in Asia. Leon's significant on- and offshore funds experience will also boost Collas Crill's fund practice more widely."
Headquartered in Guernsey and Jersey, Collas Crill specialises in trusts and funds, catering to institutions and high net worth individuals internationally.
Ranajit Dam is Southeast Asia Editor at ALB. Follow us on Twitter: @ALB_Magazine.
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