MELVIN KHOO
Director
Corporate, Banking & Finance Dept
Head – Asset & Wealth Management

Tel: +(65) 6232 4214
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Melvin was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law from the Middle Temple in England in 1993 and was qualified as a Singapore lawyer in 1995.

Before joining Tan Peng Chin LLC, Melvin was already a specialist asset and wealth management lawyer with Arfat Selvam & Gunasingham (which became known as ASG Law Corporation in 2001) where he advised fund managers, trustees and financial advisers on the establishment and offer of Singapore and offshore public retail funds, private and restricted fund offerings, regulatory compliance, licensing and exemptions, among others. 

Between 1994 to 1999, Melvin was with law firm Harry Elias Partnership where he started his legal career in commercial civil litigation.  He went on to spearhead the firm’s IT and telecommunications practice.  He was appointed legal counsel to the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) in Tokyo and the Asia-Pacific Internet Association (APIA) in Hong Kong and Singapore to advise on regulatory, policy and governance issues.  Melvin represented both organisations as a delegate at the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) 1997 Consultative Meetings on Trademarks and Internet Domain Names in Geneva, Switzerland.

Melvin covers the full spectrum of services offered by the Practice Group.  He also advises on Singapore tax-exempt fund structures for local and foreign investors, and advises foreign fund managers on the tax incentives offered by the Singapore government.  Melvin makes frequent representations on behalf of clients to the regulatory authorities with whom he has built up an excellent rapport.