Welcome to Lateral Law
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About Us
About Us
Lateral Law Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based international law firm.
We advise our local and international clients on cross-border corporate and commercial legal matters in Asia.
We take pride in our ability to handle complex legal matters and provide high-quality, international-class and cost-efficient legal services.
Our attorneys have extensive international experience gained at top-tier organizations in both in-house and private practice contexts in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Our Practice Areas
We specialize in managing multi-jurisdictional matters. Where desired by our clients, we work with highly experienced lawyers in our network of local counsel based in Mumbai, Delhi and Singapore, among other jurisdictions, particularly in relation to contentious matters and regulatory projects.
Financial Services
Investment Funds
Cross Border Investments and Divestments
Fintech – Start-ups, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Financial Regulations (including Regulatory Change Management)
Compliance (including AML Advisory)
India Legal Advisory - Transactional, Regulatory and Contentious
Regulatory Investigations
International Securities Offerings (particularly with U.S. components)
Technology – Outsourcing and Change Management
Data Protection/Privacy Advisory
Liability Management
Corporate Vehicles - Formation, Structuring and Restructuring
Cross-Border Disputes
Our People
Munish leads our corporate and commercial practice. He has over two decades of experience gained at top-tier firms (such as Clifford Chance, Fried Frank, Skadden and Amarchand) and financial institutions (such as Citigroup Global Markets and RBS Group/NatWest Markets, where he held positions of Country Legal Head and Asia Legal Head, respectively) across a range of areas such as capital markets, banking and finance, investment funds, private equity, securities offerings, regulatory and compliance advisory, liability and change management, restructurings, dispute management and large-scale legal project management.
Munish graduated from Harvard Law School, Cambridge University and Delhi University. He was a WM Tapp Scholar in Law at Gonville and Caius College (Cambridge), James N Snitzler Scholar at Harvard Law School and a gold medalist with first rank in Delhi University for both law and science degrees. He is licensed to practice in New York, England & Wales and India. Munish is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He is also a Data Protection Practitioner certified by the Singapore Data Protection Commission.
Our People
Our People
