Wilson Ang
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Wilson Ang is a dispute resolution lawyer based in Singapore. He heads the Asia regulatory compliance and investigations practice, as well as the cybersecurity and data privacy practice.
Wilson focuses on strategic governance issues, including conducting internal investigations on business ethics and anti-corruption matters, often involving the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, and the Singapore Prevention of Corruption Act. He advises on risk and crisis management, remediation measures and follow-on disputes. Wilson has extensive experience designing and implementing compliance programs, conducting integrity due diligence reviews and handling complex and sensitive issues involving bribery, fraud, sanctions, money-laundering/terrorist-financing, cyber-security attacks, data breach incidents, competition law and financial services regulatory violations in Asia and beyond. Wilson's practice also involves ESG issues like modern slavery and business human rights due diligence, health and safety matters, environmental regulatory disclosures and corporate governance. He is a certified auditor for ISO37001: Anti-Bribery Management Systems.
Wilson has significant experience advising leading energy, transport and life sciences companies, major financial/banking institutions, as well as multinational corporations and Asian conglomerates. He counsels directors and senior management on corporate ethics and personal liability.
He is a frequent speaker and author of various publications on business ethics and anti-corruption and other compliance and investigations-related matters.
Wilson qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore, was admitted to the Solicitors' Roll of England and Wales and qualified as a Solicitor in Hong Kong. He became a Solicitor-Advocate and was awarded higher rights of audience in England and Wales.
Wilson is recognized by Chambers & Partners, Who's Who Legal and The Legal 500.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Advocate & Solicitor (Supreme Court of Singapore, practising under section 36E of the Legal Profession Act)
- Solicitor, qualified in Hong Kong
- Solicitor, Advocate, qualified in England & Wales
Band 1, Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption Singapore: Ranked individual, Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific, 2018-2023
Leading lawyer, Investigations, Who's Who Legal, 2018-2023
Tier 1 Leading individual, White-collar crime: Foreign firms, The Legal 500, Asia Pacific, Singapore, 2021-2023
Tier 1, Financial service regulatory: Foreign firms, The Legal 500, Asia Pacific, Singapore, 2017-2023
- Government Investigations, Singapore – Getting the Deal Through, 2021-2024
- Anti-Corruption Regulation, Singapore – Getting the Deal Through, 2011-2022
- Faculty member of Seton Hall Asia-Pacific Healthcare Compliance Program in Singapore from 2013-2024
- Co-Chair and panel moderator of GIR Asia in Singapore in 2023
- Facilitator of the International Company Directors' Course by Australian Institute of Company Directors from 2015-2020
- Speaker and panelist at various American Conference Institute Asia-Pacific Summits on Anti-Corruption
Insights
Regulation Around the World: Anti-money laundering update
Publication | October 11, 2024
Singapore Steps Up its Fight Against Money Laundering with New Legislation
Publication | September 24, 2024
Malaysia introduces watershed amendments to Personal Data Protection Act 2010
Blog | August 01, 2024