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Synopsis

The rise of regulations globally and accompanying cross-border complexities,
has fuelled the need for compliance professionals-both external and in-house. Combating financial crime and market misconduct have become key elements of good governance, whether in the financial services or other industries. Large corporations in almost any industry have important compliance officer roles as they navigate and comply with a host of international regulations. The compliance officer’s role has also evolved and in several sectors/organisations, they sit within senior management or report to senior management. A legal background is an asset in a compliance career given the lawyer’s skill in reading, understanding and applying laws and regulations. It is not uncommon to find compliance officers with law degrees and/or legal practice histories.

As this trend continues, come and find out what it takes to be a compliance
professional and how your legal training could present opportunities!

About the Speaker

Damayanti Shahani
Managing Director, Principium Consulting Pte Ltd

Damayanti Shahani is a senior lawyer and compliance professional with 18+
years of experience in both the private and public capital markets. She is the
Founder and Managing Director of Principium Consulting, a consulting firm
that provides regulatory compliance support to the financial services industry particularly in the asset management, brokerage, Fintech and corporate finance arena covering regulations of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and US regulators.

In the past, Damayanti has had a long career working at and has held leadership roles at blue-chip consulting and law firms in Singapore, New York and Mumbai in the capital markets service lines including Cravath in New York, Freshfields and Duff & Phelps in Singapore. Her clients have included global and regional banks, fund managers, broker-dealers, family offices, Fintech companies and Fortune 500 companies. She has also advised clients on some ‘firsts’ in the capital markets space-both on the regulatory and transactional sides. Damayanti has also worked at a regulator: the US SEC in Washington DC.

Damayanti is called to the bar in New York, England & Wales and India. She
has a Masters in Law (Securities & Financial Regulation) on the Dean’s List and with Distinction, from Georgetown University in Washington DC. She is
regularly published and speaks at industry events. Damayanti is also currently the Chair of the Singapore Impact Committee of global organisation, 100 Women in Finance.