Mayer Brown JSM has lured two senior lawyers from a global bank to jointly lead the firm’s pan-Asia trade finance, structured finance, and governance and advisory services team.
The firm has appointed Angelia Chia and Ben Sandstad as partners in its Singapore office.
The new duo, who possess more than 40 years of combined experience, come from Standard Chartered, where they led separate global legal teams.
Prior to the move Chia was the global head of legal for trade at Standard Chartered. She was previously in-house counsel for Cargill and J.P. Morgan Chase.
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Chia advises on matters such as the sale and purchase of goods and services across industries, the provision of financing using a variety of financing products from traditional to open account, including supply chain finance techniques, and the distribution of risks arising from such sales.
Sandstad was Standard Chartered's head of legal for commercial, corporate, and institutional clients in Greater China and North-East Asia, before transitioning to become its global head of legal for credit, lending, and governance at the bank’s client legal business.
