Robson (Teck Leng) Lee

Robson Lee (Teck Leng) is a partner at Kennedys and a director of Legal Solutions LLC in Singapore, where he leads a corporate practice with a strong emphasis on capital markets and securities work. A veteran corporate lawyer with more than three decades of experience, he has been named the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 “Securities Law Expert of the Year in Singapore”.

A senior corporate and securities practitioner

Robson Lee heads the Singapore corporate practice and the joint law venture, Kennedys Legal Solutions, and serves as a director of Legal Solutions LLC. He is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Solicitor of England & Wales, and brings more than thirty years of legal experience to his work. His practice spans international mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity, environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, regulatory compliance, white-collar crime investigations, wealth management and family offices, and the regulation of digital assets, cryptocurrency and FinTech in Singapore.

Securities and capital markets law is central to this practice. Advising companies on fundraising, listings, continuing obligations and corporate governance, and guiding clients through the regulatory framework that governs Singapore's securities markets, requires both technical precision and a firm grasp of how regulators approach these matters. His breadth – from capital markets and M&A to regulatory compliance and investigations – allows him to advise clients across the full life cycle of their corporate and securities needs.

Career and standing

Before his current roles, Robson Lee spent twenty-one years as a senior partner at Shook Lin & Bok, one of Singapore's established firms, and seven years as a global equity partner at the international firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. This combination of leading domestic and international firm experience reflects both his depth in Singapore law and his exposure to cross-border transactions and global practice standards.

His engagement with the securities markets extends beyond private practice. He has served as Head of Legal Affairs at the Securities Investors Association (Singapore), the body representing retail investors, and sits on Appeal Advisory Committees of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank and integrated financial regulator. These roles place him close to the development and application of securities regulation and investor protection in Singapore, giving him a perspective that few practitioners share.

Securities law in Singapore

Singapore is one of Asia's principal financial centres, with a sophisticated capital market and a robust regulatory regime overseen by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Companies raising capital, undertaking listings or navigating takeovers must comply with a detailed framework of securities laws, listing rules and corporate governance requirements, while new areas such as digital assets and sustainable finance continue to reshape the regulatory landscape. Advisers who combine deep securities and capital markets expertise with regulatory insight – and who understand the perspectives of both issuers and investors – are essential to the functioning of this market. Robson Lee's long career, his firm and international pedigree, and his advisory and regulatory roles position him firmly within this field.

Emerging areas: ESG, digital assets and FinTech

Robson Lee's practice reflects the way securities and financial regulation in Singapore is evolving. Alongside traditional capital markets and M&A work, he advises on environmental, social and governance matters and on the regulation of digital assets, cryptocurrency and FinTech – areas in which the Monetary Authority of Singapore has been especially active in setting the regulatory pace. For issuers, investors and financial institutions, these emerging fields raise novel questions of disclosure, compliance and governance that build on established securities-law principles. An adviser who combines three decades of capital markets experience with fluency in these newer areas is well placed to guide clients as the regulatory landscape continues to develop, and Robson Lee's advisory and regulatory roles keep him close to that development.

The Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 “Securities Law Expert of the Year in Singapore” recognises Robson Lee for his securities and capital markets expertise, his leadership of the corporate practice at Kennedys in Singapore, and his contribution to investor protection and financial regulation.