Margaret Huang

Margaret’s representative experience includes*:

Investigations and Compliance

• Led numerous internal investigations and compliance projects focusing on bribery, corruption, fraud and internal controls in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Romania.
• Advised a leading global provider of medical devices on its legal and compliance issues in relation to its distributors in Japan and India.
• Advised a major healthcare conglomerate in relation to allegations of improper payments to healthcare professionals for the promotion of prescribed drugs.
• Advised life sciences clients generally on healthcare regulatory matters such as labelling, advertisements, grants and disease awareness programs as well as on commercial matters relating to supply agreements, distribution agreements and quality agreements.
• Advised a Singapore-listed company relating to alleged misconduct by its employees in selective reporting of financial performance.*
• Advised a network infrastructure provider in relation to allegations of money laundering and “roundtripping.”*
• Advised a leading global provider of systems and software for the hospitality industry relating to alleged under-declaration of custom duties in its Singapore operations as well as employment-related issues following internal investigations.*

Data Privacy

• Advised a Fortune 500 biopharmaceutical company on its data privacy requirements in Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
• Advised a Fortune 500 commodities company on its global data privacy policies, including conducting a readiness review in the context of China’s data privacy laws.
• Advised a U.S. private equity fund management company on privacy issues in relation to the collection, storage and transfer of personal data to overseas data management companies.
• Advised an established online payment gateway company on its data privacy policy for Hong Kong and Singapore.

Employment and Sanctions Counselling

• Advised an international hedge fund setting up office in Singapore on all its employment matters including developing employment agreements and policies.
• Advised a software developer on its recruitment and retention policy for remote employees.
• Advised a major player in the marine and offshore industry in relation to disciplinary actions taken against its employees following internal investigations.*
• Advised a global food and agricultural company on sanctions imposed by Singapore.*

International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation

• Acted successfully for a prominent private equity firm in Asia in respect of a claim brought by an ex-employee for wrongful termination, conspiracy and contractual breaches of carried interest agreement.*
• Acted successfully for Korean gaming companies in a billion-dollar claim arising from breaches of the software licensing agreement in respect of a hugely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).*
• Acted for Thailand and BVI entities in arbitral proceedings arising out of a dispute concerning the shares of one of South-East Asia’s leading renewable energy companies, and successfully set aside the arbitral proceedings before the Singapore International Commercial Court.*

*Includes matters worked on prior to joining Sidley.

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law