Moving In-house and Out Again with Lynette Koh, Director at Helmsman - Episode 14

In Episode 14 of the Legal Genie podcast, your host, Lara Quie, is in conversation with Lynette Koh, Director at Helmsman LLC. 

Lynette spent the first decade of her career as a banking and insolvency litigator at Rajah & Tann, the biggest law firm in Singapore.  In this time however, she had two years of in-house experience at HSBC, but thereafter returned to Rajah & Tann to further her career as a Partner there, thinking that she had experienced enough of being “in-house”.

As one of two inaugural recipients of the Singapore Academy of Law Post-Qualification Overseas Attachment Award, Lynette later moved to London where she worked alongside renowned Queen’s Counsels with established banking practices.  She then returned to Singapore and back to Rajah & Tann once again, before moving some time later to head the Legal & Business Administration Team, Asia & Oceania Administration Department of Mizuho Bank for over 6 years.

Lynette has recently moved to Helmsman Law LLC as a Director and heads the Corporate and Finance Practice there.

In her free time, Lynette runs a free legal clinic at the Singapore Association for the Deaf, and is passionate about mentoring and sharing experiences, because she strongly believes we are all “better together”.

In this episode Lynette shares:

·         Her background in Singapore and why she decided to study law.

·         Her law degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and being called to the Singapore Bar.

·         Her training at Rajah & Tann in the restructuring & insolvency team.

·         Her first in-house experience in HSBC and why she chose to go in-house early in her career.

·         Her return to private practice at Rajah & Tann and being made up to Partner.

·         The experience of working in London with Queens Counsels and the difference in lunch culture.

·         Her return to Rajah & Tann again and move back in-house to head up the legal team at Japanese bank, Mizuho.

·         What her role in-house involved and how she built relationships and trust with her many-faced clients. 

·         How she handled good days and bad days and kept her team motivated.

·         Her move back to private practice and leading the Corporate & Finance team at Helmsman LLC. 

·         Her advice for young lawyers. 

·         Her advice for private practice lawyers advising in-house counsel.

·         Her volunteer legal clinic at the Singapore Association for the Deaf and why it means so much to her personally. 

I hope that you will enjoy the episode.

To learn more about Lynette Koh, you can find her on LinkedIn and connect with her here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynette-koh-23b988210/

https://www.helmsmanlaw.com/people/

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