Ying Wang

Ying is a technology, payments and digital assets lawyer based in Singapore. She advises fintechs, financial institutions, digital asset businesses and technology companies on regulatory matters, technology and corporate transactions, and intellectual property across Asia Pacific.

Ying has a long-standing technology transactions practice. She advises customers and suppliers on master services agreements, SaaS and cloud arrangements, outsourcing, software licensing and development, data licensing and where relevant, MAS outsourcing, technology risk and third-party risk requirements. She also negotiates strategic commercial and partnership agreements that sit around technology, payments and digital asset businesses. Her work covers regulatory and IP due diligence, warranty negotiations, change-in-control approvals, and technology and IP licensing.

She advises investors, companies, buyers and sellers on funding rounds and M&A in payments and digital assets.

She advises on data protection and cybersecurity, including cross-border data transfers and APEC CBPR certification, and on online safety and AI governance.

Her financial regulatory practice centers on licensing and perimeter questions under Singapore's Payment Services Act (PSA), Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) and Securities and Futures Act (SFA), relating to digital payment token services, stablecoins, payments and tokenization of real-world assets. She advises on license structuring, MAS applications, AML/CFT and travel rule compliance, technology risk and outsourcing obligations. Working with colleagues and local counsel, she coordinates advice for clients operating across the region.

Her intellectual property practice spans the protection and commercialization of IP rights across several jurisdictions, with particular depth in the media, games, music and software sectors.

Ying is ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific for TMT, where she is noted for cryptocurrency and data protection work, and has been consistently named a Leading Partner for TMT by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. She has previously been ranked by Chambers for IP Litigation and Startups & Emerging Companies.

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