Events

The Industry Insight series is organised by the SCCA Student Chapter. If you are a law student, in-house counsel looking to change industries or just plain curious, join us as we explore the myths, facts and career prospects of being an in-house counsel in different industries.

Have you ever thought of working as an in-house counsel to a start up? Or being entrepreneurial and founding your own start up and being the boss? Our speakers have done that and more! Learn more about the good, the bad and the ugly of being an in-house counsel to a start up and founding your own start up.

SCCA Student Chapter aims to bring the wider law student community together and to develop the next generation of in-house counsels. For more information on the SCCA Student Chapter and to take part in its activities, please visit here. 

Speakers

Ashwin is a Senior Legal Counsel specializing in Technology, Media, and Telecommunication laws, with a particular focus on FinTech, Competition, Crypto services and multisided-platform technology, where he helps navigate 21st-century disruptive technologies/products against 20th-century laws. 

Ezra is General Counsel & Head of Compliance at Tazapay, a digital escrow and B2B payments startup backed by Sequoia. He has spent 4 years in fintech and absolutely loves it. He’s also passionate about crypto and blockchain.

Samson Leo is the co-founder and chief legal officer of Fazz Financial Group and Xfers which are both high-growth Fintech 250 companies. Since his time as co-founder and Chief Legal Officer in Xfers, he has grown Xfers from a 3-person start-up to a regional company with more than 200 people across Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines. Today, he heads the Fazz Financial Group’s legal team of 12 legal counsels in Singapore & Indonesia and oversees the FFG Compliance committee consisting of senior compliance professionals and their team.