Willy Uy: Growing in the Provinces

September 04, 2009 | BY

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Shui On Land's recent syndicated loan financing and security arrangements has been short-listed for Restructuring Deal of the Year at the 2009 China Law & Practice Awards. The property developer's Shanghai-based director of legal affairs Willie Uy speaks with CLP

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What are the key responsibilities of your role, and how does this fit in with the rest of the legal function at Shui On Land?

I am in charge of the legal, compliance and company secretarial functions of the company, and the legal department is broadly divided into three groups to take care of each function. For legal work, we have an international team and a local team. The local team is further divided into regional teams to take care of different local projects. I am also a member of the ethics committee, which oversees the business ethics of the company. Being a member of the management of the company, I am also involved in other non-legal managerial issues.