Derick Ting

Derick Ting is a Partner in the Corporate and Financial Services Regulation Practice Group at Harry Elias Partnership LLP, focusing on Capital Markets Law. His main areas of practice include asset management and investment funds, capital markets and securities regulation, general corporate and commercial advisory, and mergers and acquisitions.

He has advised major UAE government-linked entities, private offices of various members of the royal family, as well as many East Asian enterprises venturing into the Middle East, having previously served as head of the China Desk of a Dubai law firm where he spent several years in the Middle East. Being highly fluent in both English and Mandarin, Derick also has good rapport with many Chinese and other East Asian clients.

Upon re-joining Harry Elias Partnership in 2018, Derick has continued to serve a number of MNCs, SGX-ST listed companies, trade chambers and statutory boards, including the Singapore Business Federation. He has extensive experience in investment funds, private trusts and capital market intermediaries, where he has advised along the fund distribution value chain and on their licensing and compliance issues, including the set-up of family offices and variable capital companies with solution-oriented directions.

He is a Notable Practitioner for Capital Markets: Equity and M&A by IFLR1000 Asia Pacific (2024, 2025). Derick holds an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and is a member of the Singapore Academy of Law and The Law Society of Singapore.