Shawn Chen

Shawn Chen is a partner of Deloitte Singapore and serves as the General Counsel for Deloitte Southeast Asia (SEA).

He heads the SEA Office of the General Counsel (SEA OGC), which supervises and manages legal risk matters of Deloitte in SEA; SEA OGC plans and executes initiatives in corporate and inorganic growth, contracting, governance and regulatory compliance, disputes, crisis management and investigations, and employment.  He sits on the SEA Partners’ Ethics Committee, adjudicating on partner and professional misconduct and recommending the implementation of remedial or other actions, and heads the SEA Board Secretariat.  He also serves as the Deputy General Counsel, Deloitte Asia-Pacific and oversees certain legal matters across the region.  He was previously the Inorganic Growth Capability Leader, Deloitte Asia-Pacific and had oversight of corporate and commercial matters in Deloitte Asia-Pacific, such as advising on corporate transactions including investments, acquisitions of businesses and onboarding into/exiting of practices from the Deloitte network.

Shawn serves the Ministry of Finance of Singapore, having been appointed by the Minister as a member of the Income Tax Board of Review, which hears disputes between taxpayers and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Shawn was at a Tier 1 law firm in Singapore, specializing as a partner in its capital markets practice and thereafter spent time as a managing director in a private investment group.

Shawn is a Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant of CPA Australia and holds a Master of Professional Accounting, Singapore Management University (2019), and was called as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Supreme Court of Singapore (2000) and to the Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales (2004).  His first degree was a Bachelor of Laws, National University of Singapore (1999).