General Manager, North Asia & Growth

A recognised leader, Natasha is an experienced senior executive with 20 years experience in technology & management consulting; focusing on innovation (new ways of working), strategy and emerging tech. Natasha works with customers to understand their challenges and partners with them to drive value and quality outcomes. 

Joining KorumLegal in 2021, Natasha is looking forward to growing our footprint in North Asia and driving growth globally for the company.  With significant experience in managing the operational function & strategic direction of growing organisations, she has a keen ability to identify opportunities in the market that require focus and empowering the people she works with to be better and do better every day.

Past work: MTR, Accuteque, Telstra, Ernst & Young, PwC, AXA, Merill Lynch & ANZ 

Education: Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Melbourne Business School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology & Australian National University 

General Manager, SEA

Rob is an English qualified senior corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive experience across European and Asian markets.

Rob joined KorumLegal in May 2019 having previously worked as a corporate lawyer in the London team of a US law firm before moving to Singapore in 2016 to help develop their mainstream corporate and commercial practice for the Asia-Pacific region. He has  supported global corporate clients with M&A, investments, joint ventures and other business expansion strategies.

Rob’s client experience includes  secondments, public and private corporates, family offices, entrepreneurs and investment funds across a variety of industries and sectors, in particular financial services, technology and consumer goods & services.

Past work: Squire Patton Boggs

Education: LLB (Hons), University of Bristol, UK and University of Fribourg, Switzerland

General Manager, EMEA

Danh is an experienced senior corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years of global commercial practice experience across banking, financial services, payments and technology sectors. He has worked in global listed companies and in private practice on a wide range of matters including general corporate and commercial, financial services regulatory, AML/CTF, remittances and payments, business advisory and strategic risk and compliance. He also has extensive general management, leadership and business development experience.

Danh is also experienced in leading large transformation initiatives, using Lean Management principles, tools and practices to drive organisational, operational and cultural change, including Legal Process Management.

Past work: The Western Union Company, Westpac Banking Corporation, Lexmark International, Baker & McKenzie, Australian Broadcasting Authority, Blake Dawson Waldron

Education: LLB (Honours), BA (Mass Communications), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Head of Sales and Business Development, SEA

Lara joined KorumLegal in July 2021 having previously been the APAC Head of Business Development at an international law firm. She is a non-practising English Corporate Solicitor, who formerly practised in London focused on EU and UK Competition law.

Lara is an accredited executive coach and entrepreneur, who loves to engage with lawyers, founders, and business owners to brainstorm how to grow their business. She is a passionate podcaster and host of The Legal Genie Podcast. She was recently named to Singapore’s 40 Over 40 list of Inspiring Women in the Entrepreneur category.

Half British / half Japanese, Lara loves Asia and has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong for over a decade.

Past work: Duane Morris & Selvam, Jones Day, Winston & Strawn, DLA Piper, Dentons 

Education: M.A., B.A. (Hons.), University of Oxford (Christ Church)

Head of Customer Solutions & Operations, North Asia

Matt has spent his career to date working within the legal space. Initially, London based, working for a specialist boutique recruitment firm as Head of Legal, before relocating to Hong Kong in order to set up the firm’s first Asia office and further establish their presence in the APAC region. Now, as part of our HQ function, Matt utilises his extensive EMEA and APAC legal market knowledge to help build the KorumLegal brand, strengthen our existing customer and consultant relationships and promote KorumLegal’s capabilities to the market.

Past work: WSR Recruitment

Education: BSc (Geography), Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

Head of Business Development & Sales - North Asia

Charné is a South-African qualified lawyer who started her legal career at ENSAfrica, Africa’s largest law firm. In 2015, she moved to Hong Kong where she has since gained broad legal, business development and project management experience. Charné has previously worked as Legal Counsel in Hong Kong and then moved to join a start-up in the intelligence and investigations space where she was responsible for the growth and development of the business in the APAC and African regions.

Past work: Kalavinka Advisors, Sovereign Trust, ENSafrica (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Education: Bachelor of Laws, University of Pretoria (South Africa)

Growth Marketing Executive

Satinder joined KorumLegal as a law graduate intern in 2018 and then took up the role as a growth marketing executive. She is excited to explore non-traditional legal opportunities and innovation in the legal space.  She has a keen interest in NewLaw and LegalTech and how it is changing the legal industry.  She has also enjoyed her return to Hong Kong which has enabled her to improve her Cantonese!

Languages: Punjabi, Hindi, Cantonese (intermediate) 

Education: LLB (Hons), Coventry University, United Kingdom

Finance & Operations Manager

Rutvi is a finance specialist with over 8 years experience in India and Hong Kong.  She joined the KorumLegal team after working with several MNCs and SMEs, where she decided that the legal scale-up space was where she wanted to be.  Rutvi brings a depth of knowledge to her role at KorumLegal, having completed her MBA specialising in Finance and Project Management in 2011.  Apart from work, she likes travelling and she has recently taken up baking! 

Education:
- MBA (Finance & Project Management),  Charusat University, India
- Executive Company Secretary, ICSI, India