Hien Fhong Chee

Singapore-qualified lawyer with experience spanning corporate and commercial law, governance, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management and data protection. Previously served as corporate counsel, Risk Manager and Data Protection Officer within a leading non-profit healthcare organisation, following more than a decade in healthcare administration, operational leadership and public-funding governance.

Offers a practical understanding of organisational risk, stakeholder accountability and the translation of governance requirements into effective operations, with particular insight into the non-profit and healthcare sectors.

Work Experience

Tito Isaac & Co LLP

Singapore 06/2026–Present

Associate, Corporate & Commercial Practice

Advise clients on corporate and commercial matters, including commercial arrangements, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, employment and data protection.
Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, corporate documents, employment agreements, and banking and security documentation.
Support corporate transactions and legal due diligence, including reviewing corporate records and contracts and drafting due diligence findings, management confirmations, and ancillary documents.
Manage matters through drafting, negotiation, execution and completion, coordinating with clients, counterparties and external professionals.

Legal Executive, Corporate & Commercial Practice

Conducted legal and regulatory research and prepared initial drafts of commercial agreements, corporate documents and legal correspondence under lawyers’ supervision.
Assisted with legal due diligence by reviewing corporate records and contracts, maintaining document requests, and preparing issue lists and draft findings.
Supported the preparation and collation of banking, security, corporate and employment documentation.
Coordinated document execution, conditions precedent and completion deliverables with clients, counterparties and external professionals.

Scale AI / Outlier AI

Remote 03/2026–05/2026

Legal Specialist, Singapore Law Project

Reviewed and evaluated AI-generated legal analyses on Singapore law for accuracy, reasoning, relevance, and citation quality.
Researched Singapore legal issues and provided structured feedback to improve model outputs.

Civic Legal LLC

Singapore 03/2025–03/2026

Practice Trainee

Assisted on insurance defence, personal injury, recovery, and civil litigation matters, including matter assessment, evidence review, and case chronologies.
Drafted legal correspondence, pleadings, affidavits, settlement documentation, and submissions.
Conducted research on contractual, liability, and procedural issues and supported the development of litigation strategy.
Supported FIDReC mediation proceedings, complex personal injury claims, and cross-border civil litigation.

The National Kidney Foundation Singapore

Singapore 03/2013–03/2025

Corporate Legal Counsel

Reported directly to the CEO and provided in-house legal support on commercial contracts, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, data protection, and legal risk.
Drafted and reviewed commercial agreements and vendor contracts, with particular attention to liability, indemnities, confidentiality, and regulatory requirements.
Advised on employment disputes, AML/CFT and regulatory matters; coordinated external counsel and supported governance arrangements for institutional collaborations and a healthcare research fund.

Risk Manager, Finance & Risk Management / Data Protection Officer

Oversaw organisational PDPA compliance, data governance, incident management, AI governance, enterprise risk management, and business continuity planning.
Advised senior stakeholders as a second line of defence on regulatory, governance, operational, and data-protection risks.
Led and coordinated responses to data-protection and patient-safety incidents, strengthening controls and supporting appropriate regulatory and stakeholder outcomes.

Head, Community Care (Services/Subventions)

Led a 26-member department administering subvention operations across three dialysis treatment modalities and supporting care for more than 4,500 patients.
Oversaw the accurate and timely disbursement of approximately S$54.7 million in public healthcare funding, with strong outcomes across AGO and internal and external audits.
Managed operational controls, reporting, and stakeholder coordination across public agencies and healthcare institutions.
Implemented robotic process automation that reduced manual processing by approximately 25 hours per week.

Assistant Manager, Patient Advocacy

Managed patient-advocacy and community-care initiatives, including case coordination and engagement with patients, families, clinicians, and partner agencies.
Seconded to support an Agency for Integrated Care advance care planning project, contributing to programme implementation and stakeholder coordination.

Education

Executive Master of Business Administration in Strategic Leadership

Quantic School of Business and Technology

2026

Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

Singapore University of Social Sciences

2024

Certifications

Advocate and Solicitor

Supreme Court of Singapore

08/2026

Six Sigma Black Belt

01/2025

Certified Information Privacy Professional/Asia (CIPP/A)

01/2023

Practitioner Certificate in Personal Data Protection (Singapore)

01/2021

Volunteering & Leadership

Pro Bono SG

Community Volunteer, Legal Clinic

Skills

Commercial Agreements, Corporate Advisory, Corporate Governance, Data Protection & PDPA, Employment Matters, Enterprise Risk Management, Legal Due Diligence, Regulatory Compliance

Core competencies: Banking & Security Documentation, Civil Litigation, Legal Research & Drafting, Stakeholder Management

Technical skills: AI evaluation and literacy, legal practice-management systems, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Oracle, Power BI, SPSS, Tableau