Cheryl is a Director with the Corporate & Finance Department in Drew & Napier.
Her key areas of practice are Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Trust and Administrative & Public Law.
Cheryl advises clients on regulatory matters, ranging from cybersecurity to payment services to gaming. She also advises clients on legal, contractual and governance issues arising from their use of AI at all stages of the AI life-cycle: from procuring the computing resources, to the data used in model training, to the IP and liability issues arising from the output. She has acted for both developers and deployers of AI solutions, drafting/reviewing contracts for both selling and procuring AI solutions.
Cheryl is familiar with the in-house legal function, having been seconded to a Singapore-headquartered APAC technology group where she drafts, reviews and negotiates a variety of IT contracts such as Master Services Agreements, software development agreements, and reseller agreements.
Cheryl publishes frequently on legal issues arising from the use of AI with the Law Society of Singapore, where her work has been cited in a Singapore regulator’s report, awarded “Best Feature Article” in the 2024 Law Gazette awards, and also featured in the Law Society’s yearly top 10 most read articles.
She has conducted talks on AI for organisations and industry associations (e.g., IPOS International, LexisNexis SEA), local and ASEAN regulators, and in local (NUS, SMU), European and Chinese universities. She has also been invited to contribute her views on AI issues with research institutions such as the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre at the University of Oxford, and the Global Index on Responsible AI. She is appointed as an Industry Fellow with the Singapore Management University’s Centre for Digital Law.
Before joining the firm in 2022, Cheryl was a State Counsel/Legislative Drafter in the Legislation Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (Singapore’s national law drafting office). For 8 years, she has advised Ministries and Statutory Boards on their policies, helping them to manage the legal risks of their policies, and proposing alternatives where the legal risk is high. She drafts the necessary legislation which is then published if the policy also requires a change in the law.
Cheryl has advised on and drafted legislation across a wide variety of subjects, with a focus on transport (including autonomous vehicles), infrastructure, technology, and civil procedure.While in Drew & Napier, she continues to advise local statutory boards, and has embarked on a legislative project for a foreign regulator.
Cheryl is also familiar with leading and organising projects, having successfully worked with internal and external stakeholders to deliver a significant national project – the 2020 Revised Edition of Acts – Singapore’s largest revision of laws to date, spanning 510 Acts with 27,000 pages.
Prior to becoming a Legislative Drafter, Cheryl was a Deputy Public Prosecutor. Cheryl graduated from the National University of Singapore and was placed third in the 2012 Singapore Bar Examinations.
Asian Legal Business
Singapore Rising Star 2025
Clients and industry partners commend Seah's "strong ability to navigate complex regulatory landscapes with clarity" and that she is "well attuned to commercial, business and market considerations.
Singapore Business Review
Identified as one of Singapore’s 20 most notable lawyers under 40 in 2024
Singapore Law Gazette Awards
Awarded Best Feature Article, titled “Navigating the Ever-evolving AI Landscape: What Lawyers and Businesses in Singapore Should Know” in 2024