Deryne Sim

Deryne Sim Lifen is an openly lesbian media and entertainment lawyer and an LGBTQ activist.

She serves on the steering committee of Pink Dot SG, a social movement which promotes acceptance and equality for LGBTQ people in Singapore. Her portfolio in Pink Dot SG encompasses providing legal advice to the organization and spearheading Red Dot for Pink Dot, the business networking arm of Pink Dot SG which conducts fundraising activities for Pink Dot SG and promotes workplace inclusion in Singapore. Additionally, she is a committee member with the Ready4Repeal movement, which advocates for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Singapore.

Sim was a contributor to Same But Different: A Singapore LGBT Legal Guide For Couples & Families.

In 2019, she was awarded the Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and used the opportunity to pursue an LL.M at the University of Edinburgh in Innovation, Technology and the Law. However, soon after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, she returned to Singapore in 2020. 

=Experience=
 * Legal Consultant at The Walt Disney Company (Singapore) from 20 December 2020 to the present
 * Director, Legal & Business Affairs at KC Global Media Entertainment LLC (Singapore) from June 2020 to November 2020
 * Legal Counsel, Corporate Legal at Sony Pictures Entertainment (Singapore) from August 2016 to May 2020 where she
 * provided practical legal solutions to various business units for:
 * revenue deals such as advertising and sponsorship agreements and affiliate sales agreements.
 * marketing (including regional contests and on-ground events) and PR matters.
 * regulatory, corporate secretarial, compliance (FCPA and UK Bribery Act) and censorship issues.
 * supported the Vice President of Corporate Legal for special projects such as negotiating agreements with major affiliate partners, business development.
 * Legal Counsel at Scripps Networks Interactive from March 2014 to August 2016 where she
 * reviewed and negotiated agreements such as:
 * advertising sales, channel distribution, barter, production services, program acquisition, program licensing, talent engagement, IT and vendor agreements.
 * applied for and maintaining licences with various regulators in the APAC region (e.g., broadcasting licences in Taiwan and Vietnam)
 * implemented data protection and privacy policies
 * emplemented anti-corruption policies
 * managed the process of appointing and maintaining third.
 * Legal Counsel at CNBC from September 2012 to February 2014
 * Associate at Bird & Bird ATMD LLP from September 2010 to September 2012
 * Legal associate in the Intellectual Property department, IP litigation workgroup
 * Pupil / Legal Associate at Harry Elias Partnership from July 2008 to July 2010
 * Assistant to senior partners from the Civil and Commercial Litigation and Sports and Media Law practice groups

=Education=
 * The University of Edinburgh, LL.M, Innovation, Technology and the Law from 2019 - 2020
 * National University of Singapore, LL.BLaw from 2004 - 2008
 * Activities and Societies: NUS Sports Club - Golf
 * Singapore Media Academy, Diploma, Film & Television (Production) from 2013 - 2014 (The WSQ Diploma in Film & Television (Production) is a part-time diploma awarded by the Singapore Media Academy and developed in line with the Singapore Government's Workforce Skills Qualifications framework.)
 * Hwa Chong Junior College, A Levels from 2002 - 2003
 * Methodist Girls' School, O Levels, from 1997 - 2001

=Videos=

On 19 December 2016, Not Only Voices uploaded an interview with Sim to YouTube:

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=See also=

=References=
 * https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/deryne-sim/24394
 * https://sg.linkedin.com/in/deryne?challengeId=AQHMOjOVPaIBdgAAAXwldMgqjHp0B1a92CTJ7m7DXunD-03gjOhJ-xNQraLmwt6aXqO7fRu47RtnAiL72dhes9AForC1ASGuoQ&submissionId=18120522-8992-a816-b87a-12ade6188862
 * https://www.autrecercle.org/page/interview-of-deryne-sim-from-pink-dot-singapour
 * https://www.outinsingapore.com/project-001/2018/7/4/deryne-sim
 * https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-protect-lgbtq-people-with-workplace-anti-discrimination-law

=Acknowledgements=

This article was written by Roy Tan.