Butler Snow attorney John Shoemaker has been selected to serve as Honorary Auditor of the Singapore Trustees Association (STA) for 2021-2023. In this role, Shoemaker will perform audits on the annual (STA) accounts, including reviewing financial statements, making pertinent inquiries and auditing records. More information about the STA can be found here.
Shoemaker is a member of the firm’s business services group and practices in the Singapore office. He has more than 30 years of experience in legal and regulatory compliance and is a common law attorney with an educational emphasis on taxation, trusts and estate planning. Shoemaker also has extensive experience in ensuring multi-jurisdictional compliance for product offerings (working with outside counsel and adapting products for sale in relevant jurisdictions), including product management skills to direct complex products from concept to fully operational status.
Shoemaker is a member of the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (holding its TEP designation), the Singapore Trustees Association (serving on its Technical Committee), and the Kansas Bar Association (serving on its Board of Directors). He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, his Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law and his Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law.
