Lawyers in Singapore
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Ivan Chan
Ivan Chan's experience includes single and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, domestic and cross-border joint ventures and advisory work on corporate and commercial law matters. He is admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore.
Clifford Chance
Ivan Cheong
Partner, Divorce and family
Withers KhattarWong LLP
Ivan Lu
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Ivan Smallwood
Ivan Smallwood regularly advises leading Japanese and multinational companies on high-stakes cross-border M&A transactions, particularly in the technology, medical, and industrial sectors. Mr. Smallwood draws on two decades’ experience driving many of Japan’s largest outbound transactions. He skillfully helps corporations and financial investors navigate inbound and outbound: Strategic mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures Joint ventures and strategic alliances Minority investments He understands clients’ commercial objectives and leverages comprehensive knowledge of Japanese and non-Japanese transaction regimes to achieve their goals. Mr. Smallwood maintains an active pro bono practice and works with Open Supply Hub, a nonprofit organization that strives to improve human rights and environmental conditions in and around factories and facilities by opening up supply chain data to the public. Before joining Latham, Mr. Smallwood worked at a leading international law firm in Tokyo. Mr. Smallwood is a registered foreign lawyer in Japan as a member of the Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Ivy Liu
She has significant expertise in advising investors, lenders and contractors on deal structuring, due diligence, drafting and reviewing project and finance documents, implementation strategies and local compliance across a range of industries including the heavily regulated energy and infrastructure sector. Ivy specialises in advising China and SE Asia-based clients on cross-border transactions with a focus on M&A in Thailand and Vietnam markets; she provides proactive and solution-oriented advice to solve knotty legal problems and is adept at ensuring her clients have a clear understanding of the local laws and in mitigating risk to their businesses. Ivy holds an LL.M. (University of California, Berkeley, USA), and an LL.M. and LL.B. (Nanjing University, China). She is a member of the New York and China Bar Associations and speaks English and Mandarin.
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Jaclyn Neo
Dr Jaclyn NEO is a Consultant in WongPartnership, focusing on administrative law, constitutional law, citizenship law, as well as pro bono employment law issues. Jaclyn has done pro bono legal work for the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (H.O.M.E.) and HealthServe, two civil society organisations that promote migrant workers' rights.
WongPartnership LLP
Jacqueline Loke
Jacqueline Loke is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group and Head of the Regulatory practice. She is also Co-Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Insurance practices. Her areas of practice include corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, unit trust and asset management, regulatory matters and corporate governance and White Collar and Government Investigations. Jacqueline has extensive experience in compliance issues and regularly provides regulatory advice to various organisations in the public and private sectors. She advises clients on regulatory compliance, particularly on regulations in the financial industry - Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, Banking Act, Insurance Act and related requirements and guidelines issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She has advised on the establishment of the scripless trading system implemented by the then Stock Exchange of Singapore Limited, and the Public Utilities Board on the choice and implementation of the regulatory regime for the establishment of district cooling systems in Singapore, and provided advice to the regulatory authorities on aspects of regulation in the electricity and gas industries in Singapore. She has also advised the Energy Market Authority on the drafting and implementation of the Gas Codes. Her experience in corporate governance includes advising on compliance with statutory duties and obligations, best practices codes and guidelines. She has advised corporate clients generally in all aspects of their business, including commercial agreements, employment issues and management obligations. She has acted for listed companies on compliance with listing requirements and corporate governance. Jacqueline has acted for medical institutions and individuals in relation to regulatory matters, joint ventures, investment and shareholder agreements. In relation to collective investment schemes and asset management, she has advised on Singapore unit trust schemes encompassing single, feeder, umbrella, capital guaranteed, capital protected structures as well as offshore funds, advising both manager and trustee. She was also adviser to the investment arm of Yayasan Mendaki in the establishment of the first Islamic unit trust scheme in Singapore, followed by a second, both promoted by Mendaki Holdings Pte Ltd. Jacqueline advises corporations, investment bankers, underwriters and placement agents on corporate finance & securities law and on the raising of finance through the issue of securities. She has advised on compliance with the listing rules of the Singapore Stock Exchange and the Takeover Code. She acted for the first listing of a Singapore-incorporated company on the Australian Stock Exchange and related cross border legal and regulatory issues and advised on the first Islamic unit trust scheme in Singapore. Jacqueline is well versed in M&As and joint ventures where she has acted for vendors, acquirors and financiers across a wide spectrum of industries including the insurance, financial, manufacturing, real estate and technology industries. Jacqueline has given talks and written papers on licensing and client due diligence requirements for fund managers, establishment and offerings of collective investment schemes and other securities in Singapore, and the regulatory aspects of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), securities regulations in Singapore and other regulatory and compliance matters.
Dentons Rodyk
Jaikanth Shankar
CEO
Davinder Singh Chambers
Jainil Bhandari
Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia Director, Rajah & Tann Myanmar Company Limited
Rajah & Tann Asia
Jamal Siddique
Jamal Siddique is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department, with experience in litigation, international arbitration, and cross-border insolvency. His practice has a particular focus on fraud, banking-related disputes, and international trade disputes. Jamal has also acted in matters concerning the Mental Capacity Act and was a volunteer lawyer for the NUS In-Person Deputyship Programme, providing pro-bono assistance on MCA applications. He regularly appears both as lead and assisting counsel at all levels of the Courts. Jamal graduated with First Class Honours from University College London in 2013. He was appointed Young Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court for 2 years, in 2018 and 2019. Jamal was the recipient of the Singapore Academy of Law Overseas Attachment, and was attached to leading barristers at Fountain Court Chambers in 2020.
Shook Lin & Bok LLP
James Choo
James CHOO is a Partner in the Equity Capital Markets and Indonesia Practices. His main practice areas are corporate finance, capital markets transactions and general corporate matters.
WongPartnership LLP
James Clayton-Payne
James Clayton-Payne, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer, advises on complex cross-border M&A and joint venture transactions across all sectors in Asia and the Middle East. James has been resident in Asia since 2010, and in Singapore since 2012, where he advises infrastructure, venture capital, and buyout funds, as well as corporates and founders. He helps clients on: Energy and infrastructure Natural resources TMT Private equity Venture capital James helps clients investing in jurisdictions from the Middle East to Australia navigate the unique legal and regulatory regimes in the region, having successfully executed transactions across 30 countries. He complements his regional focus with a real understanding of his clients requirements, drawn from in-house secondments in London and Hong Kong at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Morgan Stanley.
Latham & Watkins LLP
James Noble
Based in our Tier 1 ranked (Legal 500) Singapore office, James Noble TEP leads the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia and the largest offshore litigation team in Singapore. James advises on Cayman, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda law, and is the only Cayman and BVI admitted (and Bermuda registered) litigator in Singapore. A specialist in complex and high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation, asset recovery, cross-border enforcement and insolvency, James has over 20 years' experience working in a wide variety of commercial disputes, many of which involve multi-billion dollar claims. James regularly acts in market leading cases, particularly in connection with listed companies and has specialist expertise in appellate matters in both the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. He is often instructed to give expert evidence on Cayman or BVI law in onshore proceedings before the Singapore and Hong Kong Courts. James is frequently recognised as one of the outstanding offshore litigators in Asia by market leading legal directories and publications. In particular, he is ranked consistently by Chambers Asia and is listed as a Leading Partner for the Offshore category in Singapore and the Caribbean by The Legal 500. He has also been named in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Offshore Client Choice List and as one of the Top Offshore Litigators in Asia in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. In addition, James was recognised in the Top 50 Offshore Lawyers 2022 and 2024 by Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) as part of the publication's prestigious annual A-List series. James was also named as an expert in asset recovery by Who's Who Legal in its 2023 Southeast Asia guide. He was most recently recognised amongst premier online business news platform Business Today's Top 10 Influential Offshore Dispute Resolution Lawyers of Asia-Pacific for 2023. James' expertise and insights are regularly sought after by the industry. He is frequently invited to speak at conferences and panel discussions and was part of the Main Organising Committee of INSOL San Diego. James is also the author of the 2023 textbook, "Commercial Litigation and Enforcement", published by The Global Legal Post. Clients describe James as "quite simply the best of the best. James possesses that rare combination in a team leader of great legal insight, great leadership skills and a frightening eye for detail." He is also noted as "an outstanding team leader, able to integrate a high level awareness of his clients’ commercial objectives with an uncanny oversight of what the most junior associate, or busiest London silk, is doing to deliver the results needed for a positive outcome. Always calm in a tough and highly competitive environment."
Carey Olsen Singapore LLP
James Twigg
James Twigg is a partner in the Corporate and Investment Funds Group in Walkers' Singapore office. He has represented clients across the Asia-Pacific region on high-value mergers and acquisitions, equity capital raisings, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, pre IPO investments, US IPOs (including SPACs and deSPACs) and general corporate and governance matters. He also regularly advises investment managers and institutional investors on the establishment of hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds and co-investment and alternative investment structures. Prior to joining Walkers in 2012, James worked as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong, Skadden and Slaughter and May in London and at Chapman Tripp in New Zealand. At each of these firms, James advised a broad range of corporate, private equity and governmental clients on a variety of international and domestic transactions.
Walkers
Jamie Benson
Director Areas of Practice: Securities Law International Capital Markets Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions Corporate Law Commercial Law Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
Jamie McLaren
Jamie is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Asia Pacific Corporate Practice. He has a focus on private equity, private and public M&A, and joint venture transactions across India and Southeast Asia. He has advised on transactions across a range of sectors, including digital and other infrastructure, energy transition, TMT, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, real estate and consumer transactions. Jamie has been based in Singapore since 2018.
Clifford Chance
Janelene Chen
Partner
Mayer Brown
Janice Goh
*Clifford Chance Asia is a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore between Clifford Chance Pte Ltd and Cavenagh Law LLP Janice Goh specialises in commercial dispute resolution, regulatory compliance matters and white collar crime including market misconduct and anti-bribery. Janice has extensive experience in a wide range of contentious and advisory matters with a particular emphasis on financial regulatory and corporate investigations and enforcement matters, including regulatory compliance and corporate governance. Her expertise in white-collar crime includes market misconduct, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering. Janice also regularly advises on employment law, particularly in employment disputes in the context of wider internal or regulatory investigations. She has been recognised by the Singapore Business Review as one of "Singapore's most influential lawyers aged 40 and under". Janice practised in Hong Kong with Clifford Chance before moving to Singapore.
Clifford Chance
Janice Ngeow
Janice Ngeow is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group. She is Head of the Asset-based Finance practice and Co-Head of the Islamic Finance practice. Janice's practice encompasses: A broad range of asset-based and acquisition finance work for local and foreign banks and institutional lenders in domestic and cross-border, structured financing, preparing and negotiating facility agreements (bilateral and syndications), sale-and-lease back and finance leases, with a focus on offshore exploration and drilling assets, ships and aircraft. Advising on international trade and the sale and purchase of goods and commodities, shipping, storage, trade financing, regulation (including international sanctions), and insurance, and acting for trade finance banks in structured trade finance deals, including receivables-backed financing, warehouse receipt financing, letters of credit issuance and facilities for receivables purchase.
Dentons Rodyk
Jansen Chow
Co-Head, Fraud, Asset Recovery & Investigations
Rajah & Tann Asia
Jasmine Chew
Deputy Head, Funds and Investment Management
Rajah & Tann Asia
Jason Chen
CEO, DrewCorp Services Pte Ltd; Director, Dispute Resolution
Drew & Napier LLC
Jason Elder
Jason Elder possesses more than 25 years’ experience advising leading financial institutions and issuers on complex and innovative corporate finance and capital markets transactions across global markets. He has deep experience managing cross‑border transactions and advising on sophisticated financing solutions for clients, and has represented clients on numerous “first-of-kind” transactions across numerous Asia jurisdictions. Jason represents issuers, underwriters and trustee and agency providers in a broad range of capital markets transactions, including global offerings of debt securities and equity securities, and he regularly advises on cross‑border restructurings and distressed liability management exercises. He counsels clients on the structuring and execution of transactions across products and jurisdictions, with a particular focus on complex, time‑sensitive matters.
Mayer Brown
Jason Valoti
Jason specialises in structured products and derivatives for the sell side and buy side. He acts across a broad range of asset classes, including non-conventional assets. Jason is a partner in our Financial Markets group in Singapore. He specialises in transactions for large international investment banks and regional asset managers – with a focus on structured products and derivatives. As a band 1 practitioner in Chambers Asia Pacific, Jason has significant international experience in sophisticated markets like London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. His detailed knowledge of interbank markets, asset management, wealth management and investment products gives Jason a rounded picture of the market. He thinks carefully about each client’s specific business position and creates strategic legal solutions to suit. As co-head of the firm’s cross-border structured products and derivatives group, Jason helps our international network operate efficiently and collaboratively. He’s also a regular speaker at key industry conferences and events, including ISDA and IMAS. Jason joined us in 2001 and has completed secondments to our offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong, as well as with a major investment bank. He helped launch the Singapore office in 2013 and has been growing it ever since.
Simmons & Simmons