Lawyers in Singapore

Chong Chia Chi

Partner

Mori Hamada Singapore LLP

Chong Kin Lim

Managing Director, Corporate & Finance Head, Telecommunications, Media & Technology Co-Head, Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity Co-Head, Competition Law & Regulatory Practice

Drew & Napier LLC

Chou Ching

Co-Head, Corporate Real Estate

Rajah & Tann Asia

Chou Sean Yu

CHOU Sean Yu is the Managing Partner of WongPartnership and Head of the Firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. He is also the Head of the Banking & Financial Disputes Practice and a Partner in the International Arbitration, Financial Services Regulatory and Malaysia Practices. Sean Yu’s main practice areas are banking & trade finance disputes, insolvency & restructuring, corporate fraud, investigations & asset recovery, financial services regulatory, commercial & corporate disputes, shareholder litigation, tort & contractual claims and domestic & international arbitration.

WongPartnership LLP

Chris Bell

Norton Rose Fulbright

Christine Ong

Christine is a partner at Virtus Law. She specialises in litigation and employment and she has experience in a wide range of commercial disputes. Christine focuses on civil and commercial disputes, and has represented accused persons in criminal proceedings. She has also worked on various employment matters including advising on retrenchment, termination of employment, duties owed by employees to their employer and on post-termination covenants. Christine has provided advice on both contentious and non-contentious matters as well as drafted, reviewed, advised on and amended various legal documentation and agreements, including employment contracts and company policies.

Virtus Law LLP

Christine Schwarzl

Associate Principal, WTS Taxise

Taxise Asia LLC (WTS Taxise)

Christopher Anand Daniel

Managing Partner

Advocatus Law LLP

Christopher Chong

Christopher Chong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups and Co-Head of the Professional Liability/Healthcare practice and the Insurance practice. Christopher's main areas of practice are in professional malpractice, commercial litigation and insurance. He has defended hospitals and medical practitioners in medical negligence suits in both the High Court and the State Courts and has represented professionals in disciplinary proceedings. He has acted for various commercial entities in joint venture disputes and contractual disputes. He has provided advice on the drafting of employment agreements, as well as advised and represented parties in disputes relating to allegations of wrongful termination of employment, the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment agreements and claims arising from industrial accidents. The Firm represents most of the major insurance companies in Singapore and Christopher supervises the personal injury insurance work within the Firm. He is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, whether through litigation in the Singapore courts, mediation or arbitration under the Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre or the International Chamber of Commerce. Christopher has been appointed a member of one of the ethics committees that review and approve proposed clinical trials conducted in Singapore and is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Dentons Rodyk

Christopher Chong

Head, Construction & Engineering

Drew & Napier LLC

Christopher Woo

Managing Director

Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC

Christy Lim

Christy Lim is the Head of the Banking & Finance Practice. Her main practice areas are banking, finance, security arrangement and documentation, syndicated loans, club deals, cross-border and multi-currency transactions, transferable loans, loans with embedded debt-instrument conversion options with a strong focus on acquisition/leveraged financing involving takeover offers (both mandatory and voluntary), schemes of arrangement, delisting proposals/exit offers as well as mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, international and cross-border financing transactions involving Singapore law, banking, financial laws and regulations.

WongPartnership LLP

Chua Choon King

Head, Corporate Shipping & Finance

Rajah & Tann Asia

Chua Tju Liang

Director, Corporate & Finance; Head, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Drew & Napier LLC

Chua Yee Hoong

Partner, Private Client and Tax

Withers KhattarWong LLP

Chuan Thye Tan, SC

Partner, International Arbitration, Appellate Advocacy

Rajah & Tann Asia

Chuan Wei Kong

Chuan Wei Kong advises borrowers and lenders on banking transactions across Southeast Asia and India. Chuan Wei helps private equity funds, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, banks, credit funds, and other alternative credit providers navigate a range of transactions, including: Acquisition finance General corporate lending Special situations Mezzanine finance Margin lending He draws on a firm grasp of the Southeast Asian markets to offer clients a seamless and responsive service across a broad range of financing transactions. Chuan Wei also serves as a member of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) Singapore Young Leaders Committee.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Chun Ying Ng

Chun Ying is a Senior Partner in the Tax and Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation Practice of Dentons Rodyk. Chun Ying is a tax lawyer based in Singapore with more than a decade of experience advising and representing multinational corporations and individuals on a broad range of cross-border tax issues, as well as tax disputes. Chun Ying's practice covers all aspects of Singapore taxes including income tax, stamp duty, goods and services tax, and transfer pricing. She is also well-versed in regional and global tax issues, having worked on many multijurisdictional tax matters. Chun Ying is recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Tax by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and has been awarded Lawyer of the Year for Tax by Women in Business Law Awards APAC for her expertise. Chun Ying has worked with a diverse range of clients, ranging from large Fortune 500 and listed corporations to startups, blockchain companies, real estate developers, funds, family offices, and high net worth individuals. Her non-contentious experience includes corporate restructuring, IP restructuring, M&A, tax incentives, blockchain and ICOs, fund structuring, startup ESOPs/founder shares planning and many others. On the contentious side, Chun Ying has appeared before administrative tribunals and has represented many taxpayers in audits and objections before the tax authorities. Controversy issues she has handled include tax incentive disputes, IP writing-down allowances, taxation of revenue/capital gains, sourcing of income, deduction of R&D expenses, tax residency, payment characterisation issues, foreign tax credit claims, transfer pricing, GST registration obligations and many others. Prior to joining Dentons' practice, Chun Ying was a partner at a tier-one tax practice of an international law firm, where she built a career advising and representing clients in a range of highly complex tax matters. She also has a unique background having served as the APAC Senior Tax Counsel of Visa Worldwide Pte. Ltd., a top Fortune 500 company that operates in more than 200 countries globally. Chun Ying was shortlisted "Tax Dispute Lawyer of the Year" in the Women in Business Law Awards APAC 2022, amongst other senior tax practitioners in the region.

Dentons Rodyk

Chunlong Lin

LIN Chunlong is a Partner in the International Arbitration, Shipping, International Trade & Commodities Disputes, Asset Recovery & International Enforcement, Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practices. He has expertise in shipbuilding contract disputes, including claims arising from vessel defects, construction delays, refund guarantee enforcement, and wrongful rejection or termination of shipbuilding contracts.

WongPartnership LLP

Cinda Sim

Partner

CNPLaw LLP

Claire Jiang

Claire has extensive experience advising shipowners, P&I Clubs and H&M insurers on post-casualty matters, including collisions, fires and explosions, salvage, limitation of liability, pollution incidents and other major casualties. Claire regularly assists with investigations, strategic post-casualty analysis, liability assessment, negotiations with authorities and claimants, and the coordination and conduct of related litigation and arbitration. Her clients include members of the International Group of P&I Clubs, leading H&M insurers and international shipowners. In parallel, Claire advises on shipbuilding, conversion and offshore construction projects, acting for major Chinese state-owned shipyard groups and offshore contractors, as well as international owners, manufacturers and suppliers. Her work includes drafting and negotiating shipbuilding and conversion contracts, refund guarantees, offshore EPC arrangements, charterparties, transportation and international trade contracts, as well as associated corporate and financing documentation. Her clients include, among others, CSSC Group, China Merchants Industry Holdings, COSCO Shipyards, and other leading industry participants. Claire also has substantial experience in international dispute resolution, acting in arbitrations under the LMAA, LCIA, HKIAC and SIAC Rules, as well as in litigation before the English and Hong Kong courts and PRC maritime courts. She frequently handles disputes arising out of casualties, shipbuilding and offshore projects, charterparties, and international trade. Claire is dual qualified under Chinese and English law and practises as a Solicitor of England and Wales.

Wikborg Rein

Clarence Ding

Head of Employment, Asia

Ashurst ADTLaw

Clarence Ding

Clarence is a labour and employment law specialist, whose work covers the full spectrum of employment and immigration issues spanning the life cycle of the employment relationship (and beyond). Clarence routinely advises on the employment aspects of M&A transactions and internal reorganisations, and assists clients on issues ranging from cross-border restructurings and retrenchments to employee misconduct, disciplinary hearings and terminations. A litigator by training, Clarence also regularly acts for clients in matters involving breaches of post-termination restrictions, including seeking (and resisting) the enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations before the Singapore courts, with considerable success. Clarence also has significant experience in dealing with fraud, corruption and data privacy issues. He is often called upon to assist with complex compliance and regulatory breaches, and to conduct internal investigations into bribery, corruption and white-collar crime issues across the region. Clarence is qualified in Singapore and England. Among his various accolades, Clarence is recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” for Labour and Employment by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific, an “Up and Coming” partner for Singapore Employment by Chambers and Partners, one of Singapore’s “30 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40” by the Singapore Business Review and one of International Employment Lawyer’s inaugural “Tomorrow’s Leaders”. He is the author of the employment law and data privacy chapters in Lexis Practical Guidance. Clarence was previously appointed an amicus curiae to the Supreme Court of Singapore, and is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Association of Workplace Investigators. He is also an accredited specialist mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre.

Simmons & Simmons

Clarence Kang

Clarence KANG is a Partner in the Banking & Finance Practice and has been involved in multiple landmark financing deals and has considerable exposure to a wide plethora of different financing transactions. His main practice areas are syndicated loans, club deals, bilateral loans, property development financing, acquisition financing, project financing, capital call financing, multi-currency transactions, international and cross-border transactions involving Singapore law, security arrangements and documentation.

WongPartnership LLP