CNPLaw LLP — Singapore

Parkview Square17 lawyersFounded 1988

About

Established in 1988, CNPLaw LLP (“CNP”) is a full-service law firm with a talent for cross-border business. With about 100 staff, including close to 50 fee-earners, and a strong network of international contacts, the firm has the capability to deliver legal solutions in Singapore and beyond. Our practice areas include banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, employment, funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property and technology, litigation and arbitration, private clients, real estate, and regulatory and compliance. - We focus on business involving Asia, in particular Greater China, India, Indonesia, Indo-China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, as well as Singapore. - Our lawyers are qualified in a number of jurisdictions as well as in Singapore and advise on cross-border transactions under English law. The firm is a member of international networks such as Interlaw, a network with law firms located in more than 150 cities worldwide. IR Global, a network of professional services firms across 165+ jurisdictions and SCG Legal, a network located in more then 62 countries. With strong contacts in all the foreign jurisdictions where our clients do business, CNP is well-placed to meet the ever increasing need for practical and effective legal services in Singapore and for cross-border business in Asia and beyond. CNP is consistently recognised as being amongst the top law firms in Singapore by leading legal publications such as Legal 500 Asia Pacific, International Financial Law Review 1000, Benchmark Litigation, Chambers and Partners and AsiaLaw Profiles. CNP has also been ranked by The Straits Times as one of Singapore's Best Law Firms. We make knowing our clients’ businesses our business and pride ourselves in providing innovative, yet practical and valuable advice. - CNPLaw LLP > Practices Please click on the bullet points below to find out more about our practices. - Corporate - Commercial contracts - Company and branch formation - Corporate advisory - Corporate governance, regulatory and compliance - Corporate restructuring - Joint ventures - Mergers and acquisitions - Private equity - Dispute resolution - Arbitration - Construction - Criminal - General litigation - Insolvency - Matrimonial and family disputes - Professional liability - Employment - Employment contracts and relations - Employment disputes - Immigration (employment) - Workforce restructuring and termination of employment - Funds & Financial services - Banking and finance - Blockchain, cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings - Corporate finance and capital markets - Investment funds - Fintech - Intellectual property, media and technology - Data protection and security - Franchise arrangements - Intellectual property - Media and entertainment - Technology and E-commerce - Private clients, family offices and wealth management - Charities and philanthropy - Estate planning - Family offices - Global mobility/immigration (private clients) - Mental Capacity Act Advisory - Probate - Wills and trusts - Real estate - Corporate real estate - Retail conveyancing - Antitrust And Competition - Antitrust and Competition Advisory - Competition Compliance - Investigations - Merger Control Filings - Notification of Agreements or Conduct - Whistleblowing and Complaints - CNPLaw LLP > Partners - Lisa Theng, managing partner As a managing partner, Lisa sees a need to ensure that our clients see us as their business partner and not a just legal service provider. Our aim is to provide innovative legal solutions for our clients across Asia with a high level of service and support that will help our clients better manage and succeed in their own businesses. - Find out more about Lisa - Email: lisatheng@cnplaw.com - Pradeep Kumar Singh, partner Pradeep acts for corporations, whether they are private or listed companies, on all aspects of their business including advice on structuring their operations, the setting up of the business (such as incorporation of companies, registration of branches or representative offices), compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements, licensing requirements, advice and drafting of corporate documentation as well as advice and drafting of documentation on investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. - Find out more about Pradeep - Email: pksingh@cnplaw.com - Bill Jamieson, partner Bill’s practice focuses on corporate financing transactions, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and employment law matters. His experience includes ten years in the City of London and over 20 years in Asia. Before joining CNP, Bill was a partner in a well-known international law firm. He is recommended lawyer for Corporate and M&A, Banking and Finance, Investment Funds and Labour and Employment in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020. Bill is one of the firm’s contacts for Interlaw, a network of independent full-service corporate law firms ranked by Chambers and Partners in its highest category, “Elite”, amongst all global law firm networks. - Find out more about Bill - Email: billjamieson@cnplaw.com - Chan Wai Mun, partner Wai Mun has adopted a broad-based approach in developing his technical skills. Although he started out as a litigation lawyer, he quickly widened his job scope to take on real estate work. For him, it’s a critical grounding to enhance not only legal skills but also develops a better appreciation of the commercial and private clients issues in legal practice. - Find out more about Wai Mun - Email: wmchan@cnplaw.com - Chia Shengyou, Edwin, partner Edwin is in the firm’s dispute resolution team and family law practice team. His practice areas encompass a broad range of matters, including civil and commercial litigation, disciplinary proceedings, shareholders disputes, employment matters, and defamation. He also regularly advises clients on wills and probate, lasting power of attorney, application under the Mental Capacity Act and contentious probate. - Find out more about Edwin - Email: echia@cnplaw.com - Cinda Sim, partner Cinda is a pioneer of sorts, having experienced and worked through many “firsts” in Singapore’s real estate history and scene, which are now taken as the norm. One of these was the start of the collective sales trend of private estates. Another “first” was the birth of executive condominiums in Singapore. As with anything new, lawyers then had to understand the new legislation and rules relating to this new piece of real estate and work through the initial lack of clarity and uncertainty when advising potential buyers on the legal obligations and their financiers (i.e. the banks and the CPFB) in their legal documentation. Yet another significant event was the conversion of land in Singapore (which was then largely unregistered) to the Torrens system of land registration, through a very massive and gradual exercise. - Find out more about Cinda - Email: csim@cnplaw.com - Ge Xiaomeng, partner Xiaomeng’s practice is focused on corporate finance, M&A and general corporate advisory. Before joining CNP, she started practice in a leading corporate law firm in Singapore. She is fluent in the Chinese language and has been involved in cross-border transactions in the PRC (including Hong Kong), Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Australia.Xiaomeng’s practice is focused on corporate finance, M&A and general corporate advisory. Before joining CNP, she started practice in a leading corporate law firm in Singapore. She is fluent in the Chinese language and has been involved in cross-border transactions in the PRC (including Hong Kong), Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Australia. - Find out more about Xiaomeng - Email: xge@cnplaw.com - Jimmy Yap, partner Jimmy’s main areas of practice for non-contentious work are Indonesia related corporate and commercial matters – such as investment into Indonesia, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and franchising and licensing. In addition, he also focuses on Singapore and Hong Kong IPO-related legal due diligence. - Find out more about Jimmy - Email: jyap@cnplaw.com - Ken Chia, partner Ken heads the corporate advisory team in the firm and has an international focus in his corporate and M&A work having graduated from the University of Exeter in the UK and worked in business development positions with various subsidiaries of the Hang Lung Group (SEHK: 10) in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China and with Informa plc (LSE: INF) in Singapore. - Find out more about Ken - Email: kchia@cnplaw.com - Kenn Lim, partner Kenn’s practice covers a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investments and private equity transactions. Fluent in both English and Mandarin, Kenn regularly acts for companies in a spectrum of industries in various domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. - Find out more about Kenn - Email: klim@cnplaw.com - Quek Li Fei, partner In addition to Li Fei’s experience in acting for banks on varied transactions and in general corporate law, he also helps individuals in estate planning, including the legal aspects of wealth management, advising on and setting up trusts and off-shore structures to secure their future and the future of their families. - Find out more about Li Fei - Email: lfquek@cnplaw.com - Ravindran Ramasamy, partner Ravindran has 32 years of legal experience. He is in the firm’s dispute resolution team and handles both civil and criminal work. He specialises in corporate advisory and corporate and criminal litigation work. He provides legal advice to directors and CEOs on laws and rules relating to directors’ duties and corporate governance. He has a wealth of experience in advising local and regional companies on investment agreements, joint ventures, and corporate structures. He also advises many companies on fraud and due diligence measure to adopt in investments and overseas business development. - Find out more about Ravindran - Email: ravi@cnplaw.com - See Tow Soo Ling, partner Soo Ling’s main areas of practice are intellectual property and dispute resolution. She has experience in a diverse range of matters such as building construction, company law, commercial law, disciplinary proceedings, employment law, family law, intellectual property, property law, probate and administration and shareholder disputes. - Find out more about Soo Ling - Email: slseetow@cnplaw.com - Subramanian Pillai, partner Subramanian’s practice has been primarily in the field of commercial litigation and arbitration. He heads the firm’s international arbitration and construction, engineering and infrastructure teams. He has had an active commercial litigation practice for the last 26 years, he regularly advises and represents publicly listed companies, multi-national corporations and high net worth individuals in a variety of corporate and commercial disputes in the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Singapore. - Find out more about Subramanian - Email: spillai@cnplaw.com - Tan Min-Li, partner Min-Li’s principal areas of expertise are in corporate and financial services with particular emphasis on corporate finance, securities and capital markets and mergers and acquisitions throughout Asia. She derives satisfaction from structuring practical legal solutions that work for clients, be it helping a client to extract value from his business through a sale or a listing or working on strategies to scale and expand, bringing the business to the next level. Her clients include private and listed companies, funds and financial institutions. - Find out more about Min-Li - Email: mltan@cnplaw.com - Venetia Tan, partner Venetia is a disputes lawyer with experience handling international arbitration, litigation and advisory work on international and local commercial disputes, in particular, disputes relating to foreign investments and joint ventures, financing, distributorships, and jurisdictional challenges. - Find out more about Venetia - Email: vtan@cnplaw.com - Wong Pei-Ling, partner Pei-Ling has over 23 years of experience in corporate and cross-border transactions, and has advised on investments, joint-ventures and commercial transactions in Singapore and Malaysia. Over the years, she has also developed a practice in the areas of data protection, technology and employment. Pei-Ling is qualified to practice law in Singapore and Malaysia and was admitted to the English Bar in 1996. - Find out more about Pei-Ling - Email: plwong@cnplaw.com ### Languages - English - Mandarin - Malay - Tamil ### Memberships - INTERLAW - IR GLOBAL - SCG Legal

Office locations

Parkview Square

Singapore 188778 Singapore

+6563238383 legal500@cnplaw.com

Practice areas

Corporate and M&ABanking and FinanceCapital MarketsEmploymentInvestment FundsInsolvency and RestructuringIntellectual PropertyTechnology and E-CommerceDispute ResolutionPrivate Clients and Wealth ManagementReal EstateRegulatory and Compliance