Practices

Banking and Finance Litigation

We act for companies and individuals against financial institutions in contentious disputes.

Commercial Litigation

Our lawyers have a full range of commercial disputes and litigation experience, including banking, construction, debt recovery, employment, family and matrimonial, fraud and white-collar crime, intellectual property and others.

Construction

Our lawyers are familiar with non-contentious aspects of construction projects, especially in property development projects. For contentious matters, our lawyers are experienced in construction adjudication and litigation. Our lawyers are empanelled as Adjudicators with the Asian International Arbitration Centre.

Corporate & Commercial

We advise a broad spectrum of corporate transactions from mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, disposals, corporate restructurings, as well as general commercial and corporate governance issues. Our services include:

– incorporation of companies;
– shareholders’ agreements, articles of association, joint venture agreements, shareholder loans, capital contribution and capital reduction;
– corporate governance issues, directors’ duties, liabilities and compliance;
– restructuring of companies;
– dissolution of companies by liquidation; and
– foundations, associations and societies.

Corporate litigation

Our lawyers have acted for shareholders, directors or partners in corporate disputes. Our services include:

– shareholder disputes;
– derivative actions;
– joint venture disputes;
– oppression actions; and
– fraud, investigations and asset recovery.

Family and Matrimonial

Family law matters are always personal and requires careful and discrete handling. We help our clients with respectful guidance on divorce, separation or annulment proceedings. We also advise on issues related to children, family assets and maintenance. For international relationships, we collaborate with foreign lawyers to ensure our client’s interests are safeguarded.

Real Estate

We offer advice relating to legal, planning and regulatory issues in commercial, residential and mixed development projects. Key non-contentious service areas include:

– project development;
– real estate finance;
– conveyancing;
– leases; and
– landlord and tenant.

For contentious disputes, we act for property developers, management corporations, joint management bodies and residents’ association on issues involving strata title, strata management, common property, trespass, nuisance, as well as trust issues involving land.

Private Clients

We assist clients in wealth succession planning by preparing their wills for the proper distribution of their estate upon their demise.

– Will, probate and administration
– Succession planning