Singapore

Firm overview

We are a full-service practice and are recognised for our work in dispute resolution. Our diverse partnership includes persons who have gone on to become Senior Counsel, Law Society Presidents, Supreme Court Judges and Members of Parliament.

TRC has established a reputation for integrity in the practice of law and the provision of high-quality legal services.

As a medium-sized practice, we are small and dextrous enough to provide genuinely personalised service to our clients. At the same time, we have sufficient strength in depth through our collective experience and technical expertise to serve clients effectively in substantial litigation and non-litigation matters.

To meet our clients’ ever evolving needs, our lawyers keep ahead of the curve and continuously hone their specialist skills. We also maintain close links with law firms in Asia, North America and Europe through our membership in the law practice group, PLG International Lawyers. TRC’s clients have the advantage of ready access to international expertise with local knowledge.

Firm overview

Selvam LLC is a leading Singapore corporate finance and dispute resolution practice. Our lawyers have deep experience in Singapore law and have established a solid reputation in the field of litigation. Selvam LLC is the local law entity of the joint law venture known as Duane Morris & Selvam LLP. It primarily undertakes Singapore law matters including disputes, employment law, real estate, and estates law.
 
Our dispute resolution practice consists of an array of contentious work. We act in litigation, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) and mediation matters for clients across a breadth of industries with a key focus on general commercial disputes, construction, and anti-bribery and white-collar crimes. Our practice also covers international disputes with a particular focus on disputes involving Vietnam and Myanmar. We regularly represent major Korean and Japanese construction companies with operations in Singapore and our lawyers have extensive experience dealing with matters concerning Latin America.

Firm overview

Shook Lin & Bok LLP is a leading full service law firm in Singapore with a strong Asian presence and global reach. With more than a century of rich legal heritage, our lawyers specialise in various areas of the law and are therefore able to provide a comprehensive range of legal solutions that are structured to meet the needs of clients.

The Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice has been involved in a significant number of high profile and landmark cases. Apart from its expertise in commercial litigation, the practice also has extensive experience in international and restructuring and insolvency.

Firm overview

Characterist LLC is a full-service firm recognised for its work in commercial disputes, insolvency, construction, and insurance.

Established in 1978, the firm has experienced strong growth as a result of acquisition of talent in key focus areas.

The firm acts in a wide variety of local and cross-jurisdictional commercial litigation and arbitration matters. These include disputes involving worldwide injunctions, fraud, trusts, minority oppression, derivative actions, and the recovery and tracing of assets. The firm has also been involved in a number of high-profile and important decisions, including public-interest cases relating to issues of administrative and constitutional law.

The firm has acted in a number of cases involving the insolvency, judicial management and schemes of arrangement of large companies.

The firm’s construction practice group is known for its work in high-value and complex disputes, including disputes involving time-delay analysis, SIA and PSSCOC contracts, and the jurisdictional and technical aspects of SOP adjudication.

The firm's established insurance and personal injury practice (traffic accident, workplace injury, medical negligence and general negligence claims) has represented some of the biggest international insurers, as well as individuals.

The family law department is well known for its extensive experience in resolving complex disputes, involving cross-border assets and real estate, as well as in structuring intricate family trusts and family businesses.

A pioneer in blockchain sector, we have advised on digital payment licence applications, tokenization of assets, NFT projects including minting and licensing, structuring of decentralized autonomous organizations alongside the rising cases of disputes in this nascent space.