Welcome to Tan Peng Chin LLC

Founded in 1994, Tan Peng Chin LLC is today a full-service law firm which undertakes substantial regional and cross-border work. Our areas of expertise range from banking and finance, conveyancing, employment law, intellectual property, technology, franchising, competition law, litigation, insolvency to medical negligence.

We have about 45 lawyers, each with his or her own colourful background. Some joined us as pupils and now lead Departments or Practice Groups. Others joined us after gaining experience in well-known foreign and local firms e.g. Freshfields, Baker & McKenzie, Linklaters, Drew & Napier, Allen & Gledhill, Lee & Lee, Rodyk and Davidson and Rajah & Tann.

The spectrum of our clients is just as varied. We provide legal services to local and global banks and financial institutions, Singapore companies, multinational corporations and individuals, some of whom started dealing with our lawyers even before Tan Peng Chin LLC was established.

Several of our lawyers have been admitted in other jurisdictions. Our lawyers are also conversant in English, Mandarin and other Chinese dialects, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Punjabi, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese and German.

We hope you will enjoy browsing through the rest of our website.

Nominated in 2007 by “Who Represents Corporate Asia?” as
“Asian Counsel’s Firm of the Year for Real Estate”

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“Shortlisted by AsiaLaw as
A Leading IP Firm in Singapore” in IP Profiles 2007”
(a Guide to the World’s Intellectual Property Advisers)

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"Shortlisted by Asia Legal Business as a Joint Finalist for
Singapore Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year 2007”

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“Shortlisted by AsiaLaw as one of the
Top 10 Intellectual Property Law Firms
in Singapore in 2006”

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“Joint Winner - Asian Legal Business Singapore
Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year 2005
acting for SK Energy Asia in the China Aviation Oil insolvency”

Recruitment

The Firm has always believed that having good lawyers is as important as having good work.

As such, we are continuously seeking exceptional and motivated lawyers to join our different areas of practice. Please see Join Us to get a sense of what it's like to work in our Firm.

Our Managing Director and Heads of Department will be very pleased to have a chat with you so that you can learn more about us; so please just give us a call or send us an e-mail.

Sale of Hi-Tech Industrial Building for S$200 million
We acted for an associate of Boustead Singapore Limited in the sale of a hi-tech industrial building at Ubi Avenue 1 for a sum of S$200 million. The purchaser is a special purpose vehicle wholly-owned by a unit of SEB Asset Management. Our Directors, Douglas Leong and Adrienne Ong, drafted the Sale & Purchase Agreement and ancillary documentation and were involved in the negotiations leading up to the successful execution of the Sale & Purchase Agreement.

For more details on how we can help you in similar deals, please contact our Directors, Douglas Leong and Adrienne Ong.

Sale of a large stake in a Vietnamese Fund Management Company
We acted for a group of individuals who sold off a large stake in a Vietnamese fund management company. The Vietnamese fund management company was a joint venture between these individuals and one of the largest banks in Vietnam. The purchaser of the stake is a large well known US-based asset management company. We advised the group of individuals, and negotiated with solicitors for the purchaser, in respect of the Share Acquisition Agreement.

For more information on how we can help you in similar deals, please contact Douglas Leong.

ASX Listed Company Acquires Singapore Group of Companies for $15 million
We acted for ATOS Wellness Limited (formerly known as Medec Limited), a company listed on the ASX, on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of the Atos Wellness Pte Ltd Group of Companies in Singapore for a sum of S$15 million. The purchase price was paid by the issue of shares in the listed company. We prepared, and negotiated with the vendor's solicitors, on the Share Acquisition Agreement.

For more information on how we can help you in similar deals, please contact Douglas Leong.

	Ms Valerie Komaran joined our Corporate, Banking & Finance Department as a Legal Manager in April 2010 Read more

	Mr Adrian Tan joined our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department as an Associate Director in June 2010 Read more

	Ms Natasha Goh joined our Real Estate & Conveyancing Department as an Associate in June 2010 Read more

	Mr Aloysius Tan joined our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department as Associates in June 2010 Read more

	Ms Nah Mui Kheng joined our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department as Associates in June 2010 Read more

Promotions
We are pleased to announce that with effect from February 2010, Mr Sim Lin Piah has been appointed as Director in the firm. Lin Piah is from our Corporate, Banking & Finance Department. With his promotions, the Department now a total strength of 7 Directors.

We are also pleased to announce that with effect from February 2010 Mr Adrian Ng has been promoted to Associate Director in the Firm. Adrian is from our IP, Media & Entertainment Department

Listed in Who’s Who Legal 2008 as a “Highly Regarded Individual” for Internet & E-Commerce.

Tan Peng Chin LLC Becomes Exclusive Singapore Law Firm to Join Network of European Law Firms
Tan Peng Chin LLC is pleased to announce that it has become the first Asian law firm to become a member of Eurojuris International with effect from February 2008.

Eurojuris International is the leading network of law firms in Europe covering 610 cities in 30 European countries. All Eurojuris law firms are well established and reputable firms in their community. They are carefully selected and abide by defined quality standards relating to fees, legal expertise, mandatory professional indemnity insurance, knowledge of at least one foreign language, promptness and confidentiality.

To read the Press Release, please click here.

International Promotion of Singapore Law
Tan Peng Chin LLC is pleased to announce its support of the International Promotion of Singapore Law Committee (the Committee) which aims to increase the profile of Singapore Law and its promotion of Singapore as a venue for dispute resolution. The Committee which has been formed by the Singapore Academy of Law hopes to develop Singapore as a legal services hub by encouraging businesses to use Singapore Law to govern their contractual relationships and to bring their disputes for resolution in Singapore. To find out more about the Committee and its aims and objectives, please visit the Committee's website here.

Selected Recent Developments in the Trademark Landscape of Singapore
Pearleen Loh and Mark Lim from our Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Department have written an article on the various recent developments in Trademark law in Singapore. Legislative changes as well as judicial developments in the form of analysis in recent cases are highlighted.

Click here to read the article.

Singapore Law: An Introduction
The Origins of Singapore Law and the Singapore Legal System.