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With 29 offices along the Belt and Road — more than any other law firm — and the award-winning Baker McKenzie FenXun Platform in China, we can help local companies and multinationals make the right connections and unlock the world’s most ambitious global development initiative.
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Overview
Our lawyers in Singapore are featured in the world's leading legal directories for their work on high-profile transactions such as the landmark financing of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment project, private equity firm EQT's sale of Classic Fine Foods to Metro AG for USD 290 million, and the initial listing of India's fastest growing direct-to-home pay-TV provider, Videocon d2h, on NASDAQ.
With more than 30 years of experience in the market, we are the go-to firm for many major Singapore companies, multinationals and financial institutions that use Singapore as the hub for their Southeast Asia operations. Our strength is the ability to deliver domestic and international expertise from a single legal team to find the best solutions for our clients in corporate transactions, major project financings, complex disputes, IP enforcement, and tax planning and structuring.
Complementing our work on award-winning transactions and major projects, we are among the largest Tax and Intellectual Property practices in Singapore, which help clients develop strategies to achieve their regional and global objectives. Through Wong & Leow LLC, we have full rights of audience before the Singapore courts and our Dispute Resolution team has broad experience advising clients on arbitration proceedings in Singapore as well as other major financial centres including New York, London and Hong Kong.
Offices
Singapore
8 Marina Boulevard#05-01 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Singapore 018981
Singapore
Tel: +65 6338 1888
Fax: +65 6337 5100
As an established presence in Singapore’s legal market, we have the know-how to help both domestic and international companies. Our Corporate & Securities practice is renowned for its ability to guide clients undertaking multi-jurisdictional matters from structuring and documentation to successful completion.
We have expertise in all areas of corporate and securities, including M&A, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Insurance, Real Estate, IT & Communications, Employment, and Antitrust & Competition. We get deals done and have acted on some of the most high-profile corporate transactions in the market. The world’s leading legal directories and publications regularly feature our corporate lawyers.
Our Dispute Resolution lawyers have developed our reputation as being the go-to firm for complex disputes with a cross-border dimension. Our team has the broad-based ability to advise on court procedures and laws of the world’s major financial centers, such as New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Our lawyers appear in court for litigation matters (by virtue of the joint law venture with Wong & Leow LLC) as well as arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution processes.
We have a fantastic track record when it comes to advising financial institutions and corporations on every manner and aspect of cross-border and domestic financing across numerous industry sectors. One of the key strengths of our Finance & Projects team is the ability to combine international and domestic legal advice within a single team. This is of particular value to our Banking & Finance clients as we eliminate issues that frequently arise when separate counsels are appointed in different jurisdictions.
Our Intellectual Property practice is one of the largest in Singapore. We undertake the full range of IP-related work, including enforcement, portfolio management, commercial & regulatory, and IP disputes (including patent, copyright and trademark disputes). Our reputation and experience help ensure that our clients, who include the owners of some of the world’s best known brands, are advised by a team that can provide local insight and practical advice as well as develop a cutting-edge, multi-jurisdictional protection strategy as required.
We also provide high quality service to multinationals and major Singapore enterprise clients from various industries through our Tax, Trade and Wealth Management team. We have the largest number of dedicated tax practitioners among law firms in Singapore and offer a comprehensive range of tax expertise. This allows us to develop expertise in focused areas to provide clients with specialised tax advice. We regularly undertake regional work (such as multi-jurisdictional tax planning and restructuring) and often drive the regional and even global strategy from Singapore, working with our other offices, many of which are top-tier tax practices across Asia. Only the Big Four accountancy firms can compete with us on work of this nature, but we offer the key advantage that we can also advise on the law.
We have a fantastic track record when it comes to advising financial institutions and corporations on every manner and aspect of cross-border and domestic financing across numerous industry sectors. One of the key strengths of our Finance & Projects team is the ability to combine international and domestic legal advice within a single team. This is of particular value to our Banking & Finance clients as we eliminate issues that frequently arise when separate counsels are appointed in different jurisdictions.
Our Intellectual Property practice is one of the largest in Singapore. We undertake the full range of IP-related work, including enforcement, portfolio management, commercial & regulatory, and IP disputes (including patent, copyright and trademark disputes). Our reputation and experience help ensure that our clients, who include the owners of some of the world’s best known brands, are advised by a team that can provide local insight and practical advice as well as develop a cutting-edge, multi-jurisdictional protection strategy as required.
We also provide high quality service to multinationals and major Singapore enterprise clients from various industries through our Tax, Trade and Wealth Management team. We have the largest number of dedicated tax practitioners among law firms in Singapore and offer a comprehensive range of tax expertise. This allows us to develop expertise in focused areas to provide clients with specialised tax advice. We regularly undertake regional work (such as multi-jurisdictional tax planning and restructuring) and often drive the regional and even global strategy from Singapore, working with our other offices, many of which are top-tier tax practices across Asia. Only the Big Four accountancy firms can compete with us on work of this nature, but we offer the key advantage that we can also advise on the law.
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow offers a number of Training Contracts each year to law graduates with the requisite academic qualifications and attitude. Our Trainees get the best of both worlds: a thorough grounding in Singapore law and the opportunity to work with clients and exchange knowledge with some of the best legal minds across our global network.
Our Associate Training Program provides our associates with the opportunity to live and work in a different part of the world for periods from just a few months up to two years, contributing to clients’ strategic initiatives and helping to build the future of our business. The program provides associates with a unique and unparalleled opportunity for development.
As part of our commitment to the professional development of our lawyers, we also provide training, coaching, mentoring and opportunities to work in-house with clients to contribute to client projects while helping the Firm strengthen those business relationships.
To learn more and apply to the Training Contracts or Internships programme in Singapore, click on the corresponding opportunity below.
Our CSR initiative focuses on the rehabilitation of ex-offenders and the facilitation of their re-integration into society. We support them and their families by collaborating with members of the Community Action for the Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders (CARE) Network of the Yellow Ribbon Project to provide tuition bursary and mentoring support to the children of ex-offenders.
We also support Beyond Social Services, a non-profit organisation that seeks to prevent juvenile delinquency by helping children from less privileged backgrounds overcome challenges and move forward in their lives. Our lawyers also volunteer to serve as counsel in cases under the Singapore Law Society’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme and the Legal Aid Bureau, as well as in community legal clinics.
