FIRST 8 Jeremy Tan, 33, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Jeremy has advised the Singapore Government on the S$2 billion implementation of the National Electronic Health Records which facilitates the seamless sharing of patient records across all hospitals and clinics in Singapore. He was actively involved in negotiations with the vendors and the structuring of the project.
12 Paul Tan, 34, Equity Partner, Rajah & Tann Paul’s recent major cases include co-counselling in a claim against an African state for failing to secure the client’s investments. He is also the lead counsel for only the second case to be heard before the newly-minted Singapore International Commercial Court in a significant investment dispute involving Indonesian and Chinese parties.
Chong Eng Wee, 35, Partner, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing Eng Wee is qualified to advise on the laws of Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. He has advised on a reverse takeover by a Singapore main board listed company of a PRC property developer for S$600 million; a leading property conglomerate’s S$477 million joint venture with another property conglomerate.
9 Brian Ng, 33, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore In 2015, Brian advised Fairfax Financial Holdings in its strategic investment into HOSElisted BIDV Insurance Corporation for approximately US$60 million. In 2014, he advised Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited in the US$250 million acquisition of one of the largest cement producers in Vietnam.
13 Lee Weilin, 34, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore Weilin led a banking transaction worth about S$1billion in relation to the development of an iconic project which comprised of commercial facilities, hotel and other attractions and acted for an offeror in a takeover of a company listed on the Main Board of SGX worth approximately S$1.9 billion.
17 Scott Clements, 35, Deputy Head, Competition & Regulatory Practice, Drew & Napier Scott has extensive experience in relation to contentious competition law matters. He was involved in the first set of appeals made to the Competition Appeal Board in respect of a cartel matter and in the appeal of the first ever “abuse of dominance” case.
Foo Yuet Min, 33, Director, Dispute Resolution, Drew & Napier Yuet Min successfully represented an international group of companies in the oil and gas industry to recover more than $20 million under a series of medium to longterm contracts with a Middle Eastern party, worth several hundred million US Dollars.
14 Kenneth Szeto, 35, Head of Assets & Project Finance Practice Group, Colin Ng & Partner Kenneth is one of the few specialist real estate and financing lawyers of his generation. He represented OCBC as lender of a $216 million term loan facility for a subsidiary of the Fragrance Group to partially finance the acquisition of a prime site hotel cum office building known as “Tower 15”.
18 Jaikanth Shankar, 35, Director, Dispute Resolution, Drew & Napier Jaikanth defended Indonesian coal mining company, PT Bayan Resources Tbk and Singapore company, Bayan International , in a US$800 million joint venture dispute that would be the first case heard in the newly established Singapore International Commercial Court.
Allen Tan, 34, Principal, Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Allen advised a global brand name on restructuring its Asian operations which span 18 jurisdictions, setting up headquarters operations in Singapore, and factoring direct and indirect tax issues and planning in the relevant jurisdictions. He also represented a leading Fortune 500 multinational corporation in planning its global tax structure.
15 Dominic Chan, 35, Senior Associate Director, Characterist In Solvadis Commodity Chemicals GmbH v Affert Resources Pte Ltd case in 2014, Dominic has successfully obtained a worldwide Mareva Injunction (for US$5.76 million) in aid of foreign arbitration proceedings. The Defendant’s application to discharge the Mareva Injunction was successfully resisted before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
19 Vikna Rajah, 36, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore In 2015, Vikna acted as lead counsel for CIT before the Court of Appeal in a landmark case involving the exchange of information between the Singapore and Japanese tax authorities. This is one of the few cases in the world in relation to exchange of information between national tax authorities to go before a country’s apex court.
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