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Shipping In-House Team of the Year WINNER Neptune Orient Lines
firm awards COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Drew & Napier
ENERGY & RESOURCES LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Linklaters Allen & Gledhill
Merrill Legal Solutions Award INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Drew & Napier
L-R: Durai Shanmugam (Stephenson Harwood); Yeo Hui Ling (Neptune Orient Lines Ltd); Timothy Windle (APL Limited)
Finalists • MISC Berhad • Pacific Carriers • Shipping Corporation of India • Titan Orient Lines
Singapore In-House Lawyer of the Year WINNER Jeffrey Wong, UBS
Finalists • Boon Chin Aun, Golden Agri Resources • Damian Yeo, Nokia • Lena Chia, Temasek Holdings • Sharon Goh, Pacific Carriers
Abraham Vergis (Drew & Napier LLC)
• Powerhouse commercial litigation outfit and winner in this category for the previous four years • Boasts number of highly-regarded litigators, including Jimmy Yim SC, Cavinder Bull SC and Davinder Singh SC Finalists • Allen & Gledhill • Rajah & Tann • WongPartnership
Merrill Legal Solutions Award CONSTRUCTION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Rajah & Tann
Kelvin Wong (Allen & Gledhill LLP); Janet Taylor (Stats ChipPAC)
• Came highly recommended in peer review process for its work across gas and petrochemical industries and its ability to integrate banking, project finance and dispute resolution skills into this practice area where required Finalists • Clifford Chance • Latham & Watkins • Lovells Lee & Lee • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP • Norton Rose
IP LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER ATMD Bird & Bird
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Award Singapore In-house Team of the Year WINNER DBS
L-R: Karen Gan (DBS Bank); Jai Pathak (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP); Nicole Mak (DBS Bank)
Finalists • Nokia • Pacific Carriers • Temasek Private Holdings • UBS
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Chua Kee Loon (Rajah & Tann LLP); Lilian Goh (Merrill Legal Solutions)
• Winner in this category in 2006, firm is mainstay on construction law front • Sundaresh Menon held in high regard by respondents with many noting that since his appointment in 2007 firm has increased footprint in area Finalists • Allen & Gledhill • Drew & Napier • Harry Elias Partnership • WongPartnership
Low Sai-Choy (CapitaLand); Cyril Chua (ATMD Bird & Bird LLP)
• The winner in this category every year since 2005, this IP powerhouse became even stronger last year after striking global alliance with British firm Bird & Bird, a move which survey respondents felt will only enhance its reputation as one of Singapore’s premier IP firm Finalists • AMICA Law • Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow • Drew & Napier • Lee & Lee • Rodyk & Davidson
Abraham Vergis (Drew & Napier LLC); Lilian Goh (Merrill Legal Solutions); Manoj Sandrasegara (Drew & Napier LLC)
• International arbitration practice considered by many to be head and shoulders above others in Singapore • Highly regarded Jimmy Yim SC, managing director of the firm’s dispute resolution practice, and his team were regarded highly for their excellent service, poise and ability to handle highest of high-profile international disputes • Hri Kumar and Cavinder Bull were both appointed to SC post in 2008 Finalists • Allen & Gledhill • DLA Piper • Herbert Smith • Norton Rose • Rajah & Tann • Shearman & Sterling
OFFSHORE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Conyers Dill & Pearman
Jane Niven (Jones Lang Lasalle); Gerard Ng (Conyers Dill & Pearman)
• A winner in this category in 2006 and 2007, firm’s Singapore office is considered to be pivotal in Asia, as Asian Legal Business ISSUE 9.7