Employment and Labour
We have literally written the book on employment and labour law in Singapore, authoring the Singapore chapters of high-profile annual international publications such as The Employment Law Review.
As a pioneer of specialised employment law practices in Singapore covering all aspects ranging from non-competition and dismissal to harassment and data privacy, we are the go-to firm for corporates and C-suite individuals looking to navigate Singapore’s increasingly involved employment and immigration landscape, acting for multinationals like Citibank, DHL, Emerson, FIS, IBM, Phillips 66, Samsonite and Seagate in advisory, transactional and contentious employment, immigration and industrial relations work.
Notable Briefs
Advised home-grown digital-focused insurer Singlife on executive equity and compensation issues in its 2020 merger with Aviva, with a combined business valued at S$3.2 billion, as well as in its subsequent 2023/24 acquisition by Sumitomo Life which valued the business at S$4.6 billion.
Successfully represented S&P 100 engineering multinational Emerson in obtaining Singapore High Court non-compete and confidentiality injunctions and damages against its ex-director who had joined Chinese multinational Huawei in the data centre network power industry.
Advised an S&P 500 tech major on its large-scale pandemic layoff exercise in conjunction with its global business rationalisation, advising it on extensive consultations with its employees, trade union and the Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower.
Acted for an S&P 100 tech major in New York law emergency arbitration proceedings at the SIAC involving its ex-GM who joined a NASDAQ-100 tech major to head its cloud services in India in breach of his restrictive covenants, with equity rescission implications.
Advised a global energy and LNG conglomerate in the suspension and summary dismissal of its CEO and General Counsel for corruption and forgery, amidst the CEO’s retaliatory collaboration with lenders to pursue a US$65 million claim in efforts to place the group into receivership.
Testimonials
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
“Strong team providing legally sound and commercially realistic advice and support.”
Chambers Asia-Pacific
“Sound advice with good summaries and detailed explanations. Able to handle a broad range of labour and personnel-related matters.”
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
“Each individual is unique coming in with their varied expertise. This helps to review a legal issue at various angles as opposed to single-minded view with the other merely executing such view.”
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Ian Lim
Employment and Labour Insights
Thought-provoking legal insights with a global perspective, anchored on local sensibility.
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