TSMP is pleased to share that the firm continued to do well in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific rankings. In the 2019 guide, Singapore’s leading boutique firm was ranked in the following practice areas:

• Banking and finance (Tier 4)
• Capital markets (Tier 4)
• Construction (Tier 3)
• Corporate and M&A (Tier 2)
• Dispute resolution (Tier 3)
• Labour and employment (Tier 2)
• Restructuring and insolvency (Tier 3)

In addition, two lawyers were named “Leading Individuals”:

• Thio Shen Yi,SC for his Dispute resolution practice.
• Stefanie Yuen Thio in her Corporate and M&A practice.

There were also several shout outs for these lawyers in the editorial:

• Banking and Finance: Jennifer Chia as “key partner” and Stefanie Yuen Thio as “sought for her ability to supervise especially complex transactions”
• Capital Markets: Stefanie Yuen Thio
• Construction: Derek Loh and Melvin Chan
• Corporate and M&A: “TSMP Law Corporation has a high market share of public M&A transactions involving Singapore entities. The firm has attracted a number of engagements from Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) investors, thanks in part to the highly reputed Stefanie Yuen Thio”
• Dispute Resolution:
  • “TSMP Law Corporation has a small but potent practice led by the eminent Thio Shen Yi SC which continues to make an impression”;
  • “Adrian Tan joined the firm from Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC, bringing additional senior-level expertise in real estate collective sales disputes and IP litigation”;
  • “Melvin Chan is recommended for construction cases”
• Labour and Employment:
  • “TSMP Law Corporation’s team provides ‘an excellent service’ and is ‘very responsive and commercial in its approach’. It combines employment and labour law with dispute resolution and corporate expertise and its broad client base includes an impressive contingent of financial institutions.”
  • Ian Lim is not only ‘knowledgeable in this area’ but also ‘pleasant to work with’ and he is ably assisted by Jamie Chin and Grace Chan, who were recently promoted to senior associates
• Restructuring and insolvency: Thio Shen Yi SC

The firm’s page can be viewed here (The Legal 500 link).