Joshua was admitted to the English Bar as a Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple) in 1993 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1995.

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Following his admission to the Singapore Bar, Joshua commenced his legal career at a premier law firm in Singapore where he practised as a litigator, specialising in commercial litigation handling a variety of banking and insolvency matters. In 1997, Joshua left to join a criminal law practice where he gained experience in criminal litigation, among others.

Joshua has a diverse practice encompassing commercial litigation, individual and corporate insolvency, debt recovery, matrimonial matters, adoption, estate matters, insurance claims and personal injuries actions, construction claims, arbitration, dispute resolutions and criminal law. Beside litigation, Joshua is also an experienced conveyancer and has acted for developers in development projects and transactions involving both residential and commercial properties. Joshua also advises on corporate and commercial law and has acted for companies (both private and public listed) in advising them on joint ventures, acquisitions, distributorship and licence agreements, and cross-boundaries transactions.

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Beside English, Joshua is also conversant in Mandarin and major Chinese dialects such as Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese.

Building on the practice he established as a partner at an international law firm, Chien Herr is frequently instructed on banking and finance and corporate commercial matters. He advises on all aspects of financing; his mergers and acquisitions and cross-border ship finance expertise has been mentioned in a number of prominent industry publications. His sector experience includes fintech and start-ups, maritime, commodities and commercial property developments (in Singapore and overseas).

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Chien Herr’s well-rounded practice includes advising banks and companies on a variety of cross-border restructuring transactions, work-outs as well as enforcement scenarios. His corporate commercial portfolio also includes advising on the corporate and finance aspects of joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions.

Leon is a banking, finance and corporate lawyer, known for his commercial, client-focussed advice as well as the perspective which he brings to bear due to the international nature of his practice (having also practiced in Tokyo for some time).

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With more than 20 years of practice experience, his expertise is frequently called upon in relation to structuring advice for innovative products, trade and commodities finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as insolvency and restructuring transactions. His banking and finance practice also includes asset finance transactions involving vessels, aircraft, commercial and residential property. Power and infrastructure project finance, restructuring of sovereign debt are also areas of experience.

Jonathan’s practice is in banking and finance, regulatory, general corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. In his time at some of Singapore’s largest firms and an international firm specialising in finance and transportation, he has worked on a number of high-value, complex, cross-border asset finance and commercial banking matters. He is consistently recognised as a leading individual in shipping in a prominent industry publication.

His finance experience includes advising clients on transactional swaps and derivatives matters, assisting them in the negotiation of ISDA documentation, while his regulatory experience includes advising banks, international financial institutions looking to set up in Singapore, start-ups and fintech companies on licensing and compliance issues touching on a broad range of financial services. In addition, he has assisted companies with early-stage investments in, and mergers and acquisitions of, assets both in Singapore and abroad.

Marc’s practice comprises a range of project, asset and trade finance, including aviation, container leases, bunkers and resort and property development both local and abroad. He also has experience advising on corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, employment and other corporate matters.

Ms Margaret Chew Poh Kwan was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in January 1978. She was the 1st woman and the 2nd person in Singapore to qualify as a member of the Singapore Bar by completing her Law Articleship in Singapore. Ms. Chew is now the Managing Partner of the firm.

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Ms Chew’s area of expertise is conveyancing, of which she has more than 30 years of experience. Prior to joining the firm as a partner in May 1993, Ms Chew was in conveyancing practice as a partner in Messrs Donaldson & Burkinshaw (1988-1991) and Messrs Colin Ng & Partners (1992-1993). She was a senior legal assistant in Messrs Drew & Napier from 1984- 1988.

When she was a senior legal assistant with Messrs Drew & Napier, she assisted the Corporate Department and worked with Dr. Thio Su Mein, the head of Corporate Department, as well as Mr. Lucien Wong in preparing conveyancing documents that the Corporate Department required.

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During the course of her practice, Ms Chew has had wide exposure in numerous property transactions. She is accustomed to handling the work of major banks, finance companies and developers, as well as that of private investors and home-owners. She is also the firm’s Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public.

George is an experienced IP/IT and Media lawyer with a deep and demonstrated history in the industry. He is skilled in negotiation, reputation management law, copyright law as well as dispute resolution.

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His strong business development sense, culled from his personal experience in the commercial sector, coupled with his academic abilities, make him an invaluable business partner. Having worked in Hong Kong, Bulgaria, the European Commission and the Bahamas, he is well equipped to assist in international transactions.

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George has working knowledge of French. He is the commissioned author for the inaugural volume of Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore: Media Law and is also the Content Partner for LexisNexis Practical Guidance on IP/IT – Corporate and Financing Aspects. He is the current President of Licensing Executives Society (Singapore), a non-profit organisation formed to promote the commercialisation of IP.

Julian Lim of JLim Law Corporation holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore (1996) and is admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1997). He is also a member of the Singapore Academy of Law and admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales in 2002.

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A litigator from one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore, Julian has 20 years of professional experience, with a specialized practice in the areas of both contentious and non-contentious building and construction law. He has advised established developers, building professionals, owners (including public listed companies and hotels) and contractors over a broad spectrum of building construction and engineering projects. His clients include main contractors / builders as well as specialist sub-contractors in various sectors of the construction industry.

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On the contentious side, he has special expertise in commencing and defending adjudication claims under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (“SOP Act”) and are regularly involved in assisting clients in reviewing payment claims and payment responses for compliance with the SOP Act and Regulations. Julian also regularly acts as counsel in construction disputes involving various issues such as interpretation of contract, claims for work done, delay damages, extension of time, defects as well as acting for clients in court applications for injunctions to restrain calls on performance bonds.

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On the non-contentious side, his practice includes drafting and reviewing of various forms of construction contracts including well-known forms such as the PSSCOC and SIA Lump Sum contract and bespoke domestic subcontracts. The firm also frequently advises and acts as counsel in construction litigation in the Singapore courts, arbitration administered by various arbitral institutions, mediation as well as other modes of alternative dispute resolution.