News & Insights

We are pleased to announce that the Firm’s overall ranking in IFLR1000 2024 has improved with Investment Funds rising a tier.

We are pleased to announce that our firm has achieved Outstanding ranking for Banking & Finance for the third year running in the recently published Asialaw 2024.

On 10 September 2024, Parliament passed the new Platform Workers Bill. Changes are being made to improve the welfare of the platform workers in Singapore. This Bill will take effect from 1 January 2025, and platform operators should take note of this new Bill.

This client update aims to provide a brief overview of the Bill, introduce the key areas covered by this Bill and give recommendations to the platform operators as they prepare for the forthcoming changes to the working benefits of platform workers.

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Our Partners Jevon Louis and Jaswin Kaur Khosa contributed to an article by ASIA IP Magazine on green claims in respect of trademarks and the risks of greenwashing.

The sustainability movement has sparked a wave of eco-conscious investments across brands. While celebrating these achievements is natural, regulators are keeping a close eye on greenwashing or the inclusion of or association with unsubstantiated environmental claims. In this regard, trademarks, indications of origin and certification marks have an important role to play, giving consumers confidence that products and services comply with verifiable sustainability standards.

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Asia has emerged as the largest source of emissions globally and Southeast Asia is also one of the most at-risk regions. Addressing climate change is therefore a matter of particular urgency for ASEAN and its companies. However, it has been estimated the region will need to raise capital of over US$50 billion over the next few years to fund the green transition.[1] With Singapore as a leading investment and financial hub in Asia, banks in Singapore, can and arguably should go beyond financing activities that are already aligned with a green economy to also finance the real-economy activities that are not yet aligned but are in transition to becoming so aligned. This update offers an overview of the increasing imperative for climate transition planning for corporates, and how banks can responsibly navigate the challenges and pitfalls of financing the transition.

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A team comprising our Partner Sarjit Singh Gill, SC and Associates Daryl Cheng and Suresh Viswanath, successfully acted for Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited in defending an appeal brought by a beneficiary claiming payment of around US$30.4 million under a letter of credit. The Court of Appeal in Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd v Oversea-Chinese […]

A Bill proposing changes to various laws to enhance Singapore’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (“AML/CFT”) regime was read for the first time in the Singapore Parliament on 2 July 2024.

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We would like to congratulate our partners who have been recognised in the recently published Who’s Who Legal 2024 rankings in their respective areas.

Our Partner Claudia Khoo recently appeared on Money Talks with Andrea Heng on CNA podcast discussing bankruptcy and the impact it can have on one’s career and future.

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