News & Insights

Shook Lin & Bok is proud to announce that we have once again been recognised for our excellence in the 2025 edition of IP Stars across five practice areas, reaffirming our position as a leading firm in intellectual property (IP) law.

We are delighted to announce our appointment as one of six pre-approved vendors for the Legal and Contractual Advisory services activity under the Business Adaptation Grant (BizAdapt) launched by Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) on 7 October 2025.

Advised Perpetual (Asia) Limited, as trustee, in the successful IPO of Centurion Accommodation REIT on the SGX Mainboard

Advised Lenders on Financing for Hotel Indigo Changi Airport Development

Partner Tan Woon Hum quoted in South China Morning Post article: Is Singapore seeing slowdown of Chinese wealth inflows and should it be worried?

We are pleased to announce that our Banking, Restructuring & Insolvency, and Intellectual Property practices have once again been recognised in Lexology Index: Southeast Asia 2025 guide (formerly Who’s Who Legal), reaffirming our leadership among Southeast Asia’s top-tier law firms.

Our Intellectual Property Partner Jevon Louis has recently contributed to the Legal 500 Comparative Guides 2025: Intellectual Property – Singapore chapter.

We are thrilled to announce that Shook Lin & Bok continues to achieve strong results across seven practice areas in the 2025-2026 edition of IFLR1000, reinforcing our position as a leading law firm in Singapore. In particular, our market-leading Banking and Finance practice has achieved a Tier 1 ranking and our Financial Services Regulatory practice has been newly recognised in the latest IFLR1000 edition. These accomplishments underscore our unwavering commitment and continuous improvement in delivering top-tier legal services.

The National Environment Agency (“NEA”) recently announced that carbon tax-liable companies will be allowed to roll over into 2025 their unused limit of eligible international carbon credits (“EICCs”) from 2024. This decision arose out of the current limited supply of such credits. This update explains what EICCs are, how they work under the Carbon Pricing Act 2018 (“CPA”), the process of sourcing and obtaining them, and the key issues these companies should be aware of—including the present constraints, regulatory uncertainties, and implications.