Employment: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Singapore
Band 1
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Provided by Allen & Gledhill LLP
Our Employment practice is highly acclaimed by peers and clients. Possessing advisory/transactional and disputes capabilities, our lawyers handle all aspects of employment, industrial relations and work-health and safety matters, and regularly advise on cross-border employment arrangements and matters.
On the advisory/transactional front, we advise on all aspects of employment relationships, share options, pension and incentive schemes, collective bargaining and industrial relations, statutory welfare and benefits, staff severance and retrenchment management; outsourcing arrangements; and the transfer or integration of workforce resulting from mergers and acquisitions and takeovers.
On the disputes front, the team regularly handles all forms of employment disputes, including wrongful dismissals; the enforcement of restrictive covenants and post-termination restraints; disciplinary proceedings; work-health safety incidents and injury compensation claims; and investigating employee wrongdoing, breach of fiduciary duties and white-collar offences.
Chambers Review
Allen & Gledhill's highly regarded employment law team offers broad expertise in both contentious and non-contentious matters in Singapore. The firm frequently advises on cross-border employment arrangements, restrictive covenants and employee incentives, with additional experience handling wrongful dismissal claims. The team is well versed in negotiating employment terms and drafting employment contracts, regularly acting for local and multinational corporations as well as large financial institutions. It frequently acts in employment disputes before the High Court.
Work Highlights
- Allen & Gledhill acted for BGC Partners in a dispute at the Singapore High Court against a former senior broker who was terminated for failing to reach revenue targets and performance ratios.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Allen & Gledhill is a true full-service law firm. They are always available and always attentive."
"Allen & Gledhill have an excellent sense of what Singapore companies are doing around Singapore, so I can rely on them to tell me what market or general practices are."
"Allen & Gledhill is a true full-service law firm. They are always available and always attentive."
"Allen & Gledhill have an excellent sense of what Singapore companies are doing around Singapore, so I can rely on them to tell me what market or general practices are."
Notable Practitioners
Sanjiv Kumar Rajan is well regarded for his work in employment litigation in Singapore, including bonus-related disputes. He is also known for his expertise in white-collar crime.
"I have been consistently impressed by his sharp intellect, outstanding strategic thinking and unwavering commitment to client success."
"Sanjiv Kumar Rajan has in-depth experience and understanding of the Singapore regulatory environment and the ability to navigate complex matters and provide practical advice and guidance."
Tay Yong Seng is an established employment lawyer in Singapore with expertise in wrongful dismissals and employee misconduct investigations.
"Tay Yong Seng is a class act. He combines a razor-sharp intellect with tireless drive and energy."
"Yong Seng has a phenomenal command of the law, obtains a mastery of the relevant facts and does so at warp speed."
Christine Tee is a popular choice for her advice on matters such as retrenchment and redundancy benefits and claims of wrongful dismissal.
"Christine is prompt, thorough and thoughtful."
Ranked Lawyers at
Allen & Gledhill LLP
Singapore
Members
Provided by Allen & Gledhill LLP
Boon Kiat Yeo
Christine Tee
Jonathan Lin
Kelvin Kek
Head of Department
Kenneth Lim
May Ling Lee
Michele Foo
Ramesh Selvaraj
Head of Department
Sathiaseelan Jagateesan
Sophie Lim
Steven Seow
Su May Tan
Vincent Leow
Yong Seng Tay
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