Drew & Napier LLC

Chairman: Jimmy Yim, SC

Chief Executive Officer: Cavinder Bull, SC

Number of Directors and Associate Directors: 112

Number of lawyers: 373

Languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Malay, Tamil, Vietnamese

Firm Overview:

Drew & Napier LLC is one of Singapore’s leading and largest full-service law firms. Providing world class legal services and representation to discerning clients since 1889, the firm is consistently rated top tier in many practice areas by Chambers and Partners and other renowned international legal publications.

Main Areas of Practice:

Banking & Finance:

Experienced in a wide range of local and cross-border syndicated and bilateral loan and project financing transactions, debt restructuring, debt capital markets, banking advisory and regulatory work.

Contact: Pauline Chong, Renu Menon

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets:

Expertise in full range of blockchain and digital assets legal matters, including token issuance, transactions, regulatory licensing, and disputes.

Contact: Chua Tju Liang

Email: [email protected]

Construction:

Specialises in all aspects of construction and engineering projects from inception to completion. A market-leading construction disputes team with extensive experience in adjudication, court litigation and arbitration.

Contact: Christopher Chong, Mahesh Rai

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Competition Law:

Elite competition law practice, highly experienced in a full range of advisory, contentious and transactional matters.

Contact: (Disputes & Litigation) Cavinder Bull SC. (Competition, Consumer & Regulatory) Lim Chong Kin, Corinne Chew

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Corporate Restructuring & Workouts:

A leader in Asia with the most regionally active restructuring team involved in many complex and novel cross-border restructurings and insolvencies.

Contact: Sushil Nair, Julian Kwek

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Corporate Finance & Capital Markets:

Has a wealth of experience in corporate finance, equity offerings, capital markets and regulatory work.

Contact: Steven Lo, Gary Wan

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Data Protection & Privacy:

Expertise spans data protection, privacy and cybersecurity. Relied upon for audits, compliance, cross-border transfer, data breach management and enforcement. Design and conduct customised training.

Contact: Lim Chong Kin

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:

Peerless reputation and excellence in commercial and corporate litigation. Equally outstanding in complex cross-border international arbitration, acting as counsel/arbitrator in various institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations; expertise in investor-state disputes, acting for States and investors and commercial organisations. Areas of work include banking, construction, infrastructure, energy, competition/antitrust, white-collar crime, IT, IP, oil and gas, property, debt recovery, and telecommunications. Also represents clients in disputes before the SICC.

Contact: Jimmy Yim SC, Cavinder Bull SC, Randolph Khoo, Wendell Wong

Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Environmental, Social & Governance:

Holistic legal expertise to support clients’ fast-evolving and complex ESG needs.

Contact: Benjamin Gaw

Email: [email protected]

Infrastructure & Project Finance:

Expertise in power and energy, telecommunications, transportation, waste disposal, water, construction and housing projects. Clients include government bodies, private sector, builders and financial institutions.

Contact: Jimmy Yim SC, Christopher Chong

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

Represents renowned international and local clients in all areas of IP law in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Unrivalled for IP litigation and registration of trade marks, patents and designs. Also negotiates and prepares licence, distributorship and franchising agreements, undertakes IP monetisation work, advises on IP issues concerning Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Cryptocurrency, and is eminent for its competency in Life Sciences and patent linkage issues.

Contact: Tony Yeo

Email: [email protected]

Investigations:

Complex cross-border investigations concerning bribery, corporate fraud, money laundering, asset recovery, whistle-blower complaints, tax, antitrust, securities and financial services offences.

Contact: Wendell Wong, Chia Voon Jiet

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Specialising in Singapore and cross-border public and private M&A, reorganisations, privatisations, spin-offs, fund raisings, private equity transactions, corporate investments and joint ventures.

Contact: Steven Lo

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:

Advises on all aspects of corporate real estate, conveyancing, property law and real estate financing. Clients include leading developers, corporations, financial institutions, funds, statutory boards, foreign and local investors and high net worth individuals.

Contact: Ho Soo Lih, Lau Sok Hiang

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Telecommunications, Media & Technology:

Elite TMT practice with unparalleled transactional, licensing and regulatory experience. Relied upon by regulators, industry leaders and new entrants. Deep understanding of policy and technology.

Contact: Lim Chong Kin

Email: [email protected]

Tax & Private Client Services:

Provides full range of Singapore tax law advisory including tax dispute resolution, transactional advisory, enterprise tax risk management and private client services.

Contact: Ong Sim Ho, Ong Ken Loon

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Key Clients:

Governments, government institutions, regulatory authorities, financial institutions, local and multinational corporations including Fortune 500 and blue chip companies and high profile and ultrahigh net worth individuals.