Elaine Tay
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 2 : Insurance
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About
Provided by Elaine Tay
Practice Areas
Elaine is a Partner in Rajah & Tann Singapore's Insurance & Reinsurance Practice.
Elaine advises and represents (re)insurers (life and general) on contentious and non-contentious matters spanning various classes of insurance. As counsel, she has successfully represented insurers in matters which resulted in landmark decisions by the Singapore High Court. She has also appeared before the Singapore Court of Appeal as lead counsel and succeeded in resisting appeals. On the regulatory front, Elaine often advises insurers and insurance intermediaries across a wide spectrum of regulatory / compliance issues. She has also assisted insurers and intermediaries in obtaining requisite licences and statutory transfers of business.
Elaine is ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 as one of the leading lawyers in Insurance and Reinsurance, and is recommended in Best Lawyers 2024 for Insurance law. She has also achieved the Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019 for Insurance and Reinsurance Practice.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Elaine Tay is able to assist global insurers with a range of contentious matters, including property and construction-related claims, and can also offer transactional and regulatory advice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is very practical and solution-focused. She understands our business, how reinsurance works and Singaporean environment."
"Elaine is a veteran in the insurance law space and is pragmatic and experienced."
"She is very practical and solution-focused. She understands our business, how reinsurance works and Singaporean environment."
"Elaine is a veteran in the insurance law space and is pragmatic and experienced."