Ivan Cheong
Partner | Singapore
Secretary Aisyah Mdnoh
Operating as Withers KhattarWong LLP in Singapore.
Insight
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are now more widely used and accepted around the world as couples enter into marriage. We show the position in California, the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong, and why it’s important to have joined up, global advice.
External publications
"When A Home Is Not A Home" - April 2022, Asia Law Network
"Woman denied share in Bukit Timah house when court ruled that it's not her ‘matrimonial home'" - April 2022, 99.co
"The case of a "matrimonial" Bukit Timah Home: Why a woman was denied a share" - April 2022, Stacked
"Wang Lee Hom's divorce - 6 ways it differs from usual divorce proceedings and key takeaways." - February 2022, Asia Law Network
"How typical divorce proceedings differ from that of Wang Leehom's saga" - February 2022, AsiaOne
"How Typical Divorce Proceedings Differ From That Of Wang Leehom's Saga" - February 2022, Her World
"Ask Me Anything: Ivan Cheong The Family & Divorce Lawyer" - Jan 2022, MustShareNews
"Pre-nup agreements: a valuable tool for wealth preservation" - November 2021, The Business Times
"Transferring assets between spouses with clarity and intention: CLT v CLS and another matter [2021] SGHCF 29" - November 2021, Asia Law Network
"No-Fault Divorce: What Should Singapore Prioritise? Marriage or Happiness?" - September 2021, Rice Media
"The mathematics in dividing matrimonial assets: VJP v VJQ [2021] SGCA 82" - September 2021, Asia Law Network
"Can I ghost my spouse & sign divorce papers on my own? This & other burning questions answered by S'pore family lawyer." - July 2021, Mothership
"Couple's $13m marital assets to be split equally as man's actions differ from prenup terms" - September 2021, The Straits Times
"10 things to know before entering into a Pre-Nuptial Agreement" - August 2021, Asia Law Network
"Prenuptial Agreements - the importance of being consistent." - August 2021, Asia Law Network
"Hong Kong and Singapore: Relocation in the time of Covid " - June 2021
Author of the chapters 'Practice and Procedure in relation to Children' and 'Other Applications relating to Children' in 'Law and Practice of Family Law in Singapore', a 2016 publication by Sweet & Maxwell.
Contributing author to ‘The Art of Family Lawyering', a 2019 Special Edition publication by the Law Society of Singapore.
Intending to relocate your children from Singapore? - What you need to know. -Linkedin 2020
Should I divorce in England or Singapore? - Linkedin 2020