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Singapore's 2nd largest international law firm
As the financial and business hub of South East Asia, Singapore is the place to do business with jurisdictions across the region, and is frequently ranked as the world's most open economy.
We have been present in Singapore since 2012, and grew dramatically in size and services through the creation of Withers KhattarWong in 2015, which is a formal alliance with KhattarWong, one of the oldest and most well-respected law firms in Singapore. The alliance has created the second largest law firm in Singapore, offering a full range of legal services to corporations, institutions and successful individuals, including some of the biggest companies and leading families in Singapore.

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Ching Chern’s understanding of the real estate business was a great advantage when buying our desired property. She explained each stage of the process clearly and carefully and delivered a successful outcome. We can’t recommend her highly enough.
Withers KhattarWong’s expertise was fundamentally important to us in resolving negotiations with the Inland Authority of Singapore. The dedication, meticulousness and practical advice provided saved us expense and further delays, and we’ve been glad to work closely with the team on a number of other projects since then, in which the service provided has been of a similarly high quality.
Withers KhattarWong provided timely and effective advice to us in the purchase of our current office and other investment properties in Singapore, and we returned to them for assistance when we came to sell some industrial units. The team’s efficiency and meticulous attention to detail greatly helped to simplify the process for us.
We have dealt with Anpa and his team in Singapore for a number of years and their advice and service delivery has always been first class.
Withers KhattarWong has been a dependable advisor to HL Assurance across a range of our insurance products. The firm’s knowledge of the insurance industry is second to none, and their service is always flawlessly delivered.
Their role of advisors to our shipping business has been essential in our growth. The on-going financial legal advice Withers KhattarWong provides, means Lanpan can sail into ever greater prosperity.
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Leaders and senior executives
Hotels and hospitality
Talent and creatives
Families and family offices
Luxury assets
Technology
Owners and entrepreneurs
Elderly and vulnerable people
Brands
Trustees, executors and fiduciaries
Public companies
Philanthropy
Government
Entertainment
Family businesses
Energy
High-net-worth individuals
Construction
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Опыт работы
SG$549 million refinancing of Capital Square in Singapore
Acted together with MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re (one of the world's leading reinsurers and risk carriers) and ERGO (one of the major insurance groups in Europe) in the SG$549 million refinancing transaction obtained by Queensley Holdings Limited for the commercial building in Singapore known as 'Capital Square'. Our Client subscribed for all the SG$151 million secured junior notes and SG$78 million of the preferred shares issued by Queensley Holdings Limited as part of the refinancing.
LG Electronics Inc
Complex dispute with a financial consulting firm
Withers represented an individual in a dispute involving a successful limited liability company that provided global financial consulting and advisory services. Withers successfully avoided a public lawsuit and negotiated a successful resolution. This complex matter involved parties in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Belize.
Landmark stamp duty decision on in the High Court of Singapore
We successfully represented our client in Zhao Hui Fang and another in a case that challenged the application of stamp duty to a residential purchase by a charity. The High Court of Singapore ruled that the additional buyer’s stamp duties regime does not apply to residential property purchased by a charity. The landmark decision had wide-ranging impact on charities and the non-profit sector in Singapore.
A European investment advisor
A European-based investment advisor approached Withers for advice on structuring its worldwide operations and other issues in the US. Because of our in-depth of knowledge of international markets, we were able to help with US withholding obligations as well as reporting obligations for US customers and accounts.
Singapore's first constitutional challenge to the criminalization of male homosexual Conduct
In the case of Lim Meng Suang and Kenneth Chee Mun-Leon v Attorney-General [2014]SGCA53 we acted in our client's appeal involving constitutional issues of public importance, namely, whether Section 377A of the Penal Code infringes the constitutional rights to equality, life and liberty. This was Singapore’s First Constitutional Challenges to the Criminalization of Male Homosexual Conduct in Singapore.
Multi-million dollar digital entertainment arbitration
Wee Chiaw Sek Anna
TMT Asia Ltd v BHP Billiton Marketing AG & Anor
Defending SMRT Trains Ltd and the Land Transport Authority
OTF Aquarium Farm v Lian Shing Construction Co Pte Ltd (formerly Liberty Insurance Pte Ltd)
A regional education provider in Singapore in a cross border arbitration
We advised our client (the Claimant) in a cross border arbitration under the SIAC Rules involving claims of USD $70 million. Our client entered into a funding arrangement with a private equity firm, allowing the funder to acquire shares and/or control in a company which acquires, runs and manages schools, and the arbitration concerned the corporate structure and approach to governance and controls.
Singapore arbitration on behalf of a Malaysian bank
We are representing a Malaysian bank on an arbitration in Singapore under the ICC Rules regarding claims arising out of a software contract with a Swiss multinational corporation. The contract involved the replacement of the bank’s central banking system, with far reaching cross border implications, given the bank's status as a public institution. The claim relates to the Islamic status of the core banking system with a contract value in the region of USD $17 million.
An international trust in Singapore
Singapore Economic Development Board
Discharge of mortgages over 41 Singapore-flagged, Hong Kong-flagged and Liberian-flagged vessels
We acted for a German bank, a Finnish bank and a Norwegian bank in Singapore in the discharge of mortgages over 41 Singapore-flagged, Hong Kong-flagged and Liberian-flagged vessels owned by an Indonesian shipping company. The discharge of mortgages was made simultaneous with the refinancing and global restructuring of that Indonesian shipping company’s debt.
International school in Singapore
Advised banks and borrowers in Singapore on project financing
We have advised banks and borrowers in Singapore on project financing for the development of hotel/office/shopping complexes, residential estates, highways, pipelines, petrochemical plants and other industrial developments, and financing for the acquisition of hotels, hospitals, plantations, commercial and industrial buildings and complexes and the takeover of companies, secured against all kinds of assets and guarantees, in jurisdictions such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, and others.
A Singapore based bank
Singapore Economic Development Board in a High Court Claim
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