Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC

Corporate & Commercial; Intellectual Property; Information Technology;Telecommunications; Employment & Corporate Immigration

Managing Director

Joyce A. Tan has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer over the long years of her practice by numerous legal publications including Legal 500, Chambers, Practical Law Company, AsiaLaw, Who’s Who Legal, World Trademark Review, International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Internet, E-Commerce & Data Protection Lawyers, Data Privacy & Protection, Data - Information Technology, Southeast Asia – Data, Global Communications, Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers, Global Counsel 3000, Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law, and Global Law Experts and The Best Lawyers. She is also recognised in A-List of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal World IP Review Leaders, Asian Legal Business and Asia IP Magazine.

To quote from the reports on some of these publications based on independent research, “Joyce Tan has an excellent reputation”, “is a very well reputed lawyer”, “very focused”, “really knows her stuff”, “is admired for the quality and longevity of her practice”, “is recognized as one of the finest commercial IP lawyers in Singapore” “a seasoned stalwart in the industry” and “maven at generating commercial value from IP assets”.

Joyce is a transactional lawyer in corporate and commercial matters, including cross-border M&A deals, private equity investments, collaborative ventures and financing transactions. She is widely recognised for her strong suit in TMT and intellectual property, having pioneered many cutting-edge deals of its time, including complex technical procurement and supply transactions, the use of cashless payment systems, fintech innovations and other innovative technology and telecommunications networks. She handled the first interconnect transaction in Singapore when the telecommunications industry was first lilberalised, as well as the nation-wide “CashCard” project in Singapore, and continues to assist clients with high-tech payment systems at the frontiers of regulatory frameworks.

She is also routinely involved in the acquisition, disposition, relocation, protection and exploitation of intellectual property and intangible assets and in advising on business-related and planning issues involving employment, immigration and tax.

Joyce has delivered numerous lectures, both in the local and international circuits and has developed and conducted multiple training curricula for organizations in Singapore and abroad, including government agencies, on the subject matter covered by her extensive practice.

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Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore Roll of Solicitors, England & Wales (non-practising) Registered Patent Agent, Singapore Notary Public, Singapore Commissioner for Oaths, Singapore Awarded the Singapore National Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat), 2021 Member of Blockchain Consortia Government Framework Industry Working Group & Legal Panel of the Infocomm Media Development Authority Member of the Specialist Mediator Panel (Singapore), Singapore International Mediation Centre, 2021 Senate Member, Singapore Academy of Law, 2021-to-date Panelist of Dispute Resolution Service under the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, 2001 – to-date Associate Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre, 2011-2021 Principal Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre, 2021 – to-date Associate Mediator, The Law Society of Singapore, 2017 – to-date Advisory Committee to WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Center, 2021 - to-date Appointed to List of Neutrals of the World Intellectual Property Organization, 2012 - to-date Appointed to Trademark Mediators Network of the International Trademark Association, 2012 – to-date Arbitrator of Langfang Arbitration Commission, China, 2019 – to-date Member of Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2006 - to-date Member of Sub-Committee on Smart Contracts of Law Reform Committee of Singapore Academy of Law, 2019 – to-date Member of Core / Steering Committee, TechLaw Fest (f.k.a. Technology Law Conference Series), Singapore Academy of Law, 2014 - to-date Member of Advisory Panel to the Commercial Law Framework in Singapore, Singapore Academy of Law, 2013 Vice-chair and Member of Executive Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2015-2018 Chair of Member Engagement Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2015 - 2018 Member of the Board of Directors, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2010 - 2013 Member of Chair-Elect Nominating Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2012 Brand Development Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2010 - 2011 Member of Member Relations and Marketing Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2011 - 2013 Co-chair, Asian Region, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2010 - 2014 Director, The World Justice Project Ltd, 2017 - to-date Member of think tank on Technology Law Development Group, Singapore Member of Legal Panel on Convergence Issues, Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore Member of Working Group on Electronic Commerce, Singapore Member of Examinations Committee for Singapore Patent Agents Qualifying Examination, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, 2006 Singapore Country Representative, Emerging IP Rights Committee, Asian Patent Attorneys Association, 2004 - 2006 Publications Chair, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1996 – 1998 Vice Chair of Telecommunications Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1999 - 2002 Council-At-Large Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 2006 - 2009 Chair of Technology and Communications Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 2002 - 2004 Member of Free Trade Areas Subcommittee, International Trademark Association, 2006 - 2007 Member of Intellectual Property Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 1995, 1997, 1999 - 2014 Chair of Copyright and Designs Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2002 Chair of Info-Media Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2005, 2006 & 2007 Member of Committee on Multidisciplinary Practices, Law Society of Singapore, 1999 Member of Committee on Practice Structures, Law Society of Singapore, 2000

LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore

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