K&L Gates Straits Law LLC's Singapore employment team specialises in advising domestic and multinational employers with operations throughout Southeast Asia. It continues to work intensively in advisory and transactional-related matters, including assisting clients with remote and hybrid working policies, employment termination matters, and international employee transfers and overseas employment arrangements. Christopher Tan is a senior employment specialist with a fine record in the media, music and entertainment, technology and software, engineering, finance and fintech, and manufacturing industries. Valerie Ang provides additional contentious employment expertise.

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Key clients

  • Bespin Global
  • Bitgo, Inc.
  • Electronic Arts Asia Pacific
  • EY
  • Flight Centre Travel Group
  • Jet Aviation (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd
  • John Deere Asia (Singapore) Private Limited
  • Samsung SDS Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
  • Shinhan Bank
  • TripAdvisor Limited

Work highlights

  • Assisted an advertising technology company with reviewing several of their various employment policies from a Singapore law perspective.
  • Advised a global strategy consulting firm on assisting a global healthcare company with the Singapore employment law landscape.
  • Advised an ASX-listed travel agency on employment issues in relation to its proposed acquisition of a Singapore incorporated target company, which had 21 subsidiaries, three of which were also Singapore-incorporated.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christopher Tan

Other key lawyers

Valerie Ang