K&L Gates Straits Law LLC
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
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christopher Tan