Labour and employment: local firms

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Client Satisfaction

Allen & Gledhill LLP devotes considerable resources and expertise to the labour and employment field, covering the full range of advisory, transactional, and contentious areas. It has continued to impress in employment litigation, notably in relation to non-compete clauses, notice periods, restrictive covenants, personal data breaches, and alleged breaches of terms of employment. It is also frequently engaged in large-scale investigations, employment contracts, employee incentives and benefits, restructurings, and outsourcing arrangements. Kelvin Wong and Sanjiv Rajan co-head the employment and health and safety practice, the former active across HR matters and the latter noted for his litigation expertise. Tay Yong Seng is another leading employment litigator, along with Vincent Leow and Christine Tee.

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Testimonials

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'A strong, committed team with strengths across all areas of practice in labour and employment matters, from trial litigation to investigations and trade union negotiations.'
'Tay Yong Seng is the best litigation partner I have worked with. A superbly outstanding legal strategist who relishes novel and difficult legal cases, many of which are landmark cases in Singapore. Yong Seng is one of the strongest advocates I have worked with. His arguments are powerful, clear and incisive and persuasive.'
'Tay Yong Seng is a vigorous, thoughtful advocate respected by courts and international arbitration tribunals, whom he frequently appears before. He is Oxford-educated and combines academic rigour scholarship with proven trial experience.'
'A&G is the premier law firm in Singapore and there is exceptional depth of quality through the entire firm.'
'Tay Yong Seng has always provided excellent feedback and advice on employment matters, particularly in relation to the set up of employment relationships within a firm and also in a stressed, dispute environment. He is Oxford educated and his knowledge of the common law is exceptional and he uses this tremendous understanding of the law to provide accurate and invaluable practical legal advice.'
‘A great team.’

Work highlights

Acted for the plaintiffs against a former senior employee for breach of personal data obligations.
Acted as lead counsel for BGC in an ongoing commercial dispute in the Singapore High Court in connection with 'forward contracts of employment' to join the business and a 'no-show' by the defendants.
Acted for Qantas Airways in a claim against their former co-CEO of Jetstar Japan, who was then seeking to start work as the CEO of Virgin Airlines’ loyalty programme, Velocity Frequent Flyer, after accepting a senior role at Qantas Airlines loyalty programme.