WongPartnership LLP
Jenny Tsin is the Co-Head of the Employment Practice and a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice, Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice and the Corporate & Regulatory Investigations Practice.
WongPartnership LLP
WongPartnership LLP has consolidated its position in the labour and employment field as a result of its substantial resources of both contentious and non-contentious expertise, and increasing levels of specialisation. It continues to work on major misconduct investigations, large-scale retrenchments, and trade union negotiations. It also has extensive experience in transfers of employees, employee incentive plans, and immigration matters. The team represents some of Singapore and Southeast Asia’s largest corporates, in addition to a multitude of other multinationals. Vivien Yui co-heads the group, providing longstanding experience in non-contentious engagements, with fellow co-head and ‘go-to lawyer’ Jenny Tsin impressing in employment litigation and investigations.
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‘The team is always there when clients need them. They always put clients' needs as a priority.’
‘The team is very practical. Jenny Tsin in particular is very sharp and gives innovative solutions to clients.’
‘Jenny Tsin is a go-to lawyer if you are looking for help to address any complicated labour and employment issue in the Singapore market. She is experienced in all aspects of employment law, with particular focus on preventing and resolving disputes between employers and employees.'
'Jenny Tain's corporate law and dispute background and her experiences in handling labor and employment matters in Singapore are what makes her so good at providing solid and practical legal advice to corporate clients.'
‘The team at WongPartnership LLP led by Jenny Tsin is recognised amongst local practitioners as a leading expert in the field of employment law. The team is nimble and able to quickly leverage on the expertise of their colleagues from the corporate or tax team to handle a diverse range of employment-related issues.’
‘Jenny Tsin is approachable and responsive. Given her experience as a market-leading expert in the field of employment law, she confidently delivers practical and commercially sound solutions to complex employment disputes.’
‘They are smart, responsive and practical. Their employment team have sufficient number of partners and associates to handle any kinds and volume of employment matters.’
‘Jenny Tsin is very easy to work and reliable.’
Key clients
- Celanese
- Exyte Singapore Pte Ltd
- Foursquare Inc
- LexisNexis Group
- Nanofilm Technologies International Ltd
- Nikon Singapore
- CapitaLand Group
- Keppel Corporation
- Cordlife Group Limited
- Christian Dior
- LVMH (Tag Heuer)
- CPG Corporation
- AerCap Inc
- Asia Capital Reinsurance Group
- J.P. Morgan
- Butterfield
- L Catterton Asia
- SMRT Corporation Ltd
- Teleperformance USA
Work highlights
- Acting for L Capital Asia Advisors and L Capital (HK) Limited in respect of a dispute relating to a former senior employee's termination of his employment and his alleged entitlement to carried interest.
- Acted for an ex-portfolio manager who was a whistleblower against several activities linked to UTI’s CEO and MAS licensed representative of UTI International (Singapore) Private Ltd.
- Acting for entities within a group of companies that is listed in Europe, which provides business process outsourcing and digital integrated business services, in a dispute brought by a disgruntled senior employee for alleged claims including wrongful termination, purported bonus payments in excess of USD3.9m, and negligent misrepresentation and/or misstatements.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
WongPartnership LLP
Vivien Yui is the Co-Head of the Employment Practice and is a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Establishment, Corporate Governance & Compliance, Health Sciences & Biotechnology, Professional Services and Philippines Practices.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Vivien Yui, Jenny Tsin