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Kei-Jin Chew receives top accolade from the Law Society of Singapore

Kei-Jin Chew, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright and the managing director of Ascendant Legal, the Formal Law Alliance (FLA) law firm with Norton Rose Fulbright in Singapore, has been conferred with this year’s C C Tan Award by the Law Society of Singapore. This is the highest award presented by the Law Society and recognises the recipient’s virtues of honesty, fair play and personal integrity.

External | January 16, 2023

Singapore Employment Law Update september 2022

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has recently announced several enhancements to the work pass regime to strengthen Singapore’s position as a global hub for talent.

External | September 13, 2022

Electronic signature law: A global guide

As many of us are adapting to homeworking across the globe, bringing deals to a close and executing documents remotely has never been more pertinent.

Publication | June 09, 2022

Singapore employment and labour guide

As a global business hub, Singapore is the preferred choice for many multinational corporations which operate in the Asia-Pacific region. An important issue that these corporations must deal with is employment and labour laws and regulations.

Publication | May 19, 2022

Recent case law developments in Singapore’s restructuring and insolvency laws show balancing between pro-rehabilitation policies and pro-creditor policies

Singapore continues to develop its status as an upcoming international hub for debt restructuring.

Publication | April 19, 2022

Singapore Employment Law Update: April 2022

The Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced several changes to the S Pass and Employment Pass (EP) regimes in relation to the hiring of foreign employees.

External | March 30, 2022

Keeping with the times: CCCS updates competition guidelines and issues guidance note for businesses

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) recently issued a guidance note for businesses to provide a clearer conceptual framework as to how the CCCS will analyse and evaluate cases, and revised several of its guidelines.

Publication | February 14, 2022

Global brochure: Law around the world

Norton Rose Fulbright provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,700 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

External | October 21, 2021

Withholding evidence on the ground of Common Law Public Interest Immunity in Singapore

The Singapore High Court recently confirmed in Mah Kiat Seng v Attorney-General [2021] SGHC 202 (Mah Kiat Seng) that the common law doctrine of public interest immunity remains part of Singapore law and was not superseded by the enactment of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97) (EA) in 1893.

External | September 19, 2021

Singapore to enshrine workplace anti-discrimination laws

On 29 August 2021, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Government will enact new laws to formally enshrine the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (“TAFEP Guidelines”) into statute.

External | September 17, 2021

Kei-Jin Chew recognised in Who's Who Legal: Southeast Asia 2021

Kei-Jin Chew, managing director of Ascendant Legal, is recognised as being among Southeast Asia’s leading business lawyers and experts in Arbitration and Litigation in Who's Who Legal: Southeast Asia 2021.

Articles | August 01, 2021

MAS Consultation – Proposed amendments to impose requirements on financial institutions conducting unregulated business

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a consultation paper on 2 July 2021 seeking views on various proposals, including to introduce powers to enable the MAS to impose requirements on certain financial institutions conducting unregulated business.

External | July 08, 2021

Ascendant Legal recognised as Recommended Firm in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2021

Ascendant Legal is delighted to be ranked in Benchmark Litigation’s Asia-Pacific 2021.

Articles | May 01, 2021

Singapore: Competition law fact sheet

Our Asia Competition Law fact sheets provide insights into the main competition law regimes across Asia.

Articles | March 01, 2021

Ascendant Legal and Norton Rose Fulbright are registered as a Formal Law Alliance

In 2018, Ascendant Legal LLC entered into a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.

External | January 07, 2021

Blog series: Animal, Vegetable, Token

This blog series has been named after the classic children’s categorisation game where one player names an object and the other player has to categorise it as an animal, vegetable or mineral.

External | December 14, 2020

Singapore team advises consortium on combination of Singlife and Aviva’s Singapore businesses for SG$3.2bn

Norton Rose Fulbright worked together with Latham & Watkins advising a consortium, led by Singapore Life (Singlife) and TPG, on the combination of Singlife with Aviva Singapore for SG$3.2bn (approximately. US$2.4bn).

Press release - Business | December 10, 2020

Norton Rose Fulbright wins Central Banking ‘Technology Advisor of the Year’ Award

Norton Rose Fulbright has been named ‘Technology Advisor of the Year’ at Central Banking Journal’s third annual Fintech & Regtech Global Awards for advising on the world’s first consumer-ready central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Press release - Recognition | October 30, 2020

Ascendant Legal enhances dispute resolution offering with new director

Ascendant Legal today announced that Edgar Chin has joined the Singapore law practice as director. This addition will further bolster the dispute resolution capabilities of Norton Rose Fulbright in Si...

Articles | June 02, 2020

Ascendant Legal strengthens real estate capabilities in Singapore with new Director hire

Ascendant Legal today announced that Lynette Low has joined the firm as Director. Lynette is a real estate lawyer based in Singapore. She has more than 20 years of extensive real estate experience, b...

Articles | December 04, 2019