“Allen & Gledhill LLP is Singapore’s genuine corporate heavyweight, with the deepest quality resources and the most impressive deal list year on year.”
The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008

Our corporate and commercial practice is broad-based
and comprehensive. It is reflective of the diversity of our clientele, as well as the industries that they operate in. We are actively involved in local and cross-border transactions, representing individuals, private firms, listed companies, multinational corporations and government linked corporations. Within the practice, specialist groups advise on technology, telecommunications, energy and infrastructure deals. Our team of lawyers are well versed in regulatory issues for setting up operations in Singapore, including immigration and employment related matters. We are well known for our corporate administration services to companies and branch offices, and for our advisory work on corporate governance and compliance.

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Lee Kim Shin

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Technology, Licensing and Media, Commercial
Services and Arrangements

Our corporate team advises on a broad range of commercial matters, including logistics services, manufacturing, supply and distribution and outsourcing arrangements, franchises, as well as consumer matters such as consumer credit, leasing and hire purchase arrangements. We also have a dedicated Technology, Licensing and Media group which handles intellectual property and technology agreements and transactions. These include information technology implementation, development, distribution & licensing; Internet, web & electronic commerce transactions; technology outsourcing, transfer & licensing; intellectual property exploitation & licensing; communications projects; research & development projects; franchising; and media & entertainment transactions. In an environment where many businesses have e-commerce initiatives, we also advise clients engaged in e-commerce ventures, including licensing of intellectual property rights and fund-raising by way of buy-outs or public offerings. Our clients include many successful click and mortar companies, venture capitalists and technology providers and users. Where required, the expertise of our Intellectual Property Protection and Management team is tapped.

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Michele Foo
Lee Kim Shin
Pauline Ng
Tan Su May
Tan Wee Meng
Melissa Anne Teo
Tham Kok Leong
Steven Seow
Daren Shiau
Kelvin Wong

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Our team advises private and public listed companies on legal and regulatory compliance and administration issues. We advise public listed companies on the development, implementation and administration of compliance programmes in respect of the statutory and regulatory obligations of the companies, their officers and directors. For foreign companies intending to set up businesses in Singapore, we advise on all aspects of business law, including compliance and in particular, employment.
Our employment team regularly advises on employment contracts, employee incentives, benefits and compensation schemes, immigration law and practice.

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Christine Chan
Sharmini Chitran
Lee Kim Shin
Patricia Seet
Daren Shiau
Tan Su May

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We have a dedicated Life Sciences practice group which draws on the expertise and resources within the Firm to provide comprehensive legal services to the life sciences industry, including legal and regulatory compliance, licensing, technology transfer and R&D agreements, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, investment in life sciences related entities, funding agreements, and IP protection and management. We represent a broad spectrum of clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical technology and healthcare industries.

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Tan Su May

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Our services comprise advising on licensing and industry regulation, project guidance and management, the negotiation and preparation of construction and project related documentation, as well as post-completion support, including operation and maintenance matters. We are particularly active in the telecommunications, energy, gas and petrochemical industries and are familiar with “PPP” (public-private partnership) projects. As a full service firm, we also have capabilities in terms of dispute resolution and take pride in our strong Arbitration practice. Where financing is required, our Banking and Project Financing team is involved. Where appropriate, our Take-overs, Mergers and Acquisitions team is brought in to advise on relevant aspects.

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Lee Kim Shin
Steven Seow
Tan Wee Meng
Kelvin Wong

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Our Competition & Antitrust practice is one of the largest and most experienced competition teams in Singapore, pre-dating the enactment of the Competition Act in 2006. It is a full-time dedicated competition practice and consists of competition lawyers, an in-house competition economics team and former officers of the Competition Commission of Singapore (“CCS”).

Since its inception, the team has been engaged in cutting edge deals involving the CCS and foreign antitrust regulators across a diverse cross section of industries including high technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, raw materials, transport, offshore marine and shipping. We also been involved in landmark matters in regulated sectors such as energy, postal, media and telecommunications.

The practice dominates in merger filings lodged with the CCS. In the first 30 months since the CCS’ merger control regime came into force, the practice has successfully advised on 10 out of the 18 merger control filings reviewed by the CCS, including Singapore’s first three public take-overs to be cleared under the merger control regime and Singapore’s first two mergers to be blocked and reviewed by the CCS under its advanced Phase 2.

The practice also has a proven track record in defending clients in dawn raids and investigations by Singapore and foreign antitrust regulators such as the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the European Commission and Southeast Asian antitrust regulators. Achievements include successfully representing clients in the first ever competition dispute to be heard by the Energy Market Authority.

Antitrust legislative and policy work is another area of excellence of the practice. In 2009, it was commissioned by regulators to draft Singapore’s antitrust and merger control framework in the areas of civil aviation and the media industry.

Besides merger filings, antitrust investigations and competition policy, the practice assists clients in compliance programmes, market definition studies and preparation of defences in relation to business strategies such as exclusivity arrangements and single branding obligations.

We are the first firm in Singapore to possess in-house capacity to consider economic aspects. Our Competition Economics team, which is Singapore’s oldest and currently the largest, is headed by a pioneer member of the CCS’ competition economics team who was involved in the drafting of the CCS’ merger regime.

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Daren Shiau
Tan Wee Meng
Kelvin Wong

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Our Corporate Administration practice has a wide breadth of expertise and experience to provide corporate secretarial services to both private and public listed companies. We have a large stable of private and public listed clients for whom we act as Company Secretary and/or provide corporate secretarial support. Our corporate secretarial services also include registering businesses, incorporating companies, advising on corporate governance issues and compliance with local listing rules and regulations.

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Christine Chan
Sharmini Chitran
Michele Foo
Sophie Lim
Pauline Ng
Patricia Seet
Tan Su May
Melissa Anne Teo
Yap Lune Teng