Ms Meryl Koh > Drew & Napier LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Drew & Napier LLC
10 COLLYER QUAY
#10-01 OCEAN FINANCIAL CENTRE
SINGAPORE 049315
Singapore

Work Department

Intellectual Property; Dispute Resolution

Position

Director, Intellectual Property;
Director, Dispute Resolution

Career

Meryl is a litigator and a Director in both the Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property departments.

Meryl graduated with a double degree, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) (Distinction) from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

Meryl was admitted as an Australian Lawyer in 2008. She joined Drew & Napier in 2008 as an International Lawyer and was called to the Singapore Bar in January 2011.

Meryl’s principal areas of practice are general civil and commercial litigation, and intellectual property litigation. She has assisted in many complex matters including numerous patent infringement cases as well as civil and commercial cases involving contractual disputes, defamation, breach of director’s duties and employment law.

Practice Areas:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Defamation
  • Employment
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Intellectual Property

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member of the Law Society of Singapore
  • Member of the Academy of Law

Education

  • LL.B / B.Com (Accounting) (Distinction), University of New South Wales, Australia (2007)
  • Admitted as an Australian Lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2008)
  • Admitted to the Singapore Bar in (2011)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Intellectual property: Local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Meryl KohDrew & Napier LLC

Praised as ‘one of the biggest and best IP practices in Singapore’, Drew & Napier LLC is a regional leader in trade marks, patents and design filings, advising on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious IP matters, with demonstrable experience in IP litigation, copyright issues, licensing, franchising, related transactions, and IP monetisation. ‘A seasoned IP litigator’, Tony Yeo leads the department alongside directors Yvonne Tang, a trade marks and copyright infringement specialist, Siau Wen Lim, who advises on IP-related transactions and regulatory mandates, and IP litigator Meryl Koh. Other key contacts in the group include Javier Yeo and Teo Xuan Lang.

Comparative Guides

Singapore: Patent Litigation November 2023 This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Patent Litigation laws and regulations applicable in Singapore.