Ms Yvonne Tang > 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

Position

Director, Intellectual Property

Career

Yvonne actively practices in all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) work. She has more than a decade of legal experience in IP matters, and her clients include multinational and local companies alike.

On contentious IP matters, Yvonne’s key areas include trade marks and copyright infringement, and passing off. She is regularly involved in trade mark opposition proceedings, and has handled criminal raids of counterfeit goods as well as domain name recovery claims under the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (SDRP).

Yvonne’s legal experience extends to trade mark registration and brand management advisory services, as well as corporate IP matters, such as the drafting and review of licensing and franchise agreements relating to IP assets.

Yvonne has lectured on international trade mark law at the National University of Singapore. She also contributed to a number of articles on IP, including Atkin’s Court Forms – Singapore (Issue 15), Copyright, Lexis Nexis.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Law Society of England and Wales
  • Member of International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Member of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) 

Education

  • LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (1998)
  • Admitted to the Singapore Bar (1999)
  • Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales (2004)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Intellectual property: Local firms

(Leading partners)

Yvonne Tang Drew & Napier LLC

 

Drew & Napier LLC showcases a range of expertise across contentious and non-contentious IP matters, demonstrating proficiency in handling a project across the full life cycle, including conducting searches to advising on the eligibility of a mark to be registered to advising on the optimal monetisation strategy, drafting and filing a mark to be registered to the final point of potential litigation proceedings. Showcasing multi-jurisdictional capabilities, the team’s contentious work portfolio spans, passing off actions,  opposition proceedings, and actions for breach of distribution, licensing, and franchise agreements. Given the sizeable offering of the firm, the team is led by four partners – Tony Yeo with extensive experience in IP litigation and enforcement, Yvonne Tang who has a varied practice encompassing both contentious and non-contentious matters, notably, copyright infringement and passing off. Also sporting a varied practice, Lim Siau Wen handles contentious and non-contentious IP matters with a particular focus on portfolio management and regulatory advice, while Meryl Koh specialises in IP litigation.