Tan Kok Quan Partnership > Singapore, Singapore > Firm Profile
Tan Kok Quan Partnership Offices
1 WALLICH STREET
07-02 GUOCO TOWER
SINGAPORE 078881
Singapore
Tan Kok Quan Partnership > The Legal 500 Rankings
Singapore > Dispute resolution: local firms Tier 3
Tan Kok Quan Partnership is part of the Singapore dispute resolution fabric, frequently appearing in the High Court, Court of Appeal and SICC. The Singapore firm is also noted for arbitration and mediation. It acted for Sengkang Town Council in three appeals arising out of a decision relating to claims brought by Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council against several current and former town councillors, as well as officers of the town councils. The firm represents a range of domestic corporates and financial institutions, along with a large number of high-net-worth individuals. Marina Chin SC, recently appointed senior counsel in 2022, is noted for cross-border disputes, including arbitrations and SICC cases. Eddee Ng and Paul Seah are also highly rated by the local market.Practice head(s):
Marina Chin SC; Eddee Ng
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Sengkang Town Council
United Overseas Bank Ltd
Mr Lim Wee Li, the former chief executive officer and chairman of the Catalist-listed Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd
Singapore > Restructuring and insolvency: local firms Tier 3
Counting commercial and investment banks, accounting firms and corporate enterprises among its key roster of clients, Tan Kok Quan Partnership handles a range of distressed cases, as demonstrated by its advice on the restructuring, judicial management and subsequent liquidation of Hyflux Group. Eddee Ng leads the team and has demonstrable experience in the restructuring and insolvency of distressed companies, including related investigations. Other key contacts in the group include Paul Seah and Keith Tnee.Practice head(s):
Eddee Ng
Other key lawyers:
Paul Seah; Keith Tnee
Tan Kok Quan Partnership > Firm Profile
The firm: TKQP has a wealth of experience in handling a broad and diverse spectrum of cases. Over the years, it has earned a stellar reputation for the quality of its work so much so that its reputation speaks for itself.
Its lawyers, with varied social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, are imbued with the same service ethic that places clients and their needs first – delivering a consistently high standard of service with a sound knowledge of local business practices.
To-date, the firm has had three Senior Counsel lead the firm. The firm’s principal founder was among the first batch of lawyers to be appointed Senior Counsel in Singapore. Subsequently, Kannan Ramesh, S.C., took over the reins; under his stewardship and prior to his elevation to the bench, the firm grew further to become one of the leading legal practices in Singapore.
Today, the firm is led by Marina Chin, S.C., and Eddee Ng. Under their leadership, the firm continues to garner plaudits from clients and awards from leading independent directories.
Areas of practice
Dispute resolution: The firm’s disputes practice comprises highly motivated lawyers who combine intellectual rigour with strategy and pragmatism to deliver legal solutions to its clients. Effectiveness and efficiency are its hallmark qualities. With its wealth of experience, this practice is frequently mandated to handle precedent setting matters. It is also well versed in the various arbitration rules published by leading arbitral bodies. Its lawyers contest both domestic and international arbitrations.
Insolvency, restructuring and investigations: The firm has a strong team of experienced practitioners who are capable of advising all types of stakeholders on the full spectrum of issues that arise from the implementation of judicial management/schemes of arrangement, liquidation of companies and complex cross-border restructuring and insolvencies, including related investigations that may arise.
Infrastructure and construction: The firm provides a range of legal support services to clients in the infrastructure and construction sectors. The nature of such services includes both transactional and dispute resolution services across most sectors of the construction industry. In this regard, our team has experience in providing end-to-end solutions from procurement, negotiation, contracting and project delivery to mediation, adjudication, arbitration and/or litigation
Corporate and commercial: The firm has experience in handling cross-border transactions and are no strangers to managing negotiations for clients at every step of the process. The team advises local and foreign investors in their commercial ventures, whether through collaboration, strategic alliances or joint ventures, acquisition of businesses and assets, and/or by way of franchise and licence agreements.
Insurance: The firm has a sizeable insurance practice group specialising in insurance litigation and advisory work. The team represents an extensive base of multi-national insurers and handle claims involving all classes of insurance and insurance related issues/disputes such as policy liability, subrogation and double insurance, public liability, product liability, personal injury, industrial all risk, professional indemnity, motor insurance, fidelity guarantees, performance bonds, contractors’ all risk, workmen’s compensation, business interruption, health and accident. It is the first law firm in Singapore to introduce the use of biomechanics experts in dealing with whiplash claims.
Real estate: The firm acts for corporations, public listed companies, statutory boards, financial institutions and property developers in the entire gamut of real estate work involving residential property, commercial complexes, industrial buildings, en-bloc sales and purchases, leases and real estate investment trusts.
Data protection: The firm’s data protection team provides support on a wide spectrum of services – from compliance with data protection laws to claims arising out of data breaches. The firm assists clients in the review of legal risks and policies, drafting documentation, assessing data breaches, formulating and implementing mitigation strategies, and drafting notifications to the data protection authority and affected individuals, if need be. The firm also provides bespoke data protection training programmes to its clients.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Dispute resolution | Marina Chin, S.C. | marinachin@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9510 |
Dispute resolution | Eddee Ng | eddeeng@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9540 |
Insolvency, restructuring and investigations | Eddee Ng | eddeeng@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9540 |
Insolvency, restructuring and investigations | Paul Seah | paulseah@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9512 |
Insolvency, restructuring and investigations | Keith Tnee | keithtnee@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9503 |
Infrastructure and construction | Karam S Parmar | karamparmar@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9541 |
Corporate and commercial | Li Li Choo | lilichoo@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9239 |
Corporate and commercial | Florence Goh | florencegoh@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9552 |
Insurance | Christopher Fernandez | chris@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9519 |
Real estate | Su Ean Tan | tansuean@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9531 |
Data protection | Karam S Parmar | karamparmar@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9541 |
Data protection | Keith Tnee | keithtnee@tkqp.com.sg | +65 6496 9503 |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Ms Alcina Chew | Partner | View Profile | |
Ms Marina Chin | Senior Counsel Joint Managing Partner Co-Head of Dispute Resolution | View Profile | |
Mr Eddee Ng | Joint Managing Partner Co-Head of Dispute Resolution Head of Insolvency, Restructuring and… | View Profile | |
Mr Karam Singh Parmar | Senior Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Paul Seah | Senior Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Guo Wei Siew | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Keith Tnee | Senior Partner | View Profile |