Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC brings a strong reputation for efficiently resolving complex, high-value disputes across sectors like finance, construction, tech, and IP, backed by a deep bench of seasoned litigators. The group is jointly headed by Michael Palmer, an expert in commercial disputes, employment, defamation, and sports law, where he notably serves on the Court of Arbitration for Sport; Christopher Woo draws on his dual qualification in Hong Kong and the UK to act in complex commercial, insolvency, and IP disputes before the Supreme Court; and Melvin Lum has extensive experience as a Singapore lawyer, excelling in aviation, telecoms, land reclamation, blockchain, banking and insolvency disputes.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Melvin Lum. A stellar lawyer who has a sharp legal mind but also commercially astute and highly strategic. Great client service as he keeps us informed and transparent in billing. It's a pleasure working with him.’
- ‘Quahe Woo & partner is a niche and boutique firm which offers specialized legal services to well-heeled and extremely high net worth clients. They are focused on the needs of businessmen with substantial commercial cases and over the years, they have built up a highly formidable and effective team that can tackle the most complex and challenging problems. We have worked with QWP for more than a decade and have found them to be highly driven, very dependable to provide practical and sound solutions for our clients.'
Key clients
- Riviv Technologies Pte Ltd
- Lucrum Capital Pte Ltd
Work highlights
Act for Universal Group Holdings (Pte) Ltd (“UGH”) in defending claims commenced by two of Hin Leong Trading’s alleged creditors following Hin Leong Trading’s collapse.
Practice head
Christopher Woo; Michael Palmer; Melvin Lum