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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- ‘Michael Palmer and Melvin Lum, for their very pragmatic views and suggestion supporting our dispute resolution process, are really appreciated.’
- ‘This practice has very professional and experienced legal counsels that seek solutions to our challenges and collaborated very well with us, sometimes with very short timeline.'
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