BR Law Corporation provides a strong dispute resolution offering for clients, with its roots in litigation and arbitration planted long before the firm was re-branded into its current iteration in 2018. The real estate practice debuts in our table, being the largest group at BR Law with no less than 11 fee earners, including six partners. The group handled more than 7,000 real estate-related transactions in the span of 12 months during the research period.
Managing director Bernard Doray leads a veteran team that includes disputes specialists Soon Yien Foo, Sivakumar Ponnampalam and Daniel Loh.
Client feedback
“They are proactive and flexible.” – Dispute resolution
“In the course of our multi-disciplinary meeting, I discovered that the litigants should have adopted a more aggressive approach to some estate matters. I was just whining to our lawyer and was pleasantly surprised and touched that she offered to act pro bono for the family! Since then, BR Law has done prompt research into the case and helped to come up with a coherent and aggressive legal strategy. I know I can always count on the firm to be aggressive, efficient and magnificent even when acting pro bono. They even provided an interpreter for the client and ensured that every legal letter was duly translated into Indonesian. May Justice be done!” – Dispute resolution
Soon Yien Foo
“She is assertive and flexible.”
“Soon Yien is aggressive and incisive. She provides clarity whenever I am confused on legal issues and helps me to understand nuances. She is also very responsive to queries despite her busy schedule. I like that she is versatile and has helped me in family legal matters and now estate matters. She is also kind and has a sense of social justice!”
Work highlights
Acted for Petrotech Marine Services on its case against four defendants for breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.
Assisted a domestic engineering company and two individuals as plaintiffs in a breach of share purchase agreement case. It was settled amicably through mediation.
Represented the plaintiff in the first reported case in Singapore of a negligence lawsuit involving dogs.
Work highlights
Acted for Artland Investments as the freehold owner of an industrial property to sell a 41-year leasehold for $41 million to Woodlands Smartisan for the land’s redevelopment into a multi-user light industrial development.
Assisted Hi-Beau Group as the purchaser on its terms of the option to purchase of a JTC property that is subject to various shareholder approvals by a public limited company.
