Tan Kok Quan Partnership provides legal services across a broad spectrum of industry sectors, with particular recognition for its work in dispute resolution, and restructuring and insolvency. In the past 12 months, the team has handled matters across a spectrum of industries with a portfolio value of more than $1 billion. The firm has a distinguished record of handling litigation in the banking and financial services, energy, real estate and technology sectors. Senior counsel Marina Chin and Eddee Ng are key partners for dispute resolution, while senior partner Paul Seah is a key figure for restructuring and insolvency.
Client feedback
“Very responsive, clear in their advice, pragmatic and commercial.” – Dispute resolution
“Professional and yet commercial.” – Energy
“Responsive, proactive, technically strong and good business acumen.” – Restructuring and insolvency
Marina Chin
“Extremely responsive, commercial, approachable, knowledgeable and with a strategic mindset. She is an accomplished lawyer as well as extremely personable, from a human interaction perspective.”
Keith Tnee
“Approachable and quick to respond.”
Paul Seah
“Good business acumen and a good communicator.”
Work highlights
Acted for Sengkang Town Council in three appeals. This is a widely reported Court of Appeal case that concerns important and novel questions of law, including the question of whether elected members of parliament owe fiduciary duties to the town council and if so, what the scope of such duties is.
Representing United Overseas Bank on its claims for fraud and conspiracy against, among others, property developer Lippo Marina Collection.
Advising a client, the former CEO and chairman of Kitchen Culture Holdings, in four suits concerning allegations of breach of Catalist rules, fiduciary duties, the Companies Act and the Code of Corporate Governance, wrongful termination and defamation, and conspiracy, hiring and payroll improprieties.
Work highlights
Advised Warehouse Logistics Net Asia on its restructuring.
Acting in the restructuring of the Koon group of companies, one of the leading infrastructure and civil engineering groups in the region, involving, among other things, two schemes of arrangement that have since been put in place. The total debt involved is at least S$77.8 million ($57.3 million) and more than 400 creditors.
