Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair

PK Wong & Nair LLC is a premier, full service law corporation located in Singapore. The firm was founded more than 30 years ago, and we have since our founding maintained an abiding commitment to providing real, practical solutions to a diverse range of clients dealing with matters at all levels of legal complexity.

Our dynamic team of lawyers is capable of working in cross-disciplinary teams to ensure that every client receives comprehensive and fully integrated service.

Our lawyers possess a global mindset. We have worked on a wide range of cross-border and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions for multinational corporations, and have acted as counsel in multi-jurisdictional disputes and high-value and complex international restructuring and insolvency matters.

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Competition/antitrust
• Construction
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Regulatory
• Labour and employment
• Private equity
• Restructuring and insolvency

Corporate and Commercial
Mark Wong
Co-Managing Director
mark.wong@pkwongnair.com

Recent case highlights:

• Advising on and acting in various acquisitions and reverse take overs in Singapore and overseas.
• Advising clients on the establishment of effective corporate structures in Singapore and in other jurisdictions.
• Advising and acting for clients in debt restructuring involving listed companies and schemes of arrangement.

Dispute Resolution
Suresh Nair
Co-Managing Director
suresh.nair@pkwongnair.com

Recent case highlights:

• Acted for the Berau Group of companies in Singapore proceedings in its US$1 billion bond restructuring exercise, including in the landmark decision of Pathfinder Strategic LP and another v Empire Capital Resources and another appeal [2019] 2 SLR 77.
• Acting for an insured party in a COVID 19 business interruption insurance claim. The insurer applied for the case to be stayed in favour of arbitration, but the High Court refused the application in a landmark decision on the efficacy of “carve outs” in arbitration agreements (Silverlink Resorts Limited v MS First Capital Insurance Limited [2020] SGHC 251).
• Regularly advises on and acts in employment disputes.

• Banking and financial services
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Insurance
• Media and entertainment
• Mining
• Oil and gas
• Real estate