Counsel you can speak to directly.
A one-stop Singapore practice for personal injury, family, property, criminal, corporate and dispute work. Friendly, practical and cost-effective, led by Managing Director Tan Cheng Kiong, in practice since 1990. Advice in English, Mandarin and dialects.
What we can help you with.
A broad practice, built around the problems that people and businesses in Singapore actually bring to a lawyer. Scan for your situation; if you are not sure which area it falls into, call and ask.
Personal Injury, Work Injury & Insurance Claims
If you have been hurt in an accident or at work, we help you understand whether you have a claim and what it is likely to be worth.Accident and personal injury claims · Workers’ compensation · Insurance claims and disputes [02]Family, Divorce & Adoption
Divorce, maintenance, custody and the division of matrimonial assets, handled with discretion and in plain language. Adoptions too.Divorce · Maintenance · Custody and care · Division of assets · Adoption [03]Wills, Probate, Trusts & Succession
Putting your affairs in order, and helping families administer an estate after a death.Wills · Lasting Powers of Attorney · Trusts and succession · Probate · Letters of administration [04]Property, Conveyancing & Tenancy
Buying, selling or refinancing property, with the landlord, tenant and MCST matters that come with owning it.Conveyancing · HDB and private · Landlord and tenant · MCST and strata [05]Criminal Defence
If you are under investigation or facing a charge, early advice matters. We act quickly and explain exactly where you stand.Investigations · Charges · Bail · Mitigation · Appeals [06]Corporate, Commercial & Banking
The legal backbone of a business: incorporation, contracts, financing, shareholder arrangements and intellectual property.Corporate and commercial · Banking and finance · Intellectual property [07]Dispute Resolution
When a dispute cannot be settled around a table: litigation, arbitration, mediation, insolvency and construction disputes.Civil and commercial litigation · Arbitration and mediation · Bankruptcy and insolvency · Construction and SOP Act [08]Employment & Immigration
Contracts, dismissal and workplace disputes, alongside the work passes, PR and citizenship applications that often sit beside them.Contracts and dismissal · MOM and TADM · Work passes · PR and citizenshipYou will know exactly who is acting for you.
A small bench, deliberately. The lawyer you meet at the first consultation is the lawyer who runs your matter and the one you can reach.
Tan Cheng Kiong 陈清强
Called to the Singapore Bar in 1990. Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths.
Thomas Toh
At the Singapore Bar since 1995, after thirteen years in banking. Qualified in Singapore, England & Wales and New South Wales.
Biographical details are from the firm. The photograph shown for Mr Toh is a placeholder pending his portrait.
You may reach out to our supporting staff.
Many clients find it easier to speak first with the people who run the firm day to day. Share as much as you are comfortable with: they will help you set out what has happened and gather what is needed, so your consultation with the lawyer starts with clarity. Like our lawyers, they are bound by strict confidentiality.
Rachel Tan Hui Ling
Cheryl Lim Jia Min
Brandon Chua Kai Jie
Jason Ong Zhi Hao
Grace Yeo Xin Yi
Nicholas Wong Jun Wei
Staff names shown are illustrative examples for this mockup.
Four steps, start to finish.
- 01
Enquire
We confirm we can act, usually within a day.
- 02
Meet
You leave knowing exactly where you stand.
- 03
Engage
Scope and fee agreed in writing, before we start.
- 04
We act
One lawyer runs your matter, and you can reach him.
Documents certified in this office.
Mr Tan is an appointed Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths. Statutory declarations, affidavits, and documents intended for use overseas can be attested and notarised here, without a referral elsewhere. This is often the fastest part of an immigration or property matter, and it should be.
- Statutory declarations and affidavits
- Powers of attorney for use overseas
- Certified true copies of passports and certificates
- Company documents for foreign filing
- Documents supporting immigration applications
Plain-English guides.
Straightforward answers to the questions we are asked most often. Written for people who are not lawyers.
What to do in the first week after an accident
The steps that protect a claim, and the two mistakes that quietly damage one.
Your CPF does not pass under your will
Why a CPF nomination and a will can point in opposite directions, and how to fix it.
You have been served a payment claim. Now what?
The Security of Payment Act timelines are short and unforgiving. Here is the sequence.
Speak to the lawyer who will handle your matter.
Tell us briefly what has happened. We will tell you honestly whether we can help, what the process looks like, and what it is likely to cost.