February 19, 2021 Tags Cross Border Work An Interview With The Head Of The Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative BY CATHERINE SHEN The subject of insolvency law has been brought into sharp focus by pandemic-induced business struggles. In particular,
February 17, 2021 Tags Publications Litigants In Person And Access To Justice In An Adversarial System An excerpt from the forthcoming Litigants in Person: Principles and Practice in Civil and Family Matters in Singapore, published by Academy
February 13, 2021 Tags Working Knowledge How Lawyers Can Navigate The Green Leap Forward As the march towards renewables continues, how can the legal community prepare for the future? BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN Talk of green growth is hard to ignore these days as energy sources are increasingly judged for
February 2, 2021 Tags Cross Border Work Keeping Foreign Investments Safe From Harm Clifford Chance’s Romesh Weeramantry on due diligence when advising clients on foreign investment. BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN Advising clients on foreign investments can be tricky, as lawyers have to deal with a patchwork of
January 22, 2021 Tags Cross Border Work Tailored Insolvency Process For Smes: Why They Are Important And What Countries Are Doing Small businesses play a critical role in almost every economy. In Singapore, for example, government statistics show that small and
January 20, 2021 Tags Member Stories Justin Tan Talks “Audi” And Accreditation The Senior Associate at Harry Elias Partnership discusses the landmark case and his career in building and construction law. It isn’t every day that you argue against your former pupil master in court—and it’s even rarer to do it
January 18, 2021 Tags Tech and Transformation Digital Finance In 2021: What To Expect Allen & Overy’s Kwok Shuhui on why foresight is a useful trait in her practice area. The Beijing Olympics, the election of Barack Obama and the collapse of Lehman Brothers were just some of the events
January 11, 2021 Tags News Releases Three Senior Counsel Appointed In 2021 Scheme recognises legal profession’s best and most skilful advocates. The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon announced the appointment of three new Senior Counsel at the Opening of Legal
January 11, 2021 Tags Senior Counsel Appointments Senior Counsel 2021 Honour and gratitude were running themes this morning, when the Singapore Academy of Law announced this year’s Senior Counsel appointees.
December 10, 2020 Tags Member Stories Remembering Dr Gopalan Raman (1938 – 2020) We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr G Raman and we extend our deepest condolences to his family. For many years, he served on the SAL Legal Heritage Committee and we have benefited much from his contributions to our heritage programmes. We had the privilege of recording Dr Raman’s oral history interview a few years ago. His vivid recollection of what he witnessed and experienced during his years of service in the courts and legal practice is an invaluable record to our legal history. The full interview can be heard here. Dr Raman was 10 years old when his family moved to Singapore from their home in north Perak. Life was tough