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August 19, 2020

Career Moves

Tax Law: A Good Time To Build Your Understanding Of It
With more tax cases on the horizon, it’s timely for corporate and commercial lawyers to grow their understanding of the practice area, says WongPartnership’s Tan Kay Kheng.

Hindsight truly is 20/20; for decades, commercial legal work has always included elements of tax, making the need for a tax

August 18, 2020

Working Knowledge

Going Beyond The Numbers Of A Business Valuation Report

A business valuer is a trusted expert called upon during many commercial and court proceedings.

August 17, 2020

Tips & Guides

5 Things Alex Wong Has Learnt About A Life In The Law
The office managing partner at Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee and Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law looks back on a two-decade career and the lessons it has brought.

IT REMAINS CHALLENGING, 20 YEARS ON Two decades in, Mr Wong admits that work still challenges him. “The resilience required

August 11, 2020

Member Stories

Veteran Trials
These days, we are constantly reminded of the need for resilience and fortitude in the face of Covid-19. For veteran lawyers Mr TPB Menon and Mr Sat Pal Khattar, it did not take a global pandemic to turn their lives upside down. At an age when most of their peers were focused on their studies, they had to shoulder the added responsibility of being head of their households while grappling with the demands of law school. Their stories, taken from excerpts of their oral history interviews with SAL, are inspirational in these difficult times.

Mr TPB Menon was studying for his HSC (Higher School Certificate, equivalent to today’s A’ levels) when his father was

August 5, 2020

Corporate Strategy

Get Everybody In The Firm To Service A Client? That’s The Way To Go.
Getting your firm’s finance or HR team to chip in on a client’s project may seem counterintuitive, but it can make your final product much more sophisticated, says Pinsent Masons’ Debra Filippin.

“Law firms are moving away from siloed departments to more integrated ones” Hearing Ms Debra Filippin’s chipper tone, it’s easy

August 3, 2020

News Releases

TechLaw.Fest 2020 Will Be Largest Edition Yet
Five-day virtual event will be complimentary, with a new format for networking sessions and panel discussions.

More than 5,000 members of the world’s legal and technology communities are expected to gather online at TechLaw.Fest 2020. The virtual

July 30, 2020

Member Stories

Benjamin Gaw On Lawyering, Two Decades On
The changes are dramatic, to say the least.

In the two decades since Mr Benjamin Gaw entered practice, he has seen how aspects of lawyering have already changed

July 23, 2020

Tech and Transformation

Balancing Innovation And Individual Rights In An Ai World
Navigating these issues can be tricky given their intersectional nature.

If the first half of the year is anything to go by, 2020 is going to be one full of

July 23, 2020

Tech and Transformation

Let’s Talk Legal Operations
TechLaw.Fest 2020 shines the spotlight on the disruptors transforming in-house departments and law firms alike.

This year marks the 12th since Ms Mary Shen O’Carroll was hired by Google as the tech giant’s first-ever legal

July 20, 2020

Tech and Transformation

A Path For Pofma: How The Law Might Evolve This Decade
SMU’s Assoc. Profs Warren B Chik and Saw Cheng Lim weigh in on its direction and those of other ICT laws.

PDPA and POFMA: the passing of these two Acts made the past decade the most eventful ever in the local

Tax Law: A Good Time To Build Your Understanding Of It
With more tax cases on the horizon, it’s timely for corporate and commercial lawyers to grow their understanding of the practice area, says WongPartnership’s Tan Kay Kheng.

With more tax cases on the horizon, it’s timely for corporate and commercial lawyers to grow their understanding of the practice area, says WongPartnership’s Tan Kay Kheng.

Going Beyond The Numbers Of A Business Valuation Report

5 Things Alex Wong Has Learnt About A Life In The Law
The office managing partner at Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee and Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law looks back on a two-decade career and the lessons it has brought.

The office managing partner at Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee and Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law looks back on a two-decade career and the lessons it has brought.

Get Everybody In The Firm To Service A Client? That’s The Way To Go.
Getting your firm’s finance or HR team to chip in on a client’s project may seem counterintuitive, but it can make your final product much more sophisticated, says Pinsent Masons’ Debra Filippin.

Getting your firm’s finance or HR team to chip in on a client’s project may seem counterintuitive, but it can make your final product much more sophisticated, says Pinsent Masons’ Debra Filippin.

TechLaw.Fest 2020 Will Be Largest Edition Yet
Five-day virtual event will be complimentary, with a new format for networking sessions and panel discussions.

Five-day virtual event will be complimentary, with a new format for networking sessions and panel discussions.

Benjamin Gaw On Lawyering, Two Decades On
The changes are dramatic, to say the least.

The changes are dramatic, to say the least.

Balancing Innovation And Individual Rights In An Ai World
Navigating these issues can be tricky given their intersectional nature.

Navigating these issues can be tricky given their intersectional nature.

Let’s Talk Legal Operations
TechLaw.Fest 2020 shines the spotlight on the disruptors transforming in-house departments and law firms alike.

TechLaw.Fest 2020 shines the spotlight on the disruptors transforming in-house departments and law firms alike.

A Path For Pofma: How The Law Might Evolve This Decade
SMU’s Assoc. Profs Warren B Chik and Saw Cheng Lim weigh in on its direction and those of other ICT laws.

SMU’s Assoc. Profs Warren B Chik and Saw Cheng Lim weigh in on its direction and those of other ICT laws.

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