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Harry Elias Partnership Senior Associate Akesh Abhilash featured in Straits Times
Harry Elias Partnership Senior Associate Akesh Abhilash was featured in the Straits Times article titled "Super Tutor wins defamation suit against rival, who has to pay $170k". The article was first published on 6 September 2021. In the article, Dr Anthony Fok, a...
Esther Wee recognised as Asia IP Experts 2021 in Singapore
Congratulations to our Head of IP, Esther Wee for being recognised as a 2021 IP Experts in Singapore by Asia IP. Being identified as an IP Expert means Esther is recognised for her outstanding work by her peers and corporate clients. We thank all our friends and...
Harry Elias Partnership ranked in the 31st edition of IFLR1000
We are pleased to share that Harry Elias Partnership has been listed as Recommended Firm in the 31st edition of IFLR1000. We are ranked in multiple practice areas: M&A, Restructuring and Insolvency, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets:...
HEP Law nominated for Brunei Firm of the Year at Asialaw Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that our Brunei office, HEP Law has been nominated for the Brunei Firm of the Year Award at the upcoming Asialaw Awards 2021. The awards will celebrate the domestic and regional law firms across 23 jurisdictions. The winners are set to be...
E-briefing: Advisory on Vaccination Protocol at the Workplace (as of 23 August 2021)
On 23 August 2021, the Tripartite Partners (Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”), National Trades Union Congress (“NTUC”) and Singapore National Employers Federation (“SNEF”)) and the Ministry of Health (“MOH”) updated their advisory on vaccination at the workplace. The...
Kennedy Chen represents Gulf Islamic Investments in latest expansion of its healthcare sector portfolio
UAE-based Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) and healthcare-focused private equity firm Quadria Capital (QC) have co-invested in a minority stake in Indian drugmaker Encube Ethicals Pvt. Ltd. Kennedy Chen had principally advised GII in the underlying M&A relationships...
E-briefing: Second bite of the cherry on legal costs?
Harry Elias Partnership LLP successfully defeats an appeal to the Appellate Division on a contractual claim for unrecovered costs of prior proceedings Our Partner, Tan Chau Yee, and Senior Associates, Kok Yee Keong and Marcus Ho, successfully defended the appeal in...
Invitation to Singapore Mediation Lecture 2021, 6 September 2021, 3.30-5.05 PM SGT
The Singapore Mediation Lecture 2021, titled Freeze, Talk and Trade: 3 Principles of Dispute Resolution in Inter-State Disputes, will be delivered by Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of...
E-briefing: Arbitration with a “Participating” Non-Existent Company Deemed a Nullity: Singapore High Court Denies Enforcement of the Resulting Award
Why this is Important In National Oilwell Varco v Keppel FELS Ltd [2021] SGHC 124, the Singapore High Court disallowed the enforcement of an arbitration award issued in favour of a party which had already been dissolved and struck off the company register at the...
Investment scams: Is it possible to get your money back?
Investment scams are a major problem and they are only getting worse in Singapore. There has been an alarming increase in the number of people who have lost money to investment scams. This type of scam also has the largest impact on those affected, with almost S$70...