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We are pleased to announce that at the Law Awareness Week@CDC 2022, Harry Elias Partnership was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Trade and Industry Chairperson of Mayors'...
Mr Harry Elias, Senior Counsel, passed away on 26 August 2020. Harry Elias Partnership, the firm Mr Elias founded in 1988, fondly remembers the man, the legend and his legacy. K Shanmugam SC, Minister for Law in his Facebook post in August 2020, said "Harry was a much...
Harry Elias Partnership is pleased to announce that our Esther Wee, Head of Intellectual Property, was made Partner with effect from 1 August 2022. Congratulations to Esther.
Akesh Abhilash, Of Counsel, of our Litigation and Dispute Management Practice Group, was quoted in the Straits Times report of 19 August 2022 "Influencer Rachel Wong resolves defamation suit against woman who accused her of cheating" by Jean Lau. Akesh represented Ms...
Harry Elias Partnership is pleased to announce that Ms Carrie Gill, our Partner in the Family and Divorce Practice Group, was made as Equity Partner with effect from 1 July 2022. Mr Philip Fong, Managing Partner, in his congratulatory message, said " Carrie...
In this legal update, we examine the information paper issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) on 28 April 2022 regarding the strengthening of Anti-Money Launder/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (“AML/CFT”) Name Screening Practices for Financial...
In this legal update, we examine the new guidelines issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) on the new conditions under sections 13O and 13U (formerly sections 13R and 13X respectively) under the Income Tax Act 1947 (“ITA”) for family offices in...
From 4 May 2022, lawyers and clients can now enter into Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) with respect to solicitors’ fees in relation to specific legal proceedings. CFAs were previously prohibited in Singapore. What is a Conditional Fee Agreement? A “conditional fee...
The corporate practice group of Harry Elias Partnership LLP advised the founders of Gem XYZ Ptd. Ltd. (“Company”) in a sale of the entire equity stake of the Company to Ozone Networks, Inc (t/a Opensea) (“Opensea”). Opensea operates the largest non-fungible tokens...
Harry Elias Partnership today announced the appointment of Joanna Seetoh as a partner in the Construction and Engineering practice. With over 14 years of experience, Joanna is a specialist in in the construction and infrastructure sector. She is amongst the inaugural...