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Bird & Bird

Employment: Domestic

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Singapore

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Bird & Bird

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Employment: Domestic - Singapore

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Bird & Bird has a full-service employment law practice in Singapore handling contentious and non-contentious work. It is known for advising on complex labour law matters, including restrictive covenants as well as mediations with unions, and it offers additional expertise in employment aspects of significant mergers and retrenchment exercises. The group is experienced in acting for major clients in a range of different sectors including TMT, finance, oil and gas, and healthcare. Bird & Bird is well equipped to assist clients with cross-border matters as a result of the firm's extensive international network.

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Work Highlights

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  • Bird & Bird represented Dulwich College in a High Court claim brought by a former employee for wrongful dismissal.

Strengths

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  • The team at Bird & Bird ATMD understand any assignment and meet our business objectives.

    Employment: Domestic respondentAsia-Pacific

  • We chose them because they have strong local and regional expertise.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Seow Hui Goh
    Seow Hui Goh

    Seow Hui Goh

    Seow Hui Goh has a mixed domestic and cross-border employment practice in Singapore, advising clients on both transactional and contentious work, including trade union relations.

    • She is a top-notch lawyer, with deep expertise in the law and negotiation; she is very responsive to my needs as a client.

      Employment: Domestic respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Seow Hui is very business-savvy. She picks up the business requirements very quickly and is very in tune with the market developments.

      Employment: Domestic respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Goh Seow Hui is very knowledgeable, approachable and has a strong commercial sense.

      Employment: Domestic respondentAsia-Pacific
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Singapore

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