Employment: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Singapore
Band 3
Email address
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+65 6534 5266Chambers Review
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. The lawyers hold additional specialisation in employment aspects of significant mergers and retrenchment exercises. The group is experienced 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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bird & Bird takes a very practical approach, not just legalistic, and understands business challenges and how to minimise risk."
"The team are polite, professional and their turnaround time is appreciated."
"Bird & Bird takes a very practical approach, not just legalistic, and understands business challenges and how to minimise risk."
"The team are polite, professional and their turnaround time is appreciated."
Notable Practitioners
Goh Seow Hui has a mixed domestic and cross-border employment practice in Singapore, advising clients on both transactional and contentious work, including trade union relations.
"She's clear, able to provide a good overview of a matter, and gets back to clients quickly for detailed matters."
"She provides very quick and practical advice."