Employment: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Singapore
Band 3
Email address
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+65 6534 4877About
Provided by TSMP Law Corporation
Ours is specialised practice active across the entire spectrum of employment & labour law, ranging from transactional and advisory work to investigations and dispute resolution (litigation, arbitration and mediation). We act mainly for financial institutions, multinationals (both directly and through international law firms) and large Singapore corporates, as well as for C-Suite & executive level individual employees.
Key areas of expertise:
• Acting for employers on breach of non-competition, confidentiality, and fiduciary duties litigation, typically involving injunctions; also acting for individual executives in defending proceedings and setting aside injunctions.
• Advising employers on large-scale retrenchments and redundancies arising from closures and rationalisations of business units.
• Advising employers and individual executives on constructive and wrongful dismissals.
• Conducting internal investigations and interviews for employers on misconduct issues, as well as advising on internal disciplinary proceedings and suspensions.
• Advising employers and employees on Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT) cases and acting for them on High Court appeal applications.
• Advising employers on industrial relations issues, including trade union negotiations on statutory recognition, Collective Agreements, Ministry conciliations and representations, and Industrial Arbitration Court (IAC) proceedings.
Chambers Review
TSMP Law Corporation has a respected team of lawyers in Singapore who act on behalf of both employers and employees. The team is particularly adept at handling employment disputes, with experience acting on employee fraud and breach of confidential information matters, as well as wrongful dismissal cases. The firm also advises on labour laws relating to M&A and employee transfers. TSMP is entrusted by clients from a range of sectors including the energy, pharmaceutical, technology and finance industries.
Work Highlights
- TSMP advised Croda International on Singapore employment law aspects arising from the sale of most of its performance technologies and industrial chemicals business to Cargill.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They give sound advice with good summaries and detailed explanations, and are able to handle a broad range of labour and personnel-related matters."
"Everyone we have worked with there has been extremely knowledgeable in all topics at hand."
"They give sound advice with good summaries and detailed explanations, and are able to handle a broad range of labour and personnel-related matters."
"Everyone we have worked with there has been extremely knowledgeable in all topics at hand."
Notable Practitioners
Ian Lim is the head of TSMP's employment law practice in Singapore and assists clients with both litigious and advisory labour law mandates.
"Ian is a pleasure to work with. He has been responsive for all projects and goes above and beyond to secure the task at hand."
"He is very professional in the way he deals with things and looks at the situation holistically. He is easy to work with and breaks down key legal concepts to be understandable."
Ranked Lawyers at
TSMP Law Corporation
Singapore
Clients
Provided by TSMP Law Corporation
Accor
Allen & Overy
BCD Travel
Chevron
Citibank
DHL
DLA Piper
Emerson
Epstein Becker Green
Evoqua
FIS
Freshfields
IBM
King & Wood Mallesons
KraftHeinz
Littler Mendelson
Marsh & McLennan
Mayer Brown
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Seagate
Seyfarth Shaw
Skadden
Symrise
Industries
Provided by TSMP Law Corporation
Food & Beverage
Hospitality
Infrastructure
Insurance
Manufacturing
Media
Oil & Gas
Shipping
Technology
Water treatment