About

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

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Employment: Domestic - Singapore
3
Band 3
What the team is known for

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

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  • 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

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Notable Practitioners

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Ian Lim
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Ian Lim
Head of Employment: Domestic
3
Band 3

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."

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Ian Lim
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Ian Lim
Head of Employment: Domestic
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Members

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Ian Lim

Ian Lim

Head of Department

Clients

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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

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Food & Beverage

Hospitality

Infrastructure

Insurance

Manufacturing

Media

Oil & Gas

Shipping

Technology

Water treatment