LAWYER PROFILE
Benjamin Gaw

Benjamin Gaw

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Co-Head, employment; Director, corporate and mergers & acquisitions; Head, healthcare & life sciences – corporate & regulatory; Director, Telecommunications, Media & Technology. Benjamin’s practice has a strong emphasis on employment law. He regularly advises clients on the full range of employment issues in the course of an employment relationship, including reviewing employment contracts, handbooks and policies, employee stock option plans, trade unions and collective agreements, to retrenchment and termination of employment. These include preparing, reviewing and advising on employment contracts, handbook and policies, employee stock option plans, disciplinary matters and investigations, restrictive covenants, retrenchments and contentious and non-contentious termination of employment. He is recognised as a leading and recommended lawyer by several renowned publications. Praised for being “precise, knowledgeable and extremely commercial” in his approach, Benjamin is acknowledged to be “one of the region’s foremost lawyers”.

Career

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2002) | Admitted to the Singapore Bar (2003) | Specialist Diploma in Molecular Biotechnology, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (2007) | Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (2009)

Professional Memberships

Honorary Secretary, National Arthritis Foundation Executive Committee | Member, Inquiry Panel | Member, Law Society IT Sub-Committee Member

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Employment: Domestic - Singapore

Band 3
Band 3

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Benjamin Gaw advises on a range of employment law matters in Singapore, including terminations, retrenchments and trade union relations.

Strengths

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  • Benjamin is prompt in responding to our enquiries and has the ability to advise holistically on labour and employment matters.

    Employment: DomesticChambers Asia & Pacific
  • His advice was timely when under pressure, and very good.

    Employment: DomesticChambers Asia & Pacific
  • Benjamin Gaw is highly reliable, sharp and insightful as well as easy to work with. We find him to be a highly trusted advisory partner for our business.

    Employment: DomesticChambers Asia & Pacific

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