Wee Meng Tan

Practice Areas

Corporate & Commercial; Cybersecurity & Data Protection; Energy, Infrastructure & Projects; Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Career

A seasoned practitioner of more than 21 years, Wee Meng’s practice focuses on key clients in the media and telecommunications, energy and infrastructure industries as well as government and PPP projects. He is Head of Telecommunications and a Partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Projects Practice, with an emphasis on Singapore and Myanmar but also works on projects throughout the region, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Brunei.

Wee Meng has unique in-depth experience and understanding of the telco and media industries in Singapore and internationally. In Singapore, he was involved in advising industry players from even before market liberalisation and counts among his clients market incumbents as well as new entrants. He advised, and continues to advise, clients through the many industry transformations, to what is now an increasingly converged yet increasingly competitive market with diverse new players, services and business models.

Wee Meng has extensive experience with project development on projects relating to petrochemical plants, LNG, clean energy and renewables, water treatment, reclamation and desalination, telecommunications networks and tank storage terminals. He has been involved in the PPP market in Singapore since PPP was introduced by Singapore’s Ministry of Finance as a form of public procurement and has advised on major infrastructure PPP projects in Singapore and across the region.

He has guided clients through the liberalisation and development of regulated industries in Singapore including telecommunications, broadcasting, gas, electricity and transport and is regulatory counsel to many key industry players.

Wee Meng also advises clients on the general corporate aspects of their businesses such as employment, including employment terms (contracts, employee’s duties, confidentiality and ownership of IP), incentive plans, secondment arrangements and transfers of employment, investigations (internal and external), suspension and termination of employment as well as restrictive covenants and post-employment covenants. He has also previously represented clients in court proceedings on disputes relating to post-employment covenants.