Lawyer Feature: Pratap Kishan from Ho Wong Law Practice LLC

Reading Time: 3 minutesAreas that you specialise in and why you choose this practice area I handle a cross-section of civil and commercial litigation, matrimonial matters and criminal law. I also handle arbitration both in Singapore and International Arbitration.  I started out as a young lawyer many years ago wanting to specialise in criminal law, however I did […]

Getting legal help is not as difficult or expensive as you think

Reading Time: 4 minutesGetting legal help is like pulling teeth, right? Most people think that it’s expensive, inconvenient and difficult to get a lawyer. Indeed, there seems to be no easy and straightforward method to choose a lawyer out of the 4,885 legal practitioners in 863 law firms in Singapore. Many are also intimidated at the prospect of […]

[Photos] Legal Advice for Professionals & Freelancers

Reading Time: 2 minutesAsiaLawNetwork partnered with the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association, NTUC and the Singapore Human Resources Institute to host an event for professionals and freelancers on 19 April, 2017 at NTUC Centre at One Marina Boulevard. The topic was to share legal advice in a rapidly changing workplace for professionals as: It is increasingly common to change […]

Lawyer Feature: Tan Cheow Hung from Beacon Law Corporation

Reading Time: 4 minutesAreas that you specialise in and why you choose this practice area The greater part of my experience has been in Dispute Resolution. I have represented clients in a diverse range of civil and commercial disputes; including shareholders’ and partnership disputes, employment disputes, defamation proceedings, construction disputes, banking disputes and tortious claims.  In recent years, […]

Lawyer Feature: PE Ashokan from Withers KhattarWong

Reading Time: 2 minutesAreas that you specialise in and why you choose this practice area My focus is on litigation both civil and criminal. There is no excitement that can match the thrills and frills of a trial which keeps you at a high level of alertness with equal amount of stress. What made you want to be […]

[Photos] Legal Technology Roadshow by The Law Society of Singapore

Reading Time: 1 minutesAsiaLawNetwork participated in the Legal Technology Roadshow organized by the Law Society of Singapore at NTUC Centre.  Over the two-day roadshow, we met lawyers alongside other legal-tech related businesses who were curious to learn more about how legal technology is developing in Singapore and also networked and made new friends with other peers in the industry. […]

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Lawyer Feature: Lau Kah Hee (Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP)

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis week we interview Kah Hee from Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP to get to know him better beyond his work as a lawyer. Having graduated from both National University of Singapore (LLB) and University of Cambridge (LLM) with First Class Honours,  Kah Hee is both a qualified Attorney as well as a Chartered […]

Channel News Asia Interviews AsiaLawNetwork

Reading Time: 2 minutesAsiaLawNetwork featured in Channel News Asia AsiaLawNetwork.com was featured in an interview with Channel News Asia that started airing 27 February 2017. View gallery below to see photos from the interview. Thank you to co-working space WorkCentral at Dhoby Ghaut for hosting this interview! Interview follows announcement of a $2.8M scheme to help law firms adopt technology This […]

[Photos] “The Changing Face of Legal Services” with Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC and Meritas Law Firms Worldwide

Reading Time: 1 minutesAsiaLawNetwork was invited to be part of a panel to discuss “The Changing Face of Legal Services” with an audience from Meritas Law Firms Worldwide and hosted by Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC at The Fairmont, Singapore on 16 Feb 2017. The panel discussed how law is one of the last few industries to adopt […]

[Photos] LegalTech Night Out — IBM Watson (@ The Mad Poet)

Reading Time: 1 minutesThis week, AsiaLawNetwork co-hosted a Legal Tech Meetup event with zhiANT at The Mad Poet. We had 101 sign ups and saw a huge turnout to listen to  Lye King Tho (Business Partnerships ASEAN at IBM Watson) and Simon Lim (Country Manager at IBM Digital Business Group) share more about what AI is, and how it might potentially […]

[Photos] Small Law Firms and State Courts & Family Justice Courts Committees’ Luncheon @ State Courts

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Law Society of Singapore and AsiaLawNetwork.com co-organized a luncheon for lawyers together with the Small Law Firms Committee and the State Courts & Family Justice Courts Committee last week. The luncheon was oversubscribed within 2 days and we had a great turnout at the State Courts Bar Room for 70+ lawyers where the audience had lunch […]

Pro bono: Practical legal advice about startup fundraising from lawyer Yingyu Wang (as published on e27)

Reading Time: 9 minutesSound legal advice for covering your bases in accepting funding, intellectual property, co-founder arrangements, and more. This article was originally published on e27 HERE and you can find the video of the Facebook Live HERE. Lawyer Yingyu Wang shared practical tips about fund raising for start-ups during a Facebook Live Q&A with AsiaLawNetwork and partners […]