WongPartnership’s Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara may be leaving his current post as the firm’s managing partner in October to become head of portfolio management at Temasek, but last Friday evening he claimed one of the industry’s most illustrious honours after winning the first ever Managing Partner of the Year award at the 2010 ALB SE Asia Law Awards.

Pillay, who was praised for his leadership and overseeing a period of impressive growth for the firm over the past 12 months, fought off strong competition from Hogan Lovells’ Singapore MP James Harris, Rodyk’s Helen Yeo and Stephenson Harwood’s Martin Green on his way to the prize which one attendee aptly described as a “fitting farewell.”

Low Sai-Choy of Capitaland took home the night’s other individual honour after he was crowned Singapore In-house Lawyer of the Year.

Nominations for the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards are now open. To ensure your firm or in-house team gets the recognition it deserves please contact Iris Ma (iris@kmimail.com) or +852 2815 5988 for more information.