Singapore’s Colin Ng & Partners has added two new partners to its corporate and real estate practices, raising its partner numbers to 19. The firm has appointed Lee Kuen Yip in the real estate and conveyancing practice and Sam Kok Yin in the corporate & commercial practice.
Sam is a former director and head of the China desk at Yeo Wee Kiong Law Corporation and gives the firm leverage in the China market. Yip brings over 25 years experience, having advised banks and property developers on corporate agreements, joint ventures, and property acquisitions. He was previously a sole proprietor of Lee Kuen Yip & Co, which merged with another firm to create Bernard & Rada Law Corp.
Managing partner Colin Ng said that the firm aims to recruit more lawyers in the future. “[We] believe that good talent will always be important for a professional firm,” he said. “We hope to improve our ranking in Singapore and in the region by actively recruiting more talent. These appointments add bandwidth to our talent pool.”
Ng added that the firm is also planning to expand its dispute resolution practice group – especially in arbitration matters – in light of recent investments by the Singaporean government to capture more of the international arbitration market.
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