Headquartered in Singapore, WongPartnership is a market leader and one of the largest law firms in the country. We offer our clients access to our vast network spanning our office in China, practices in India, Thailand and Vietnam, and WPG, a regional law network of member firms in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Together, WPG offers the expertise of over 400 professionals to meet the needs of our clients throughout the region.
Our expertise spans the full suite of legal services to include both advisory and transactional work where we have been involved in landmark corporate transactions, as well as complex and high-profile litigation and arbitration matters.
On our employment expertise, our Employment Practice is cross-disciplinary in nature and our team encompasses lawyers well-versed in corporate practice as well as disputes work. We draw on the best of both worlds in providing practical solutions for our clients in all aspects of employment law.
Our client base includes multinational and local employers and employees. Our work encompasses the implementation of staff procedures and manuals, retrenchment management, initiation and defence of injunctive relief actions for labour law breaches, drafting, advising and negotiating on employment, termination and collective agreements, investigations into employee misconduct / whistleblowing and incidental tax issues. We regularly advise on implications arising from the relocation of employees and termination of employment for both employers and employees. We also work with clients on employment issues in connection with carve-out and bolt-on transactions.
We have an active Immigration Practice where we regularly advise clients on Singapore immigration laws relating to permanent residency for global investors and work and visit passes.
WongPartnership is a signatory member of the United Nations Global Compact ("UNGC"). As a member of the UNGC, we support the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.