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 KhattarWong has lost approximately 105 staff and lawyers as managing partner Tan Chong Huat leaves – taking with him seven KhattarWong equity partners and 17 salary partners, to start up RHT law.
 
The letters of the new entity RHT represents the initials of senior partner Rajah Menon, senior partner Hee Theng Fong and managing partner and head of corporate & securities Tan Chong Huat.
 
The departures are understood to have been triggered by differences over the direction of the firm going forward.
 
At the annual partners’ conference earlier this year, the firm did not appoint a managing partner and the management of the firm is currently entrusted to an elected executive board.
 
KhattarWong is currently in process of recruiting a number of new lawyers in the practice areas of IPT and corporate & securities. Independent lawyer Jim Lim, has left his practice to take up an offer with KhattarWong as its new head of intellectual property & technology (IPT), replacing Wun Rizwi who will co-head RHT’s IPT practice with Jonathan Kok.
 
RHT will host its first event as a firm on 2 Aug 2011, with its five senior partners - Subhas Anandan, Rajan Menon, Hee Theng Fong, Tan Chong Huat, Anne Chua to address attendees.ALB

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List of RHT equity partners

 Name
Leaving
Going to
Practice
Location
Current designation
Previous Designation at KhattarWong
 
Subhas Anandan                
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
 
Singapore
Senior Partner, Head of Practice
 
Consultant
Rajan Menon                   
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Senior Partner
 
Partner                                             
Anne Chua 
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Senior Partner
 
Partner                                            
Hee Theng Fong                
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Senior Partner
 
Partner                                            
Amita Dutt                    
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Finance & Real Estate
 
Singapore
Partner, Co-Head of Practice
 
Consultant
Jonathan Kok          
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Intellectual Property & Technology
 
Singapore
Partner, Co-Head of Practice
 
Partner                                            
Tan Chong Huat                
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Managing Partner, Head of Corporate & Securities
 
Managing Partner, Head of Corporate & Securities Laws
Azman Jaafar       
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner
 
Partner
Yeong Wai Cheong              
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
Finance & Real Estate
 
Singapore
Partner, Co-Head of Practice
 
Partner                                            
Wun Rizwi                     
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Intellectual Property & Technology
 
Singapore
Partner, Co-Head of Practice
 
Partner, Head of Intellectual Property & Technology
Lawrence Wong
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner                                            
 
Partner                                            
Choh Thian Chee Irving         
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
 
Singapore
Partner                                            
 
Partner
Nandakumar s/o Renganathan    
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
 
Singapore
Partner                                            
 
Partner                                            
Kaylee Kwok
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner                                            
 
Partner                                             
Winston Seow       
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner                                            
 
Partner                                            
Lin Song
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner (Foreign Lawyer), China Practice
 
Partner (Foreign Lawyer)
Chng Li-Ling                  
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner
Partner                                            
Tan Choon Leng
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner
Partner                                            
Chew Kok Liang                
 
KhattarWong
 
RHT Law
 
Corporate & Securities
 
Singapore
Partner
Partner                                             
 

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