Singapore’s TSMP Law Corporation has hired Raeza Ibrahim as a director in its dispute resolution practice from local boutique Salem Ibrahim, where he was head of commercial dispute resolution.

Owing to the pandemic and today’s unprecedented connectedness, young workers are undergoing a home-working revolution that is reshaping workplace dynamics. However, it’s also feared that these younger lawyers might fall short in acquiring the social skills essential in cultivating client relationships. Law firm talent leaders share how to nurture a new generation of technically and socially capable lawyers in the age of digitalisation.

Singapore law firm TSMP Law Corporation has hired Tania Chin as director and head of its criminal litigation and investigations practice from Credit Suisse, where she held the role of vice president of APAC compliance investigations.

General counsel want their external law firm partners to know their stuff and stay on top. Law firms in Asia talk about how they strive to keep their clients up to date to minimise friction and also help achieve their business goals.

Adrian Tan, president of the Law Society of Singapore and a partner at TSMP Law Corporation, has passed away following a battle with cancer. He was 57.

Japanese Big Four Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has hired disputes lawyer Justin Ee as a partner in Singapore from TSMP Law Corporation, where he was a director.

As emerging technologies like Web3 become a significant part of Asia’s M&A landscape, law firms are under pressure to upgrade their capabilities and offerings to cater to the same. Leaders say that in order to do this, not only do lawyers need to track existing laws and regulations, but also understand the technologies that underpin them.

LinkedIn can be a powerful tool in the hands of legal practitioners, allowing them to connect with existing clients and increase their profile among potential ones, but few use it frequently, or effectively. Lawyers who are prolific on LinkedIn say that it is important to be active, accessible, and authentic.

Singapore-based TSMP Law Corporation has appointed banking and finance lawyer June Ho as a partner from Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein, and Felicia Tan as a director from Ince & Co’s local law firm, with the latter tasked with expanding its China presence.

Singaporean firm TSMP Law Corporation recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. John Kang speaks to joint managing partner Stefanie Yuen Thio about the firm’s biggest achievements in the past two decades, the benefits of being boutique, and running the firm with her joint managing partner and husband, Thio Shen Yi.