Lawrence graduated from the National University of Singapore Law faculty in 1989. Thereafter, he joined the Singapore Legal Service and served in various appointments as a judicial officer. Lawrence joined and practiced in Harry Elias Partnership from 1995 to 2003, where he garnered extensive experience in various aspects of litigation.

He specialises in financial and fiscal restructuring, drawing on his expertise in other areas such as corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and litigation. Lawrence is known for his hands-on advice resulting in practical solutions for clients.

Lawrence has also been involved in numerous international transactions in various jurisdictions in diverse sectors ranging from Banking to Gaming.

Christopher's areas of specialisation include intellectual property law, income tax, dispute resolution and general corporate matters. He assists clients on branding strategies and provides advisory support to a diverse range of clients. He also manages for a number of clients trade mark portfolios around the world.

Other than trade mark and patent registration work, Christopher is also active in intellectual property litigation. He also has extensive experience in domain name disputes and domain name transactions.

His other areas of practice include corporate litigation, insolvency and general corporate work. He has particular experience in matters relating to the advertising and entertainment industries.

Whilst at the then Inland Revenue Department (now known as the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore), he gained valuable working knowledge of tax administration and practice in Singapore. Since leaving IRD, he has advised clients on numerous tax matters relating to income & corporate tax and GST. He has also advised clients in relation to tax investigations conducted by IRAS. He is recommended in the area of intellectual property by AsiaLaw Profiles (2007).

Yeo Soon Keong graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1989. He was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales a year later in 1990 as a member of Grays Inn and was subsequently admitted to the rolls of Advocates and Solicitors in Singapore. Mr Yeo is an associate lecturer with the SIM University and RMIT University and lectures in the areas of Investment and Commercial law. He also holds a Masters Degree in International Business.

He is a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths. Mr Yeo has also been appointed the General Legal Consul to the Korean Embassy in Singapore.

Mr Yeo's main areas of practice are in Matrimonial, Property & Real Estate as well as Commercial.

His notable recent work includes:

• Acting and advising major companies in the food and beverage industry;

• Advising and assisting clients with their regional business expansion and overseas franchises;

• Acting for and advising foreign high net worth individuals in respect of their property investments and portfolio in Singapore;

• Acting and advising a client in the purchase of a hotel of substantial value in Singapore.

Chenthil has been actively engaged in the practice of civil and commercial litigation since 2001. He is experienced in handling complex litigation across a broad range of commercial activity including banking and securities-related litigation, company and shareholder disputes, commercial fraud, club-related matters, contractual disputes, defamation, employment and disciplinary matters, insolvency, tenancies, tort, trusts and probate.

Chenthil also advises on various non-contentious areas of law including consumer issues, employment matters and tenancies.

Chenthil's experience includes:

• Acting for a local bank in relation to claims brought by investors in complex structured products.

• Advising an international airline in respect of potential claims relating to the purchase and leasing of aircraft.

• Advising a not-for-profit voluntary welfare organization in respect of potential misfeasance by an employee of its investment manager.

• Acting for the former shareholders of a coal mine in Indonesia in multi-million dollar claims based on breaches of duty and conspiracy in respect of a mortgagee sale of shares.

• Advising on the termination of a multi-million dollar joint venture to develop new software for use in the securities industry.

• Acting for a listed company in investigating the sale of confidential information by a former employee of the listed company.

Khung Chye’s expertise is in corporate and commercial law.

He has advised local clients and MNCs on a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, trade transactions, corporate restructuring and corporate governance.

Khung Chye has also acted for borrowers on various financing transactions, including cross-border financing/ refinancing transactions.

He has also advised on corporate finance transactions and capital market matters, including the following:

• Acting for Li Heng Chemical Fibre Technologies Limited in its initial public offering and listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange Trading Limited.

• Acting for PEC Limited in its initial public offering and listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange Trading Limited.

• Acting for FibreChem Technologies Limited in relation to its issue of approximately S$115 million non-redeemable convertible non-cumulative preference shares.

• Acting for Gems TV Holdings Limited in its divestment of its business operations in USA, UK and Japan.

Ray graduated with honours from the National University of Singapore in 2001 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2002. He specialises in all forms of litigation and arbitration with particular experience in commercial disputes in the fields of Information Technology, International Trade, Entertainment, Building, Construction and Infrastructure and Insurance.

Amongst others, he has acted in the following disputes:

• Acting for an offshore internet gambling company in their Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy complaints to World Intellectual Property Organization.

• Advised and acted for an Australian Casino company in relation to the recovery of substantial gambling debts incurred by an individual domiciled in Singapore.

• Acting for a Singapore public listed property development company in respect of RM$236 million suit filed by a Malaysian hotel developer.

• Representing the professional indemnity insurers of an architectural company.

• Acting for a Singapore public listed company in relation to proceedings against a director of a Mexican subsidiary for breaches of fiduciary duty and fraudulent misrepresentation.

• Acting for an Indonesian Coal Mining Company in an ICC Arbitration involving a dispute with a Hong Kong company, being one of their purchasers.

In addition to his disputes work, he has handled substantial corporate and advisory work on a wide spectrum of industries and bodies of law.

Delphine has been engaged in a wide spectrum of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration matters since 2003. Her areas of practice include cross-border commercial disputes, company and shareholder matters, construction and building-related work, contractual disputes and disciplinary matters.

In addition to her disputes work, she has also been involved in general corporate and advisory work for a range of clients, including high net worth individuals and corporations. Delphine has also spent time as in-house counsel in UBS AG and the Singapore Exchange.

Delphine's experience includes:

• Acting for a Singapore listed company in a dispute with its Middle Eastern joint venture partner. The dispute involved potential claims of up to S$20m.

• Acting for an Indonesian company in an arbitration (SIAC Rules) for alleged breaches of a joint venture agreement. The amount of the claim exceeded S$300m and the dispute involved complex areas of arbitration law, restitution and contract.

• Acting for the claimant in an arbitration (ad-hoc) against a foreign construction consultancy for claims arising out of a consultancy agreement.

• Acting for one of the shareholders of an international budget airline in respect of potential claims against another shareholder.

• Acting for the plaintiff in an acrimonious partnership dispute which involved complaints made to the Commercial Affairs Department.

• Acting for the registered owner of a Singapore property in respect of an application to cancel a caveat lodged against the property.

• Acting for a medical practitioner in a Singapore Medical Council Disciplinary Inquiry hearing.

• Acting for an insurance company in respect of claims brought by a policy-holding arising from the alleged misappropriation by an insurance agent.

• Advising a Singapore regulator on issues relating to structured financial products.

• Advising a Singapore golfing goods company on various employment-related issues.

• Advising an airport services provider in respect of potential claims relating to the design and construction of the airport premises.

• Advising a Singapore company on international trade issues arising out of an investment in Thailand.