IEL Elite

Overview

Sanjiv Kumar Rajan and Kelvin Wong in Singapore are key contacts in Allen & Gledhill’s recognised employment offering. Jack Yow is the primary contact at associated firm Rahmat Lim & Partners in Malaysia.

In addition to its work within Malaysia and Singapore, the team is adept at taking on multi-jurisdictional matters. It regularly acts as a co-ordinator for multinationals seeking support across multiple Asian jurisdictions.

Kang Yanyi in Singapore was promoted to partner in January 2022, bolstering the group’s bench strength.

Specialisms

The team is able to service clients across all employment and industrial relations issues, from the implementation of HR policies through to collective bargaining.

Advisory work regularly consists of assisting with corporate transactions, including the transfer or integration of impacted workers, as well as redundancy and retrenchment, outsourcing, and pensions and incentives.

Contentious work spans all types of workplace disputes, from wrongful dismissal claims, enforcement of restrictive covenants, breaches of fiduciary duties, and white-collar crime.

The group is also able to support clients with sensitive workplace investigations. This includes investigations into industrial accidents.

Experts based in...

Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam.