Clifford Chance draws on the expertise and experience of partners and associates in the corporate and dispute resolution departments. Much of the practice centres on representing financial institutions and asset managers, notably in relation to investigations into wrongful dismissal claims, sexual harassment, misuse of funds, and market manipulation. The Singapore office is also experienced in developing incentive structures for private equity houses and other financial investors. Kabir Singh is a key partner for investigations involving employee claims and allegations, along with Janice Goh, a partner in formal law alliance firm Cavenagh Law LLP. Valerie Kong leads in non-contentious matters, including incentives.

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has extensive specialist employment expertise in the Singapore office with a major focus on investigations, risk management and termination of employment, restructurings, and employee incentives. The practice continues to advise a range of multinationals and large regional businesses on wide-ranging employment matters, including contentious and non-contentious issues; this encompasses investigations into misconduct and whistleblower claims. Singapore managing partner Fatim Jumabhoy heads the Asia employment, pensions, and incentives practice. Employment specialist associate Rebecca Lim is ‘incredible, as a lawyer and as person'; both Jumabhoy and Lim have in-house experience.

Linklaters has one of the most established, experienced and specialised teams in the market, and is noted for its focus on the financial services and technology sectors. It has a mix of advisory, transactional, and contentious work. It continues to impress in transaction-related employment matters and incentive arrangement issues in the asset management arena. It has demonstrated further expertise in restrictive covenants and ESG-related matters. Laure de Panafieu is ‘a stand-out partner' and is at the pinnacle of the market. Managing associate Chaiyee Oh is also experienced and highly rated.

Ashurst LLP's Singapore employment team is led by counsel Karen Mitra, reporting directly to global practice head Stephen Woodbury in Sydney. The Singapore group has a fine record in advisory and transactional-related matters, and is further noted for advising multinationals on the launch of operations in Asia and the moves of senior executives into and out of Asia. It has an especially strong record in pan-Asia employment issues in the manufacturing, banking and finance, insurance, and medical technology sectors.

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow's size and presence in Singapore fields it with extensive expertise and resources that are frequently applied in the employment field. The wide-ranging practice includes advisory, investigative, transactional, and contentious elements. The Singapore team represents a large number of multinationals that have significant operations in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. Contentious specialist Celeste Ang leads the Asia Pacific employment and compensation practice. Corporate partner Kelvin Poa is also experienced in advising on employment contracts, separation agreements, terminations of employment, and employee incentive compensation plans. Local principal Zhao Yang Ng specialises in employment law and immigration issues.

K&L Gates Straits Law LLC's Singapore employment team specialises in advising domestic and multinational employers with operations throughout Southeast Asia. It continues to work intensively in advisory and transactional-related matters, including assisting clients with remote and hybrid working policies, employment termination matters, and international employee transfers and overseas employment arrangements. Christopher Tan is a senior employment specialist with a fine record in the media, music and entertainment, technology and software, engineering, finance and fintech, and manufacturing industries. Valerie Ang provides additional contentious employment expertise.

Simmons & Simmons' Singapore-based employment team has made significant progress, building on the immense standing of the wider Asia Pacific team led by Fiona Loughrey in Hong Kong; Loughrey is closely involved with the Singapore team and is a registered foreign lawyer in the jurisdiction. The highly-rated Clarence Ding, who was promoted to partner in May 2022, now leads many of the Singapore team’s employment engagements, including highly sensitive matters for major multinationals. He and the team are noted for redundancy exercises, restructurings, internal investigations, and transactional matters.

At Squire Patton Boggs, Julia Yeo leads the Asia Pacific labour and employment team from Singapore. The broad practice covers employee relations risk management, workplace investigations, privacy and data security, and employment disputes, among other areas. It has an impressive list of multinational clients from multiple industries that routinely turn to the Singapore office for assistance with high-stakes and highly sensitive issues. While much of the practice centres on Southeast Asia, the team’s reach also extends to North and South Asia too.