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Drew & Napier
Singapore law firm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Drew & Napier LLC is a Singaporean law firm. Founded in 1889, the firm has more than 500 employees. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore.[1]
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History
The firm was founded in 1889 in Singapore, part of the Straits Settlements, when Manchester barrister Walter John Napier joined English solicitor Alfred Henry Drew.[2]
In 2000, Drew & Napier was corporatised to form a limited liability company. The firm in 2011 moved to its current location at Ocean Financial Centre, Collyer Quay, Singapore.[3][4]
In Singapore, Drew & Napier is particularly known for their litigation, ADR, insolvency and transactional work. The firm has market-leading practices in mergers and acquisitions, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT), data protection and cybersecurity, anti-trust/competition, corporate finance, employment, property, and construction law.[5][6][7]
The chairman and chief executive officer of the firm are Senior Counsel Jimmy Yim and Cavinder Bull respectively.[8]
The firm has four senior counsels – Jimmy Yim, Cavinder Bull, Blossom Hing and Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Pinsler. [8]
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Notable alumni
Government
- David Marshall – Singapore's first Chief Minister[9]
- Hri Kumar Nair, SC – former Deputy Attorney-General[10]
- Indranee Rajah, SC – Cabinet Minister[11]
- Joseph Grimberg, SC - Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court; first Senior Counsel[12]
- Judith Prakash – Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Singapore[13]
- Lucien Wong, SC – Attorney-General of Singapore[14]
- Steven Chong – Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Singapore[15]
- S. Jayakumar - Cabinet Minister and law professor[16]
- K Shanmugam, SC – Cabinet Minister[17]
Legal
- Tan Cheng Han, SC – Former Dean of NUS Law; Chairman, Singapore Exchange Regulation Co[18]
- Davinder Singh, SC – Chairman, Singapore International Arbitration Centre[19]
- Cavinder Bull, SC - Chief Executive Officer[20]
- Thio Su Mien, legal academic and lawyer[21]
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References
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