Areas of Practice: Our Corporate, Conveyancing and Litigation teams cover the fields of general legal practice in Singapore. These areas include:
- Dispute Resolution. All our lawyers have received training and exposure in arbitration and courtroom litigation. We are familiar with the rules of procedure in the courts and for arbitration. As a result of stream-lining in the litigation procedure, hearings in Singapore courts are now heard speedily. With the Electronic Filing System in the courts, submission of documents to the court can be done 24 hours a day, every day of the week. We believe that arbitration is a growing trend in handling disputes in Singapore and are also actively engaged in this area of practice. Our lawyers are also involved in conciliation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution methods.
- Commercial Law. As part of the international commercial community, Singapore businesses are involved in many commercial ventures. We assist and advise our clients on agreements and documentation for their joint ventures, licence arrangements, agency and distribution agreements and many other similar matters. Along with our clients' expansion overseas, Ong Tay & Partners have close working relationships with law firms in Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Cambodia and Indonesia. The partners of Ong Tay & Partners, having themselves been involved in business ventures, are not only able to advise clients on corporate and investment rules and regulations in such countries but are able to draw their attention to commercial issues that will of concern to any investor.
- Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change. Climate change is emerging as one of the major environmental issues of our time. Ong Tay & Partners is one of the very first law practices in Singapore involved in climate change issues to provide clients with advice in this growing area of law.
- Banking and Corporate Law. Another inevitable and indispensable area of commercial activity is the area of banking and commercial practice, which our firm actively pursues.
- Intellectual Property. Believing as we do in an age where information technology and the arts is continuing to flourish because of concerted growing global efforts in promoting and protecting intellectual property rights, Ong Tay & Partners endeavours to keep itself abreast in these fields. Our own clientele has special emphasis on franchising, in the field of food, beverage and entertainment.
- Media and Entertainment Law. This is one area of practice that is of special interest to the firm. Performers, sports personalities and celebrities have specialised legal issues that draws together expertise in contract negotiation, copyright protection, privacy/media and litigation. With the challenges of the digital media, legal skills on InfoTech issues is also required. The firm is unusual in the breadth of its industry expertise. By offering specialist commercial understanding across a very broad range of sectors in the creative industries, we help clients make the most of opportunities within their own sectors and of the new online business models that are emerging.
- Conveyancing and Property Law. During the firm's founding years, Singapore was experiencing a boom in the property market. At this period, the government's emphasis of the Conservation Programme of older buildings, aimed at restoration of historically significant landmarks and buildings, also provided Ong Tay & Partners with an invaluable foundation in handling the intricate legal aspects of buying and selling of such properties where the law on such transactions are constantly changing. Our firm is located in one such conservation building. Another field of practice related to these transactions is in the process of reconstruction and renovation, together with the social impact of recovering possession of these properties from tenants previously protected by law against eviction.
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency. his area of practice has obvious commercial and social realities. This is why the firm is also committed to this field of law.
- Employment and Immigration Law. The growth of commercial activities across international borders also stimulates Ong Tay & Partners' growth in these areas of law. We are involved in many employment contracts and applications for work permits and employment passes each year.
- Human Interest. These areas cover diverse fields such as Family Law and Probate, and Administration of Estates.
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