Employment & Investigations

Recognitions

  • Asialaw 2024 Rankings

    Asialaw 2024 Rankings

    Covenant Chambers has been recognised in the Asialaw 2024 Rankings for our expertise in Dispute Resolution, Technology & Telecommunications and Labour & Employment. This achievement is a testament to our team’s dedication to providing exceptional legal services.

    Asialaw’s 2024 edition offers comprehensive analysis of law firms across key practice areas and industry sectors across 20 jurisdictions.

  • Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

    Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

    Covenant Chambers has been recognized in the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2024 Rankings.

    The publication states: “Covenant Chambers’ dispute resolution offering covers a broad range of practice areas, from commercial and corporate and employment to private client and property. Its lawyers have advocated at all levels of the Singaporean court and are experienced in ADR.”

    Clients also commend our Deputy Managing Director Ronald JJ Wong for his outstanding work in Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) and Intellectual Property (IP).

Expertise

For newly-formed companies or companies reviewing their contracts, our expertise on employment law covers standard policy documents for employers including employment contracts, consultancy agreements, terms of employment, and employee handbooks. We are able to serve companies by doing a thorough and total review of all employment-related contracts to ensure compliance with the Employment Act and Companies Act, among other laws and regulations, and to protect confidential information and personal data.

We also advise on matters pertaining to, but not limited to employee incentives and benefits, employee share option schemes, immigration, severance and retrenchment, termination, collective bargaining and industrial relations, re-employment, work injury compensation, workplace safety and health, issues pertaining to foreign employment such as work passes and employment agents, and outsourcing.

Our expertise includes insight into employment policy and regulatory functions beyond employment and business law, which helps us effectively troubleshoot client’s problems.

Our experience:

  • Advised various employers on drafting and review of employment contracts, employment handbooks, policies and procedures, and independent contractor agreements.

  • Advised various employers on termination of employment and restrictive covenants.

  • Advised on structuring, drafting and implementation of Employee Share Option Plans (or equivalent schemes).

  • Acted in a High Court claim for a Singaporean company with Middle Eastern principals, against multiple ex-employees (based in Singapore and overseas) for breaches of their restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations. Obtained ex parte interlocutory injunctions and summary judgment.

  • Advised multi-national companies on employment law and practice, and a potential trade dispute with a trade union.

  • Advised an international financial institution on employment issues involving termination, bonuses and drafting of relevant documents.

  • Advised a multi-national financial consultancy firm on employment, shareholder, directorship and intellectual property issues regarding the removal of a local managing director.

  • Acted for various employers against employees for breach of non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality obligations

  • Acted in claim for commissions entitled under a service contract; succeeded in appeal in Appellate Division of the High Court.

  • Acted for various employees in claims against employers for unpaid salary and/or commissions entitled under employment contract

  • Advised foreign lawyers on the relevant licenses, work passes and work pass exemptions for work within Singapore.

Key Contacts

  • Nicole Evangeline Poh

    Nicole Evangeline Poh

    Associate Director

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  • Benjamin Yam

    Benjamin Yam

    Director

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  • Khelvin Xu

    Khelvin Xu

    Director

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Get in Touch.

Main Office

8 Eu Tong Sen Street
Clarke Quay Central (Office 1)
#12-96
Singapore 059818

E: info@covenantchambers.com
T: +65 6635 8885
F: +65 6635 8720

Branch Office

1 Coleman Street
The Adelphi
#05-13B
Singapore 179803

E: general@covenantchambers.com
T: +65 6533 9339
F: +65 6533 9559