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You Need Legal Advice That Works For You. You Need An Action Plan Based On Real Milestones.

You Need Recommendations That Will Take Your Business Forward.

It is our Total Client Orientation (TCO) that has earned Straits Law a reputation of trust, integrity and sincerity. We pride ourselves in providing a holistic view that encompasses matters of principle, commercial interests and cost effectiveness.

Cast Study Litigation Sreeni was instructed as counsel in a case involving complex technical and factual issues related to a marine engine supplied for a "newbuild". The case gave rise to novel points of law on negligence and contractual exclusions in a chain of contracts situation. Collin Choo, a Senior Associate with expertise in shipping related claims managed the complex pleadings and documentation. Sreeni, with valuable input on the law from Raj, argued the appeal successfully after all the three lawyers involved painstakingly analysed the case, distilled the key legal issues and prepared the legal arguments. To leave no stone unturned, outside opinion was also obtained.

Everything About Us Is About You This is the very essence that forms the backbone of Straits Law, which is, placing ourselves in your shoes. This foundation was set from the merged practice of Derrick Ravi Partnership and Raja Loo & Chandra in 2001 and have ever since made it a commitment to walk the talk. In 2006, the practice of Choo & Lim LLC was added to the company. However, more than a merger of companies, it’s a merger of width and depth, information and knowledge, expertise and experience, skill and talent.

Today, well over a decade since, we are proud of the fact of having earned a reputation of being the go-to firm for one’s legal needs.

Our competence in litigation, conveyance and corporate have led us into the forefront of the practice. Our team of lawyers come with cross-border expertise and established links with law firms in India, China, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United Kingdom.

We ensure that the legal advice we provide works for you and our action plans are based on achieving real milestones, providing solutions that prove effective for you. It is this spirit of partnership that makes us a preferred choice amongst multinational corporations and local businesses alike.

Case Study Insolvency Rajaram, with Ratanesh assisting, acted for a client who had large accumulated losses from commodity trading with majority of the creditors being banks. We prepared a major debt restructuring proposal and arduous task as the banks were loathe to accepting a "haircut" on the debts, which ran into millions of dollars.

Through numerous court sanctioned Creditors' Meetings, we managed to convince the creditors of our client's sincerity and credibility, by advising our client to be transparent and cooperative with the creditors' requests. The Voluntary Arrangement was eventually implemented and our client is presently repaying the creditors a reduced portion of the debts in instalments.

Learning from this gruelling experience, our client has now implemented a new business model, which he started with no financing from banks. His new business has taken off and his credibility with the financial institutions remains, enabling him to become a success once again.

Straits Law’s approach in such matters is to address the valid commercial concerns and realities of creditors by viable solutions by the debtor. Not all problems can be solved. But our approach is to be practical and fair, which goes a long way.

Our Legal Insights Are The Perfect Match For Your Commercial Instincts We provide legal solutions that are relevant and make a difference to our clients.

We believe your business needs are the most important piece of evidence in our brief.

Tell us what keeps you up at night. We’ll find solutions that work.

When commitment, strategic thinking and careful planning combine, the results are as desired. We make solutions real, provide focus and direction. We stay away from vague, non-conclusive, multiple option answers. After a clear understanding of the issue our mission is to uncover actionable and workable approaches. A part of the function of the law is to encourage innovation and our multi-dimensional lawyers use their insights and knowledge to provide uni-lateral answers.

Cast Study Corporate Finance The firm acted as solicitors to the public listing of Eucon Holding Limited on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 8 September 2004. Our Director, Robert Wong, handled the listing assisted by our Senior Associate, Jenny Lee. Eucon is in the business of providing mechanical drilling, laser drilling, routing and manufacturing of printed circuit boards.

Eucon's operations are carried out in Taiwan and Shanghai, the People's Republic of China (“PRC”).

Eucon was incorporated for the purpose of listing. Prior thereto, the business of mechanical drilling services was undertaken by Zeng Kang Enterprise Co. Ltd, a company incorporated in Taiwan (“Taiwan ZK”). Taiwan ZK owned three subsidiary companies incorporated in the PRC through Sunny Worldwide Int'l Ltd, a Mauritius company (“Sunny Worldwide”). At that time, the shares of Sunny Worldwide were also held by other shareholders, including Eucon's Chief Executive Officer, Wen Yao-Long.

To prepare for the listing, apart from other issues that were resolved, we also assisted the clients in the restructuring exercise.

The restructuring process was somewhat complex as it involved Eucon acquiring all the shares of Taiwan ZK and the PRC subsidiaries, and Sunny Worldwide becoming one of the shareholders of Eucon. Several discussions were held with the clients and the auditors to explore the ideal group structure and the best way to achieve the restructuring exercise taking into consideration time, procedure and cost. The restructuring exercise was successfully completed and the listing went ahead.

Practices Made Perfect Corporate Banking & Finance Mergers & Acquisition Corporate Finance Capital Markets Corporate Support Services Infrastructure & Project Financing Conveyancing, Landlord & Tenant Corporate Tenancy Sale & Purchase, Mortgage & Real Estate Financing Litigation & Dispute Resolution Accident & Personal Injuries Banking, Corporate & Commercial Litigation Building & Construction Litigation Criminal Litigation Insurance Litigation International and Domestic Arbitration Medical and Professional Negligence

Matrimonial & Probate Adoption & Guardianship Divorce & Annulment Syariah Law Trusts, Wills & Probate Transactional & Cross Border Work Cross Border Transactional Work India Practice Group

We have a range of legal practices that have successfully met the needs of diverse clients from local entrepreneurs to global businesses. Be it in the corporate law space or in litigation or conveyancing matters. Resolving complex issues by maximizing the collaborative excellence of our lawyers we have a track record of practices made perfect.

Practices Made Perfect Corporate

Banking & Finance

Our Banking and Finance experience extends beyond guiding homeowners in taking a loan for their purchase to Corporate Banking, Project Financing and Capital Markets.

We represent banks and finance houses in drafting mortgages, assignments and more complex documents such as debentures and letters of subordination.

Corporate

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisition is a functional practice group that provides our clients with diverse ways of restructuring debts of a company or business and the handling of negotiations with financial institutions on rescheduling payments of debts.

Corporate Finance

Capital Markets

The Equity Capital Markets Practice Group advises issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings, listing of companies on Singapore Stock Exchange, rights issues, private placements and the issue of convertible securities.

Corporate Finance

Corporate Support Services

In addition to providing assistance to companies in Companies Act compliance and maintenance of statutory records, we also provide ancillary services such as registered office, drafting of resolutions and immigration. A large number of our corporate secretarial clients are foreign companies and subsidiaries of foreign companies.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Accident & Personal Injuries

The Accident & Personal Injuries practice group advises the injured and helps them initiate legal actions against the negligent parties. Our experienced lawyers are assisted by an experienced and qualified team of legal executives, paralegals, litigation secretaries and court clerks.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Banking, Corporate & Commercial Litigation

Our Banking, Corporate & Commercial Litigation practice group has a wealth of experience in a wide-range of corporate, commercial, banking and finance litigation matters

Corporate

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

The firm’s Infrastructure & Project Financing Team has extensive experience in project financing for power plant, mining and other major infrastructural projects. We have acted for lenders, borrowers and project sponsors, advising on every aspect involved in securing and managing a project finance transaction.

Our Building and Construction practice group comprises lawyers who have a close working relationship with industry professionals such as engineers, architects, civil and structural engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, quantity surveyors and other experts.

Infrastructure & Project Financing

Conveyancing, Landlord & Tenant

Corporate Tenancy Infrastructure & Project Financing

The Sale & Purchase, Mortgage & Real Estate Financing practice group represents clients and assists clients to reach a desirable conclusion in a wide range of property transactions, from sale and

Building & Construction Litigation

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Criminal Litigation

Our Criminal Litigation practice group has a wide range of experience in handling various types of criminal cases, ranging from matters involving capital punishment to the other range of the spectrum involving governmental departmental summons.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Insurance Litigation

Matrimonial & Probate Divorce & Annulment

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Matrimonial & Probate Syariah Law

The Insurance Litigation practice group specialises in the field of insurance and reinsurance matters.

We handle in particular work related to the areas of defence and recovery of claims in motor and personal injury liabilities, medical and health insurance policies, work injury compensation, industrial accidents (including negotiations with

International and Domestic Arbitration

Over the last decade, as Singapore matured into one of the world’s leading centres for International Arbitration and the confidentiality of commercial arbitration.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Medical and Professional Negligence

Over the last decade, as Singapore matured into one of the world’s leading centres for International Arbitration and the confidentiality of commercial arbitration became increasingly preferred by many local businesses, we groomed and honed our lawyers in both International and Domestic Arbitration work.

Matrimonial & Probate

Adoption & Guardianship

In Singapore, adoption of a child is only recognized by a Court order. The Adoption of Children Act governs the process which includes the appointment of a guardian in adoption (replacing the hitherto guardian ad litem).

The law cannot provide for every contingency experienced by individuals in the realm of family law. At Straits Law Practice LLC, our senior and experienced lawyers who are well-versed in the practice of family law in Singapore - involving both civil and Muslim marriages try to bolster this.

Our Syariah Law team boasts the current Chairman of the Muslim Law Practice Committee of the Law Society. Increasingly, we are advising clients who come from different corners of the world.

Matrimonial & Probate

Trusts, Wills & Probate

The lawyers in Trusts, Wills & Probate Practice Group have extensive experience in the law and practice on probate and administration, including Muslim law of succession and inheritance, in both contentious and non-contentious actions.

Transactional & Cross Border Work

Cross Border Transactional Work

The Cross Border Transactional Work team is headed by Mr. M Rajaram. As the skills and experienced required on such trans-national transactions vary widely, support is obtained from the other directors for each project, depending on the type of transaction and issues involved. The Firm has significant experience in cross-border trading and barter transactions, investment in Asian countries

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

India Practice Group

The Indian Sub-continent has experienced a significant amount of economic growth over the last decade. Our India Practice Group actively advises a wide spectrum of clients both within Singapore and in the region who are looking towards India to further their business interests and from India who are looking into doing business in Singapore and the region.

Cast Study Litigation Si Sen and Jennifer's expertise in criminal law range from petty crimes to capital offences. Both of them firmly believe that communication with clients is vital. One of their success stories involved a case in which the accused person stabbed his girlfriend to death in her sleep.

Both observed that the accused person was always humming a particular song which was entitled "The Silent Lamb". Jennifer recognized the song. Curious, they bought the CD of the song and studied the lyrics. It was then that they realised that the accused person often likened himself to the protagonist who suffered from acute jealousy in the song.

The accused person was believed to be the first killer in Singapore to suffer from "pathological jealousy". Unfortunately, it is not included as one of the exceptions to murder. However, Si Sen and Jennifer successfully managed to reduce his charge of murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Look for a Legal Practitioner, Find a Legal Partner Our legal professionals have a diverse range of interests and skillsets. Make sure you tap into their collective wisdom to make every step count. The team available to you comes with advantage of years of experience, a well-rounded law grooming as well as being specialists within their areas of practice. Understanding our clients needs, searching for relevant solutions, filtering the nuances and taking responsibility for our advice has been a way of life and has earned us the reputation we pride ourselves with.

Here at Straits Law , you won’t find a legal practitioner but instead a legal partner.

Cast Study Litigation Sreeni was instructed as counsel in a case involving complex technical and factual issues related to a marine engine supplied for a "newbuild". The case gave rise to novel points of law on negligence and contractual exclusions in a chain of contracts situation. Collin Choo, a Senior Associate with expertise in shipping related claims managed the complex pleadings and documentation. Sreeni, with valuable input on the law from Raj, argued the appeal successfully after all the three lawyers involved painstakingly analysed the case, distilled the key legal issues and prepared the legal arguments. To leave no stone unturned, outside opinion was also obtained.

A Life Full Of Learning.

That’s The Law In Our Land.

We know that if one chases excellence, success will follow. This has been a part of DNA, our belief system. This ‘excellence’ as a behaviour has helped grow our employees’ skills and knowledge. With a regimen of intensive training programs.

We also help clients understand the legal landscape through frequent talks and seminars.

Rajaram Senior Director N. Sreenivasan, SC Managing Director Robert Wong Director Palaniappan Sundararaj Director Stuart Andrew Palmer Director Suresh Nair Director Valerie Ang Director Joseph Liow Director

When Experience Meets Expertise We do not characterise a legal transaction in the conventional way. Whilst our legal teams function in practice groups, our lawyers are trained to deal with and address legal issues on a multi-dimensional level. This ensures that our lawyers are equipped with the necessary skills to deal with the issues at hand. It also enhances our focus and allows avenues for a free exchange of ideas amongst our lawyers, whilst tapping on the distinct expertise and experience of lawyers practising in different areas.

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