SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Yvonne Tang, Lim Siau Wen and Ruby Tham, Drew & Napier LLC
Drew & Napier LLC has been providing exceptional legal service since 1889 and is one of the largest full- service law firms in Singapore. The firm has three senior counsel. It is pre-eminent in dispute resolution, international arbitration, competition and antitrust, corporate insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property (patents and trade marks), tax, and telecom - munications, media and technology, and has market- leading practices in M&A, banking and finance, and capital markets. Drew & Napier has represented Sin -
gapore’s leaders, top government agencies and for - eign governments in landmark, high-profile cases. It is also appointed by Fortune 500 companies, mul - tinational corporations and local organisations. The firm is experienced in international disputes before the Singapore International Commercial Court and covers the full range of commercial litigation matters, including building and construction, constitutional law, debt recovery, defamation, fraud and white-col - lar crime. Lim Siau Wen handles various facets of IP commercial transactions including due diligence, negotiations, and drafting and reviewing licensing, franchising, sale and transfer, confidentiality, distributorship, and consultancy agreements relating to IP rights. She is also active in IP litigation and enforcement involving anti-counterfeiting matters, trade marks, copyright, domain names, designs and confidential information.
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Yvonne Tang is a director at Drew & Napier LLC. She has more than 20 years of experience in IP matters, and her clients include multinational and local companies alike. Yvonne’s key areas include trade marks and
copyright infringement, and passing off. She is regularly involved in trade mark opposition proceedings, and has handled criminal raids of counterfeit goods as well as domain name recovery claims under the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (SDRP). Yvonne’s legal experience extends to trade mark and patent registration, searches and strategic advisory work, as well as corporate IP matters. Yvonne is presently the Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the APAA Singapore Group, and of the Institute of Singapore Trade Mark Agents (ISTMA).
Ruby Tham is a director at Drew & Napier LLC. She has more than 15 years of experience in contentious and non-contentious IP practice. She actively handles IP (trade marks, passing off, copyright, registered
designs and domain name recovery) contentious and enforcement matters. Ruby has acquired considerable experience in trade mark opposition, invalidation and revocation matters, and appearing before the Registry and High Court. Ruby regularly advises on global brand strategy, trade mark clearance and prosecution, active portfolio management and best practices relating to the use and protection of IP. On the transactional front, Ruby’s work includes advising, negotiating and drafting agreements relating to IP transfers, mergers and acquisitions, IP-backed financing and licensing, and conducting IP due diligence.
Lim Siau Wen is a director at Drew & Napier LLC. She is an IP specialist with more than 20 years of experience in contentious and non-contentious IP matters. She manages the global trade mark, patent and design
portfolios of foreign and local multinational clients from a wide range of industries. She also advises on general IP and regulatory matters, issues of gaming, product advertising, labelling and branding strategy.
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