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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Lay Lian Kee, Min Joo Yoon, Shawn Teo and Sarah Tan Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP is one of the largest full-service law firms in Singapore, with over 430 lawyers, many of whom are ranked among the best in their specialist practice areas, including in vari - ous Chambers and Partners legal ranking guides. It is a member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, one of the largest regional networks comprising award-winning law firms with offices in ten countries and over 1,000 fee earners handling the most complex regional and cross-border matters. Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP’s
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Private Wealth – Family and Matrimonial team handles a variety of family and matrimonial matters, including cases with complex cross-border disputes involving foreign individuals, entities and assets, and custody disputes such as international child relocation or pa - rental child abduction. The team has been ranked in various publications and was named as Matrimonial and Family Law Firm of the Year by the Asian Legal Business SEA Law Awards in 2020 and 2025.
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Lay Lian Kee is head of the Private Wealth – Family and Matrimonial team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, with nearly four decades of legal experience. She specialises in adoption, commercial litigation and
Min Joo Yoon is a partner in the Private Wealth – Family and Matrimonial team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. She has extensive experience in a variety of family and matrimonial matters, including cases
succession and trust. Lay Lian has successfully dealt with complex family cases involving cross- jurisdiction issues over assets, maintenance and children, and has been ranked by legal publications in dispute resolution for the categories of family and matrimonial, and private client. She is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a registered practitioner of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and co-chairperson of the Law Society’s Family Law Practice Committee and its Probate Practice Committee.
with complex cross-border disputes involving foreign individuals, entities and assets, and custody disputes such as international child relocation or parental child abduction. As a native Korean, Min Joo serves as a council member for the Korean Association. She is well-recognised by major legal publications and was listed as one of Singapore’s 30 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40 in 2023 and named future star for family and matrimonial, and private client, in 2025.
Shawn Teo is a senior associate with the Private Wealth – Family and Matrimonial team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. He is experienced in handling high-conflict and high-value matrimonial disputes, guardianship
Sarah Tan is an associate at the Private Wealth – Family and Matrimonial team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. She has experience in the various areas of law that fall within the jurisdiction of the Family Justice
and relocation cases, as well as contentious and non-contentious estate, trust, and mental capacity proceedings. Shawn has been named as a rising star in 2024 and 2025.
Courts in Singapore, including divorce, adoption and guardianship applications, relocation/return cases, maintenance, family violence, division of assets and the drafting of prenuptial agreements and other marital agreements, as well as probate proceedings (especially involving foreign law elements and complex family structures) and the drafting of wills and other end-of-life documents.
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