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2022 Awards

• Chambers Asia-Pacific – Tier 4 (Corporate/M&A: Domestic)
• The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2022 Edition) – Leading Firm Tier 4 (Corporate and M&A)
• The Straits Times – Singapore’s Best Law Firms 2022 Survey as one of the Best Law Firms 2022
• IFLR1000 (31st Edition) – Recommended Firm Tier 4 (Corporate M&A Singapore)
• Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 – Commercial and Transactions (Tier 4); Construction (Tier 4); International arbitration – Domestic firms (Other Notable Firms);  Family and matrimonial (Tier 3)
• Doyle’s Guide (2022 Edition) – Recommended (Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Singapore)

2021 Awards

• Chambers Asia-Pacific – Tier 4 (Corporate/M&A: Domestic)
• The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2021 Edition) – Leading Firm Tier 4 (Corporate and M&A)
• AsiaLaw Profiles – Notable Firm (Corporate M&A Singapore)
• The Straits Times – Singapore’s Best Law Firms 2021 Survey as one of the Best Law Firms 2021
• IFLR1000 (31st Edition) – Recommended Firm Tier 4 (Corporate M&A Singapore)
• Doyles Guide – Recommended (Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Singapore)

2020 Awards

• Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020 – Other Notable Firms (Commercial and transactions)
• The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2020 Edition) – Leading Firm Tier 4 (Corporate and M&A)
• Chambers Asia-Pacific – Recognised Practitioner (Corporate/M&A: Domestic)
• AsiaLaw Profiles – Notable Firm (Corporate M&A Singapore)
• Asialaw Client Service Excellence 2020 (Best Overall Firms)
• IFLR1000 – Recommended Firm Tier 4 (Corporate M&A Singapore)
• IFLR1000 – Kenneth Leong (Leading Lawyer – Rising Star, Corporate M&A Singapore)

2019 Awards

• Chambers Asia-Pacific – Recognised Practitioner (Corporate/M&A: Domestic)
• The Legal 500 – Tier 4 (Corporate M&A – Local Firm)

2018 Awards

• AsiaLaw Profiles – Christopher Woo (Leading Lawyer)

• QWP opens new office in London – Feb 2023
• Singapore Legal Forum UKSLSS Aug 2022
• QWP Sponsor for Virtual Family Conference 2022
• QWP continues with its expansion with the hire of Bonnie Wong
• QWP joins Multilaw as the exclusive Singapore member
• QWP expands the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution team with the hire of Melvin Lum
• QWP is recognised as one of the “Best Law Firms 2021” in Singapore in the inaugural The Straits Times – Singapore’s Best Law Firms 2021, as identified in a survey among clients and peers
• QWP strengthens the firm’s offering with the hire of Yeo Boon Tat (August 2020)
• Our M&A team comprising Kenneth Leong, Sheryn Tan and Harold Choong acted for Surbana Jurong Private Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited) in its acquisition of Prostruct Consulting Pte Ltd. Prostruct is one of Singapore’s leading blast consulting firms, specialising in solutions for protecting buildings and infrastructure against industrial blast and hazardous explosions through security and blast designs. The acquisition is timely given the recent enactment of the Infrastructure Protection Act that requires designated buildings to integrate security measures and further augments Surbana Jurong’s portfolio of built environment services, which includes blast protection solutions for buildings and infrastructure.
• Our team comprising Keith Oh, Dorothy Sim and Cindy Fu Xinyi is advising ABM Respiratory Care, a medical device technology business, in its US$10 million Series A funding round led by the Advanced MedTech Group together with SEEDS Capital and Yoh Chie Lu. The timely investment will allow ABM to ramp up manufacturing of its tele-access enabled ventilators and secures the critical supply of ventilators for Singapore amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Our Associate Director, Ms Diana Ngiam, represented the accused who was charged with one count each of harassment, using criminal force on a policewoman and an offence under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act. The accused was ultimately granted an absolute discharge by the court on the grounds that it was an exceptional case, where the offender has a psychiatric condition that contributed to the commission of the offences.
• Our Director, Mr Lau Kiat Wee, represented clients, who are among the 78 Variable Capital Companies to have been incorporated under the Variable Capital Companies Act that went into effect in January 2020.
• Our Associate Director, Ms Diana Ngiam, represented an accused in a traffic accident which resulted in a motorcyclist’s death and severe brain injuries to the pillion. The accused was sentenced to 3 weeks’ imprisonment and was disqualified from driving for 5 years.
• Our Associate Director, Ms Diana Ngiam, represented the doctor who has been struck off the Register of Medical Practitioners for wrongly certifying the cause of death.
• Our Criminal Department Head, Mr Sunil Sudheesan, and Associate Director, Ms Diana Ngiam, represented a South African man in a case involving the smuggling of 11 pieces of rhinoceros horn through Singapore to Vietnam.
• Our Director, Mr Sunil Sudheesan, was awarded the Pro Bono Ambassador Award at the Law Society Annual Dinner 2019.
• Our Director, Mr Kenneth Leong, represented Chip Eng Seng Corporation Ltd (listed on SGX-ST) in its acquisition of Raffles Campus (Malaysia) Pte. Ltd. for S$24.4 million in 2019.
• Our Director, Mr Kenneth Leong, represented Chip Eng Seng Corporation Ltd (listed on SGX-ST) in its acquisition of a 38% equity interest in Amdon Consulting Pte Ltd for S$5.4 million in 2019.
• Son of late top criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan joins the firm.
• Our Director, Mr Lee Wei-Jin, represented International Finance Corporation of the World Bank and Norfund (the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund) in their investment in Yoma Micro Power (S) Pte Ltd, to establish distributed generation micropower plants and mini grids for generating and distributing electricity to rural communities and telecommunications towers in Myanmar.
• Pass It On Initiative (2015)
• Rugby Charity Shield (2015)
• Appointed Singapore Swimming Association’s Honorary Legal Adviser (2015)

We believe that being in the practice of law enables us to give back to the community in a special way.

Our lawyers regularly use their legal skills to help needy and deserving persons and organisations on a pro bono basis. Our lawyers volunteer with the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS), a scheme aimed at allowing those who are financially disadvantaged to receive free legal representation for non-capital criminal cases, and the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO), which provides free legal representation for capital cases.

In addition, our lawyers also regularly dispense free legal advice and information at various legal clinics, including the Community Legal Clinics (CLCs) organized by The Law Society of Singapore, the legal clinics organized and run by the Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) and the State Courts’ HELP Centre.

We believe that being in the practice of law enables us to give back to the community in a special way.

Our lawyers regularly use their legal skills to help needy and deserving persons and organisations on a pro bono basis. Our lawyers volunteer with the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS), a scheme aimed at allowing those who are financially disadvantaged to receive free legal representation for non-capital criminal cases, and the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO), which provides free legal representation for capital cases.

In addition, our lawyers also regularly dispense free legal advice and information at various legal clinics, including the Community Legal Clinics (CLCs) organized by The Law Society of Singapore, the legal clinics organized and run by the Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) and the State Courts’ HELP Centre.