Wong Meng Meng, Senior Counsel, retired and became Founder-Consultant. Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel, became Senior Partner and Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara became Managing Partner.
2008
January
Converted to a Limited Liability Partnership. Firm was renamed to WongPartnership LLP.
Won Country Award for Singapore and Best National Firm for Women in Business Law at Euromoney Legal Media Group's inaugural Asia Women in Business Law Awards.
20th Anniversary. Celebrated the growth of the Firm from 11 lawyers to 270 lawyers with expertise spread over 20 Specialised Practices and 5 Country Practices.
Formation of Wong Meng Meng & Partners with 11 lawyers. Office at Far Eastern Bank Building.
1994
November
Expanded to 60 lawyers. Firm was renamed WongPartnership. Moved to UOB Plaza.
1997
January
Senior Partner, Wong Meng Meng, was among the pioneer batch of Senior Counsel appointed by the Chief Justice.
2000
January
Alvin Yeo became (and remains) the youngest lawyer to be appointed Senior Counsel.
2002
January
Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel, became Managing Partner.
2004
May
Opened office at Raffles City in Shanghai, China.
October
Expanded to 100 lawyers.
2005
September
Moved to One George Street.
2007
January
Wong Meng Meng, Senior Counsel, retired and became Founder-Consultant. Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel, became Senior Partner and Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara became Managing Partner.
2008
January
Converted to a Limited Liability Partnership. Firm name changed to WongPartnership LLP.
May
Opened office at Al Bateen Towers, Abu Dhabi in UAE. Expanded to 200 lawyers.
2009
March
Won Singapore National Law Firm of the Year at IFLR Asia Awards.
2010
April
Won Top Employer of Choice for Singapore by Asian Legal Business (ALB).
Won Law Firm of the Year at ALB China Law Awards.
May
Won Singapore National Law Firm of the Year at the inaugural Chambers Asia Awards for Excellence.
September
Rachel Eng became Managing Partner.
Opened office at China World Office 2 in Beijing, China.
December
Won Client Choice Award for Singapore at ILO Client Choice Awards.
2011
December
Won Country Award for Singapore and Best National Firm for Women in Business Law at Euromoney Legal Media Group's inaugural Asia Women in Business Law Awards.
2012
January
20th Anniversary. Celebrated the growth of the Firm from 11 lawyers to 270 lawyers with expertise spread over 20 Specialised Practices and 5 Country Practices.
May
Won Singapore Law Firm of the Year at ALB China Law Awards.
Recognised among the top 45 firms worldwide by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR).
November
Won both Country Award for Singapore and Best National Firm for Women in Business Law for 2nd year running at Euromoney Legal Media Group's Asia Women in Business Law Awards.
2013
February
Named one of the top 30 international arbitration practices worldwide by GAR; only Asian firm listed in the top 30.
March
Moved to Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3.
Named a top 3 legal advisor in Asia in a Client Satisfaction Asia Report by Legal Week; only Singaporean firm listed in the top 3.
April
Appointed Joint Managing Partners, Rachel Eng and Ng Wai King.
May
Won 4 awards at ALB South East Asia Law Awards – Managing Partner of the Year, Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year, Singapore M&A Deal of the Year and SE Asia Deal of the Year.
November
Formed alliance with Malaysian firm Foong & Partners.
Won 4 awards including third consecutive wins for Country Award for Singapore and Best National Firm for Women in Business Law at Euromoney Legal Media Group's Asia Women in Business Law Awards.
2014
March
Won Asian Lawyer All-Star Awards in the “Consumer” category for Thai Beverage and TCC’s takeover of F&N.
May
Won Singapore Deal Firm of the Year award at ALB South East Asia Law Awards.
June
Named Most Innovative ASEAN Law Firm at Financial Times’ Inaugural Asia Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards.
Opened office in Yangon, Myanmar.
August
Formed alliance with Indonesian firm Makes & Partners.
Awarded Corporate of the Year by AWARE, a gender equality advocacy group in Singapore.
2015
February
Won Client Choice Award for Singapore at ILO Client Choice Awards.
May
Won Singapore Deal Firm of the Year at ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2015.
September
WongPartnership was appointed the sole Singapore member of the Employment Law Alliance, the world's largest network of labour and employment lawyers.
November
Record four-time win Country Award for Singapore at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2015.
Won Inaugural Emerging Markets Law Firm of the Year at The Asian Lawyer’s Emerging Markets Awards 2015.
2016
January
Featured as one of the 25 law firms on the Asian Legal Business CSR List 2016.
February
Won Client Choice Award for Singapore at ILO Client Choice Awards.
March
Ng Wai King was appointed Managing Partner.
April
Formed alliance with Middle Eastern firm Al Aidarous International Legal Practice.
May
Won Corporate Citizenship Law Firm of the Year at ALB SE Asia Law Awards.
November
First Singapore law firm to receive The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 Top Tier rankings in all major areas of practice - Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and Dispute Resolution - in the last 10 years.
Ranked as "Firm of the Year" in seven categories, including the award for "Most Responsive Domestic Firms of the Year, Singapore" in Asian-MENA Counsel's In-House Community Firms of the Year.
2017
January
Celebrated 25th Anniversary.
July
Formed alliance with Philippines firm, Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula (ZGLaw).
October
Launched WPG, a regional law network.
2018
June
Recognised as one of the Top Innovative Law Firms, headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region by FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific.
November
Won the Country Award for Singapore at Euromoney Legal Media Group's Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2018 for the seventh time.
2019
May
Won inaugural award for Best Singapore Law Firm at FinanceAsia Country Awards.
July
Inaugural digital Year in Review Report released.
September
Recognised as a SmartLaw Singapore Law Practice by the Law Society of Singapore.
2021
January
Recognised as one of “Singapore’s Best Law Firms” in the inaugural Straits Times’ Singapore’s Best Law Firms survey.
May
Ranked amongst the top 25 law firms in the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific report.
2022
January
Celebrated our 30th Anniversary and raised over $388,000 for charity.
April
Only law firm to be recognised as one of “Singapore’s Best Employers” in The Straits Times’ Singapore’s Best Employers Top 200 list.
September
Recognised as “Pro bono Work National Firm of the Year” at the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards.
