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Singapore, 31 October 2018 – WongPartnership is pleased to share three of our Partners’ most recent achievements.

Smitha Menon, Partner in our Restructuring & Insolvency, Banking & Financial Disputes and International Arbitration Practices, has been named in Asia Legal Business’s 40 under 40 list (2018) of outstanding legal professionals in the region. The fourth annual list features the most accomplished lawyers who have worked on some of the most significant deals and disputes in the past year.

Wendy Lin, Partner in our Commercial & Corporate Disputes and International Arbitration Practices, has been named as one of the four most highly-regarded litigation Partners in Asia-Pacific in Who’s Who Legal: Litigation - Future Leaders 2018’s inaugural list of standout practitioners in the litigation field aged 45 or younger. The list recognises future leaders in the market, for their innovative and outstanding work in contentious dispute resolution.

Lionel Leo, Partner in our Banking & Financial Disputes Practice, was conferred the inaugural Joseph Grimberg Outstanding Young Advocate Award 2018. The prestigious Award seeks to honour the memory of Mr Joseph Grimberg, a highly-regarded former Judicial Commissioner and Senior Counsel in Singapore, and will be awarded each year to a young lawyer who has shown excellence in his/her work and achievements, while also displaying outstanding professional excellence and ethical standards.

As the Firm grows from strength to strength, these accolades reflect our focus and dedication towards talent development.

About WongPartnership

Headquartered in Singapore, WongPartnership is an award-winning law firm and one of the largest in the country. As a leading provider of legal services, we offer our clients access to our offices in China and Myanmar, and in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, through the member firms of WPG, a regional law network. Together, WPG offers the expertise of over 400 professionals to meet the needs of our clients throughout the region.

About WPG

As part of WongPartnership's 25th anniversary celebrations, the firm has launched WPG, a regional law network. WongPartnership brings together a group of five prominent law firms across seven countries in a collaboration to provide clients with legal services in ASEAN, China and the Middle East. The WPG law network comprises WongPartnership and its member firms Al Aidarous Advocates and Legal Consultants (Middle East), Foong & Partners (Malaysia), Makes & Partners (Indonesia) and ZGLaw (Philippines). Doing business together is not only better, it is now easier.

WPG. Winning Partnerships. Leading Excellence.

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Jarrod Ng
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Debbie Ng
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