Founded in 2016, Covenant Chambers is a dispute resolution-focused firm that leverages on digital automation to serve clients on technology-driven advisory and strategic solutions. The team works with individuals, as well as institutional clients and businesses across a range of industries on contentious corporate commercial, IP and employment matters, among others.
The firm is helmed by managing director Ee Yang Lee and deputy managing director Ronald JJ Wong. Lee is a contentious real estate expert, while Wong has a strength in technology disputes. They lead a team of no less than eight senior practitioners, including four directors and four associate directors. Two of these, Khelvin Xu and Jing En Tay, were recruited in the last year from Rajah & Tann and PD Legal, respectively.
Client feedback
“Reasonable professional fees and prompt advice.” – Intellectual property
Ronald Wong
“Good client relationship management and professional in correspondence and providing advice.”
Work highlights
Successfully defended directors and their company, Fifty One Corp Company, against claims in an exceptional case involving legal principles that have not yet been applied in Singapore law.
Acted for Systematic Airconditioning in a claim against its director, his wife, and their companies for breach of fiduciary duties, dishonest assistance and conspiracy to injure.
Work highlights
Successfully acted for an individual client in a High Court application for a declaration that a procedurally irregular CPF nomination was legally valid.
Representing a client in third-party interest proceedings which spun out of divorce ancillary matters involving real estate.
Acting for CNL Logistics Solutions and Gilmon Transportation & Warehousing in an appeal against an infringement decision under the Competition Act in relation to warehouse services.
