PK Wong & Nair

PK Wong & Nair LLC is a premier, full service law corporation located in Singapore. The firm was founded more than 30 years ago, and we have since our founding maintained an abiding commitment to providing real, practical solutions to a diverse range of clients dealing with matters at all levels of legal complexity.

Our dynamic team of lawyers is capable of working in cross-disciplinary teams to ensure that every client receives comprehensive and fully integrated service.

Our lawyers possess a global mindset. We have worked on a wide range of cross-border and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions for multinational corporations, and have acted as counsel in multi-jurisdictional disputes and high-value and complex international restructuring and insolvency matters.

On 1 January 2023, PK Wong & Nair officially launched its joint law venture with Mayer Brown. The joint law venture offers clients an integrated service, offering seamless advice on international and Singapore law, with all Singapore court litigation and related advice provided through PK Wong & Nair.

• Arbitration
• Appellate
• Banking
• Civil Litigation
• Civil rights
• Commercial arbitration
• Construction
• Corporate & Commercial
• Digital & Data Protection Law
• Employment & Immigration Law
• Estate Planning & Trusts
• Intellectual Property
• Family Law
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate & Conveyancing
• Restructuring & Insolvency

Corporate and Commercial
Mark Wong
Co-Managing Director

Recent case highlights:

• Advising on and acting in various acquisitions and reverse take overs in Singapore and overseas.
• Advising clients on the establishment of effective corporate structures in Singapore and in other jurisdictions.
• Advising and acting for clients in debt restructuring involving listed companies and schemes of arrangement.

Dispute Resolution
Suresh Nair
Co-Managing Director

Recent case highlights:

• Acted for the Berau Group of companies in Singapore proceedings in its US$1 billion bond restructuring exercise, including in the landmark decision of Pathfinder Strategic LP and another v Empire Capital Resources and another appeal [2019] 2 SLR 77.
• Acting for an insured party in a COVID 19 business interruption insurance claim. The insurer applied for the case to be stayed in favour of arbitration, but the High Court refused the application in a landmark decision on the efficacy of “carve outs” in arbitration agreements (Silverlink Resorts Limited v MS First Capital Insurance Limited [2020] SGHC 251).
• Regularly advises on and acts in employment disputes, including the case of Thillainathan Aravinthan v EMC Information Systems Management Ltd [2021] SGHC 289.
• Acted for the liquidator,in JTrust Asia Pte Ltd v Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 195, where the Court rejected allegations of bias against the liquidator.

• Banking and financial services
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Insurance
• Media and entertainment
• Mining
• Oil and gas
• Real estate
• Technology