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Together as a professional team, we strive to deliver work of the highest quality.

Joyce A. Tan

Academic & Professional Qualifications:
  • LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore
  • Registered Patent Agent
  • Roll of Solicitors, England & Wales (non-practising)
  • Notary Public
  • Commissioner for Oaths
  • Associate Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre

Other Positions Held/Professional Bodies:
  • Panelist of Dispute Resolution Service under the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
  • Appointed WIPO List of Neutrals
  • Appointed to INTA Panel of Neutrals
  • Appointed Consultant to the SCOPE IP (Strategies for Creation, Ownership, Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property) Programme of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  • Member of Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2006 to date
  • Member of think tank Technology Law Development Group, Singapore
  • Member of Legal Panel on Convergence Issues, Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore
  • Member of Working Group on Electronic Commerce, Singapore
  • Examination Committee for Singapore Patent Agents Qualifying Examination, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, 2006
  • Singapore Country Representative, Emerging IP Rights Committee, Asian Patent Attorneys Association, 2004 - 2006
  • Publications Chair, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1996 – 1998
  • Vice Chair of Telecommunications Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1999-2002
  • Council-At-Large Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 2006-2009
  • Chair of Technology and Communications Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 2002-2004
  • Member of Free Trade Areas Subcommittee, International Trademark Association, 2006-2007
  • Member of Intellectual Property Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 1995, 1997, 1999 to date
  • Chair of Copyright and Designs Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2002
  • Chair of Info-Media Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2005, 2006 & 2007
  • Member of Committee on Multidisciplinary Practices, Law Society of Singapore, 1999
  • Member of Committee on Practice Structures, Law Society of Singapore, 2000
  • Memberships in
    • International Trade Mark Association
    • Asian Patent Attorneys Association
    • ASEAN Intellectual Property Association
    • Inter-Pacific Bar Association
    • International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property
    • Licensing Executives Society International
    • International Bar Association


Malathi Das

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

  • LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore


Other Positions Held/Professional Bodies:

  • President, Law Associations for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) (wef October 2011)
  • Vice-President, Law Associations for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA), 2006 - todate
  • Vice-President, Law Society of Singapore, 2006 to date
  • Singapore’s country councilor, LAWASIA, 2003 to date
  • Exco member, LAWASIA, 2003 to date
  • Singapore’s representative, Bar Issues Committee on Pro Bono and Access to Justice, International Bar Association (IBA), 2007 to date
  • Participant, World Justice Project, American Bar Association (ABA), 2006
  • Exco and Council member and the Council representative of Intellectual Property Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2005  to date
  • Exco and Council member and the Council representative of Family Law Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2003 to date
  • Vice Chairman of Publications Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2007 to date
  • Editorial Board of Singapore Law Gazette, Law Society of Singapore, 2000 to date
  • Co-chair of the Legal Aid Review Committee established to study the state of provision of pro bono legal services in Singapore, Law Society of Singapore, 2006
  • Member of the Steering Committee on Legal Aid, Ministry of Law, 2006 to date
  • Board Member of Pro Bono Services, Learning & Support Services Management Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2007 to date
  • Member of Publications Committee, Singapore Academy of Law 2006 to date
  • Editorial Board, Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Singapore Academy of Law 2006 to date
  • Lecturer in the Professional Responsibility module of the Board’s Postgraduate Practice Law Course, Board of Legal Education, 2000 to date
  • Lecturer in the Legal Practice Management Course of the Law Society of Singapore, The Law Society of Singapore, 2001 to date
  • Lecturer in the Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Counselling module of the Master of Arts (Counselling & Guidance) course, National Institute of Education / Nanyang Technological University, 2008
  • Member of the Association of Women’s Action and Research (AWARE), 1999 to date
  • Volunteer at AWARE and the Family Court of Singapore’s free legal clinics which provides pro bono advice to the public, 2000 to date
  • Member of Women’s Register working group of Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations, 2007
  • Member of Taskforce on the Effective Enforcement of Maintenance Orders of Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations, 2009
  • Member of Counselling Online.Com, an Internet crisis helpline, 2000 to date
  • Head, Legal Sub-Committee, Golden Life Elder Abuse Prevention Workgroup, a multi-agency initiative towards raising elder awareness in Singapore, 2006 


Daniel Lim

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

  • LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore
  • Registered Patent Agent

Other Positions Held/Professional Bodies:
  • Examination Committee for Singapore Patent Agents Qualifying Examination, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, 2007 to date
  • Vice Chair of Intellectual Property Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, various years since 2001 to date
Books:
  • Intellectual Property; Lexis-Nexis Butterworth’s; Max Ng, Daniel Lim and Adrian Loke, 1st Ed 2002; 2nd Ed 2009
  • Law Relating to Specific Contracts in Singapore; Hwang & Yeo; Sweet & Maxwell, 2008: contributing writer
  • International Franchising, Kluwer Law International, 2008: Singapore chapter
  • Employment Law Review, Law Business Research Ltd, 1st Ed 2010; 2nd Ed 2011: Singapore chapter

 

Edith Chen

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

  • LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore

Dominic Tan

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

  • LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore

Paul Cruz, Trade Mark Executive

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

  • BA, University of the Philippines Diliman


Pallavi Basu, Paralegal

Academic & Professional Qualifications:

  • LLB (Honours), University of Reading, United Kingdom
 

News & Events

19-22 October 2013
Joyce A. Tan will be attending the APAA 62nd Council Meeting to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam.  For more info, please logon to www.apaaonline.org
 
6-11 October 2013
IBA 2013 will be held in Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. For more info, please logon to www.int-bar.org
 
4-8 May 2013
Joyce A. Tan and Paul Cruz will be attending the INTA 135th Annual Meeting to be held in Dallas, Texas, USA. For more info, please logon to www.inta.org
 
24-26 April 2013
Joyce A. Tan attended the MERITAS Annual Meeting at Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver, Canada. For more info, please logon to www.meritas.org
 
17-20 April 2013

Joyce A. Tan attended the 23rd IPBA Annual Meeting & Conference in Seoul, Korea. For more info, please logon to www.ipba2013seoul.org

 
31 January-2 February 2013

Joyce A. Tan attended the MERITAS ConnectUp and Board of Directors Meeting at Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco, USA. For more info, please logon to www.meritas.org