Leading Singapore Law Firm Appoints New Managing Partner
An experienced counsel assumes leadership at a time of unparalleled regional growth for many of Rajah & Tann Singapore’s practices, amid the rise of artificial intelligence and its potential to shape the future practice of law.
Rajah & Tann Singapore announced Thursday that Ng Kim Beng will take over from Patrick Ang as Managing Partner with effect from 1 April 2025.
Ng, Deputy Managing Partner since 2022, was nominated by the firm’s Executive Committee, its highest decision-making body, and elected by the firm’s equity partners.
More Than 1,000 Fee Earners
Ang, an international Band 1 lawyer in insolvency and corporate restructuring, will step down after serving two terms as Managing Partner. He will remain Vice-Chairman of Rajah & Tann Asia (RTA), Southeast Asia’s largest legal network with more than 1,000 fee earners. Lee Eng Beng, SC, will continue as Chairman of RTA.
Kelvin Poon, Senior Counsel, will continue as Deputy Managing Partner. He heads the firm’s International Arbitration practice.
Complex, Cross-Border Investments
Ng has been with Rajah & Tann for 24 years and advises on complex, cross-border investments and projects in industries ranging from construction, renewables and power, oil and gas, and petrochemicals.
He is widely recognized as a leading construction and international arbitration lawyer in legal publications such as Chambers Asia–Pacific, The Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Best Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, and Lexology Index. In a recent matter, he successfully represented clients in the arbitration of a $2 billion claim for the construction of a thermal power plant project.
One of the Largest Full-Service Law Firms in Singapore
Ng also helped establish the Law Society of Singapore’s Building and Construction Law Committee, serving as its founding chairman. He is a member of the Singapore Mediation Centre’s Construction Adjudicators Accreditation Committee and a member of the Board of Directors at Mount Alvernia Hospital.
Rajah & Tann Singapore is one of the largest full-service law firms in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with market-leading practices in M&A, dispute resolution, international arbitration, shipping, insolvency, restructuring, capital markets, competition law, corporate & commercial, among others.
