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Employment

Our Employment team acts for both corporates and C-suite executives and has extensive experience in advising on the full spectrum of employment law related matters. Our Employment team assists on a wide range of issues including the drafting of corporate employment policies, employee compensation and benefits such as Employee Share Option Schemes (ESOS) and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), management of restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and redundancy situations, data privacy, and corporate governance. From the c-suite side, we represent our clients in employment disputes such as wrongful dismissal and termination. We also support them in non-contentious matters such as negotiating their contracts and advising them on their rights and obligations relating to restrictive covenants including non-compete/non-solicitation and restraint of trade clauses.

We know that employment law is never confined to itself. We also tap on our expertise in investigations, anti-corruption and bribery disputes to support our clients in employment-related matters such as employee misconduct and whistle-blowing.

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End-To-End Advisory in All Aspects of Employment Matters

Navigating Singapore’s evolving employment landscape is challenging for both corporates and individuals. Our Employment team acts for both corporates and C-suite executives and has extensive commercial experience in advising on the full spectrum of employment law related matters.

For our corporate clients, we recognise the need to balance between legal complexities and practical solutions. Our Employment team is committed to providing quality, commercially wise counsel in a wide range of issues including the drafting of corporate employment policies, employee compensation and benefits such as Employee Share Option Schemes (ESOS) and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), management of restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and redundancy situations, data privacy, and corporate governance.

Our C-suite clients trust us in representing them in employment disputes such as wrongful dismissal and termination. We also support them in non-contentious matters such as negotiating their contracts and advising them on their rights and obligations relating to restrictive covenants including non-compete/non-solicitation and restraint of trade clauses.

We know that employment law is never confined to itself. Having a strong grounding in civil litigation, we represent our clients in contractual disputes, wrongful dismissal claims and termination issues. We also tap on our expertise in investigations, anti-corruption and bribery disputes to support our clients in employment-related matters such as employee misconduct and whistle-blowing.

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Our Notable Experience Include

  • Acted as lead counsel for a multi-national retail company, which had commenced a Singapore High Court action against an ex-employee and a co-conspirator for fraud and embezzlement of the company’s funds in the sum of S$15 million. We successfully obtained on an urgent basis, a worldwide Mareva injunction against the Defendants.
  • Advised and reviewed a sale and purchase agreement, shareholders’ agreement and employment agreement(s) and preparing legal due diligence report for the purchase and acquisition of a blockchain technology company headquartered in Singapore.
  • Acted for notable local SMEs (a food and beverage chain and an aesthetic and wellness chain) in addressing investigations mounted by the Ministry of Manpower. We provided advice, interviewed and examined the relevant employees, identified risk areas, and advised the company on its exposure and methods to restructure its policies and processes.
  • Acted for one of the largest logistics and petrochemical service providers in South East Asia in respect of a conspiracy claim against several employees of a subsidiary. We also acted in a prohibitory injunction application against the said employees.
  • Assisted in the internal Investigation of an employee of a client, a Forex Trader who purportedly performed several “wash trades” contravening Part I paragraph 6 of the Blue Book. Issues include whether a private and confidential agreement between two individuals to perform what seems to be a “wash trade” like transaction, contravenes the Blue Book.
  • Advising a company on their current PDPA policies, and structuring appropriate defensive policies to ensure compliance not only during the employee or vendor’s period of employment but also to ensure that employees and vendors continue to protect core interests post-service.
  • Advising employees on their post-termination obligations in respect of restraint of trade/non-solicit clauses.
  • Drafting employment contracts for a major accounting and professional services firm headquartered in Singapore with offices in over 10 countries worldwide.
  • Advising a former high-level executive of a major e-commerce company in obtaining settlement in respect of a wrongful dismissal dispute.
  • Advising a major dry bulk shipping operator in negotiating the termination of a former employee for misconduct.
  • Advising and assisting a C-Suite executive formerly employed with a major global payment services company’s Singapore office, in obtaining settlement for wrongful dismissal claims against her former employer.

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    PDLegal Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    6th Floor, 6 O-NES Tower,
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    Khlong Toey, Bangkok 10110

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    (66) 2254 6415

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    Mon – Fri : 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

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    • PDLegal Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 6th Floor, 6 O-NES Tower, Sukhumvit Soi 6, Khlong Toey, Bangkok 10110
    • Mon – Fri: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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    • PDLegal Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 6th Floor, 6 O-NES Tower, Sukhumvit Soi 6, Khlong Toey, Bangkok 10110
    • Mon – Fri: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
    • Sat : 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

    © PD Legal LLC is a limited liability company registered in Thailand. The Firm is regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Thailand. All rights reserved 2021.