Lee & Lee recognized in inaugural Mediation Advocacy: Power List 2015

In recognition of Lee & Lee’s advanced use of mediation as a dispute resolution tool, and a provider of a more complete suite of dispute resolution services, the Singapore Mediation Centre (“SMC”) has recognized our firm in the inaugural “Mediation Advocacy: Power List 2015” published by the SMC.

Our firm’s philosophy in relation to dispute resolution is to consistently adopt a holistic approach for clients, and promote the use of mediation, where the client’s interest will be advanced.


Office Closure on 25 December 2015 and 31 December 2015 from 1pm

Our Office will be closed from 1 pm on Thursday, 24 December 2015.
We will resume business on Monday, 28 December 2015.

We will also be closed from 1 pm on Thursday, 31 December 2015.
We will resume business on Monday, 4 January 2016.

The Management wishes all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Lee & Lee 60th Anniversary Celebration

Lee & Lee celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding with a staff party for its lawyers and staff at Raffles Town Club on 15 October 2015. We were delighted to have with us as our only guests, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong – the elder son of our Firm’s founders – and Mr Lee Kip Lee, who shared premises with Lee & Lee and who is one of the Firm’s first clients, together with his sons Dick, John and […]


New Partner

The firm is pleased to welcome Ms Wendy Tan, who joins the Corporate Department as a Partner with effect from 1 October 2015.

Wendy graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1990, and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1991. She has since then spent some 10 years as in-house counsel with Fortune 50 companies and the rest of her career in private practice. She has been involved in corporate commercial, corporate and corporate real estate practice, in Singapore […]


“Recent Developments Concerning Adjudication Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act” by Yang Yung Chong and Tan Jin Yong

Lee & Lee’s update covers the recent cases of Citiwall Safety Glass Pte Ltd v Mansource Interior Pte Ltd [2015] SGCA 42, Lau Fook Hoong Adam v GTH Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd [2015] SGHC 220, and Sentosa Building Construction Pte Ltd v DJ Builders & Contractors Pte Ltd [2015] SGHC 18.

Case Update – Recent Developments Concerning Adjudication Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act