Our employment practice advises employers and senior individuals across the full range of contentious and non-contentious matters — from executive contracts and incentive arrangements to retrenchments, misconduct investigations and tribunal proceedings. We are recognised by the Legal 500 and IFLR1000 as part of a ranked Singapore practice, and Vincent Tan was named an ALB Rising Star in 2022.
The practice is led by Vincent Tan, Director, whose experience spans contract advisory, executive separations, and retrenchment exercises. He acts for both employers and senior individuals, with particular depth in complex matters where speed and judgment matter as much as technical knowledge.
Our employment work is closely integrated with the firm’s Corporate M&A and Private Wealth practices. We advise on employment due diligence in transactions, share plan treatment on exit, and the personal legal dimensions of executive wealth — giving clients a joined-up view that a standalone employment practice cannot provide.
Our clients range from MNCs and private equity-backed businesses to private banks, family offices and senior executives seeking independent counsel.
We have particular experience in executive exits and senior separations, where employment law, share plan crystallisation, post-termination restrictions and litigation strategy must be held together. These matters require judgment, not process.
A selection of matters that define our Employment Law practice.
Advised a multinational corporation on the separation of a regional director, including negotiation of severance terms, treatment of unvested equity, enforcement of post-termination restrictions, and management of a threatened Employment Claims Tribunal filing.
Advised a Singapore-based subsidiary of a European MNC on a retrenchment exercise affecting multiple employees, including MOM notification, Tripartite Advisory compliance, severance calculation, and employee communications strategy.
Advised a financial services employer on the enforcement of post-termination non-solicitation obligations against a departing senior employee who had joined a direct competitor and begun approaching clients.
Conducted employment due diligence as part of a regional private equity acquisition, identifying outstanding tribunal claims, non-compliant employment contracts, and key-person departure risk across the target’s Singapore and regional workforce.
Acted for a C-suite executive in negotiating departure terms following a change of control, including accelerated vesting of long-term incentive awards, extended garden leave, and removal of disproportionate non-compete restrictions.
Conducted an independent investigation for a Singapore-listed company into allegations of workplace harassment at senior management level, producing findings and recommendations presented to the board’s audit committee.
Advised a leading multinational company on a criminal investigation for insider trading into a senior-level employee, conducted by the Commercial Affairs Department of Singapore in conjunction with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, along with assistance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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Tan Choon Leng is the managing partner of JurisAsia. Dual-qualified in Singapore and England & Wales, he has spent over 25 years advising MNCs, Asian conglomerates, private equity funds and family offices on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions across Southeast Asia and beyond.
JurisAsia was founded in 2016 with a clear mandate: to build a Singapore boutique that could advise founders, families and institutions on both their corporate transactions and their personal wealth within a single, integrated team.
Choon Leng is a visiting lecturer at the Sorbonne-Assas International Law School in Paris, where he lectures on international M&A — one of a small number of Asian practitioners to hold such a position at a leading French institution. He has authored and edited articles and publications across M&A, corporate law and private wealth, and regularly advises clients on board governance and strategy, not merely their transactions.
He is consistently recognised as one of Singapore’s leading M&A and private wealth practitioners — a lawyer clients return to across careers and generations.
Corporate M&A, Private Wealth, AI & Technology, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Family Office Advisory, Cross-Border Transactions, Succession Planning, Board Advisory.
IFLR1000 2025/2026 — Highly Regarded Practitioner: Banking & Finance, Financial Services Regulatory, Investment Funds, M&A, Private Equity
IPSTARS 2024/2025 — Notable Practitioner
Vincent Tan is a Partner at JurisAsia and leads the firm’s Private Wealth and Employment practices. He advises ultra-high-net-worth families, senior executives and corporate clients across private wealth, employment law, mergers and acquisitions, and private debt and equity financing — bringing a breadth of practice that allows him to advise clients whose legal issues do not stay within a single category.
Vincent advises trust companies and ultra-high-net-worth families on family governance, succession planning, trust structures and charity formation — with personal commitment to relationships that span years, not just transactions.
His employment practice covers a broad range of matters, from executive compensation structures, contracts of employment and employee policies to individual representation at board and C-suite level. He has particular focus on employee rewards and incentive schemes, having advised on bespoke structures designed to attract and retain employees across global workforces, including several fintech companies.
Across his corporate practice, Vincent specialises in structuring and running complex transactions spanning mergers and acquisitions and private debt and equity financing — bringing the same joined-up perspective to transactional work that defines the firm’s broader approach.
Private Wealth, Employment, Banking & Finance, Corporate M&A, Executive Compensation, Employee Incentive Schemes, Trust & Succession, Debt & Equity Financing.
Asialaw 2025/2026 — “Vincent offers quick responses and can give commercial feedback on the deal.”
ALB Rising Stars — Singapore Rising Stars 2022, Inaugural List, Asian Legal Business
Prashaanth Rajandran is a Senior Associate in JurisAsia’s corporate department. His practice spans mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, employment law, capital markets, and regulatory matters — with a particular focus on transactions and situations that require legal analysis and strategic advice across more than one discipline at once.
He brings an additional dimension to the corporate practice through his background in data protection and regulatory compliance — having previously worked in an in-house data protection team where he implemented measures to comply with international data protection legislation across multiple jurisdictions. That experience informs his approach to cross-border corporate matters, where regulatory risk is increasingly at the forefront of clients’ minds.
Prashaanth advises on complex cross-border corporate reorganisation exercises, as well as employment matters for multinational employers — ranging from executive terminations and regulatory compliance to policy updates and more sensitive matters such as employee misconduct and regulatory investigations. His clients include regional conglomerates, multinational corporations, private equity sponsors, and NASDAQ-listed companies.
He takes a commercial approach to every matter — offering analysis from a business angle, not merely a legal one. Legal 500 clients have noted that he is always helpful, always takes the initiative, and offers advice from a commercial angle that is very much appreciated.
Clarissa’s practice centres on corporate and commercial law, spanning corporate advisory, private debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate investigations. She regularly advises companies, financial institutions and family offices on complex transactional and regulatory matters, including capital raises, strategic investments, shareholder and control arrangements, and the negotiation and preparation of bespoke definitive agreements. Alongside this core practice, Clarissa brings valuable experience in advising high-net-worth individuals and family offices on wealth preservation, trusts and succession, and representation in complex family and wealth-related matters, enabling her to serve clients across the full spectrum of their commercial and personal interests.
Leveraging on her unique exposure across corporate transactions, financing and dispute resolution, Clarissa is adept at guiding clients through the commercial and regulatory challenges that arise at every stage of the life-cycle of a business, and at navigating the intricate intersection of personal and financial considerations, to protect her client’s wealth well before any dispute arises. Her ability to move fluidly between transactional and contentious work allows her to provide holistic and strategic solutions tailored to her client’s needs, regardless of whether they are commercial parties or private clients.
Corporate & Commercial, Debt & Equity Financing, Corporate Investigations, Private Wealth.
Corporate Advisory and Investigations
Private Debt / Equity Financing
Private Wealth
Daniel Lee has over 20 years’ experience in intellectual property law, with a technical background in electrical and electronic engineering.
His practice covers the full range of patent work: searches, drafting specifications, prosecution and litigation. He also manages global patent portfolios for clients across Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Before joining JurisAsia, Daniel held an in-house IP role at a major Singapore appliance manufacturer, where he helped shape IP policy and portfolio strategy. That in-house perspective informs how he advises clients now: with an eye on commercial priorities, not just legal process.
Daniel is a registered Singapore Patent Agent and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.