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TSMP Law Corp expands its office and broadens its client-centre services

TSMP Law Corporation is a medium-size Singapore law firm, servicing a mainly corporate and institutional clientele. Established in 1998, the firm has grown to be among the 20 largest Singapore law firms, counting among its clients, local and international banks, Fortune 500 companies, international law firms and private wealth clients from the US, Asia and Europe. TSMP has a joint law venture with top Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson, and through that firm is able to offer access to legal services in Australia and a number of countries in the Asia Pacific.

Built on the principle that lawyers should be solutions providers and trusted advisers, TSMP's partners strive to be client-centric, and to provide a responsive and customized service.

The law corporation is equally well-equipped to handle dispute resolution and transactional work. Its dispute resolution team boasts 2 senior counsels, and is headed by Thio Shen Yi, SC. The law corporation also has corporate and transactional capability, real estate expertise, and is active in banking and finance. It also offers specialist areas of practice such as in construction and engineering, ship financing, insurance and employment law.

TSMP moved into Six Battery Road in 2000 and the doubling of its office space in the past decade is a testament to the law corporation's growth. With its blue chip clientele that includes many banks, corporates and international firms, it is important that the firm have its office in a Grade A office building, where service and discretion can be assured. Recently in August 2011, the law corporation took on additional space and used the opportunity to renovate its offices, to provide clients an updated and contemporary space for boardroom meetings and strategic planning sessions.

Six Battery Road has been an ideal location for our office. It is one of the best-known office buildings in Raffles Place. The centrality of its location makes it a convenient venue for meetings, and the responsiveness and discretion of its building management team mean that we can provide a conducive working environment for our clients even when meetings drag late into the night, says Stefanie Yuen Thio, its Joint Managing Director.

The work of the firm has been recognized in legal publications, with the law corporation coming up for mention as a Recommended Firm in its key areas of specialization, and many of its partners named Leading Practitioners. These include:

Recommended Firm for Capital Markets – IFLR 1000
Recommended Firm for Mergers and Acquisitions – IFLR 1000
Recommended Firm for Corporate/M&A – Asialaw Profiles
Recommended Firm for Banking – IFLR 1000
Recommended Firm for Dispute Resolution – Asialaw Profiles
Recommended Firm for Construction & Real Estate – Asialaw Profiles
Recommended Firm for Restructuring and Insolvency – IFLR 1000
Recommended Firm for Shipping, Maritime & Aviation – Asialaw Profiles

2011 Asialaw PROFILES - Recommended Firm

Thio Shen Yi, Leading Individual, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers Asia Pacific.
Stefanie Yuen Thio, Leading Individual, Capital Markets, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Corporate/M&A, Asia Pacific Legal 500.
Collin Seah, Leading Individual, Shipping, Asia Pacific Legal 500.
Chua Choon King, Leading Individual, Shipping Finance: Domestic Firms, Chambers Asia Pacific.
Ashok Kumar, Leading Individual, Restructuring/Insolvency, Chambers Asia Pacific.

“Kit Kat Day” brings out smiles

Tenants from eight CCT-owned properties were treated to free Kit Kat chocolate bars from the landlord in September. This chocolate treat was given out at Capital Tower, Six Battery Road, One George Street, Raffles City Tower, HSBC Building, Wilkie Edge, Bugis Village and Golden Shoe Car Park. This successful tenant engagement activity followed the inaugural Ice Cream Day (Building Bonds with A Sweet Surprise) earlier in May this year where ice cream cones were handed out, to the delight of tenants.

"These 'small delights' are part of CCT's tenant engagement programme for this year. Through these small gestures, CCT is given the opportunity to reach out to its valued tenants. More importantly, it is all part of CCT's efforts to build long-lasting relationships with its tenants. CCT aims to differentiate itself from other landlords through exceeding tenants' needs and service excellence," said Dawn Lai, Head of Marketing and Leasing at CapitaLand Commercial Management Pte Ltd, the Property Manager of CCT.

It's a nice, friendly (gesture) and quite unexpected of a landlord.
Jean Baptiste Oudea, Crédit Agricole, Capital Tower
Oudea has worked in several Asian countries including Hong Kong and Burma. He said that he had never worked in a building where the landlord made such an effort to engage the tenants beyond business interactions.