Rakesh Kirpalani

Shang Chai Chua is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Shang Chai, who practices law in Singapore, Singapore, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Shang Chai is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Practice Areas International Commercial Arbitration Investor-State Arbitration Public International Law Commercial Litigation Appellate Advocacy Qualifications BCL (Distinction), University of Oxford LLB (First), National University of Singapore Barrister, Middle Temple, England & Wales (non-practising) Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore Member, CIArb Appointments / Memberships Member, Council of the Law Society of Singapore Adjunct faculty, Singapore Management University...

Senthil Dayalan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Shipping and Maritime Law. Senthil, who practices law in Singapore, Singapore, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Senthil is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Catherine Lee is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Head of the Trademarks, Franchising & Distribution practices. She is also Co-Head of the Licensing practice. She advises a wide range of clients on the management of their trade mark portfolio around the world as well as on the commercial exploitation of their intellectual property rights. Catherine has particular experience in commercial contractual work. Her scope of experience...

Lee Liat Yeang is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate Real Estate practice. Liat Yeang started his legal practice with the firm in 1993. Since then, Liat Yeang has been advising in all aspects of corporate real estate work including sales and purchase, project development work for developers and real estate financing. He acts for many real estate developers and real estate investment companies in numerous real estate transactions, whether they are by sale of land or by sale of share...

Melanie Lim is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate Real Estate practice. Melanie's experience is in property law, property development, banking and finance, and landlord and tenant transactions. She has represented major real estate developers in the negotiation and documentation of transactions in the areas of acquisition, finance, development and sale of property. She has acted for major developers and property stakeholders in: the sale of units in mixed developments, residential ...

Kirindeep Singh is a senior partner in our Litigation & Arbitration Practice. Kirin graduated with LLB (Hons) from the University of Leeds in 1995 and with a BCL from Oxford University in 1997. Kirin's primary practice areas are construction and engineering, energy, arbitration, general civil and commercial litigation and anti-bribery and anti-corruption. In construction and engineering, Kirin has been involved in numerous disputes in adjudication, disputes boards (DABs), arbitration and ...

Paul Wong is a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and Arbitration practice. Paul's practice includes construction, banking, insolvency and general commercial litigation. He has acted as counsel in numerous construction disputes, both in arbitration and litigation, with a specific emphasis on engineering related issues. Notably, he was one of the counsel acting for the main contractor of Circle Line Contract C824, the main potential defendant in the inquiry into the coll...

Gilbert Leong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice group. Gilbert has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting commercial agreements in relation to distribution of goods/services, procurement and tenders, manufacturing arrangements, acquisition of hardware, software development, licensing, maintenance, acquisition of intellectual property such as trademark and patents, compute...

Edmund is a senior partner heading up the firm’s Tax practice with three decades of experience in advising multinational organisations on cross-border tax planning, transfer pricing and tax disputes. He also advises on international trade issues such as customs, WTO and free-trade agreements. Edmund also leads the firm’s Trust, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice and advises high net worth individuals, private banks and trust companies in personal tax, as well as in trust and...