Singapore (asialaw)

Nair, Jen & Tan is a newly established Singapore law firm founded in January 2026 by former Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair partners Suresh Nair, Jennifer Chih and Bryan Tan. The launch represents one of the more notable partner-led spinouts in the Singapore market, bringing together a team with established reputations across dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, employment, immigration, corporate advisory and transactional work. By combining the experience and market standing of a large international platform with the flexibility of an independent specialist practice, the firm has quickly positioned itself as a credible adviser for complex, high-value and strategically sensitive matters.

The founding partners collectively bring decades of experience acting for multinational corporations, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, boards of directors, investors and senior executives across Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Their practices span contentious and non-contentious mandates, allowing the firm to advise clients through the full lifecycle of corporate challenges, from strategic transactions and governance issues to investigations, disputes, restructurings and crisis situations. This breadth of experience is particularly valuable in matters where commercial, employment, insolvency and litigation issues intersect.

The firm's disputes and restructuring capabilities are anchored by Nair and Tan, both of whom have extensive experience handling complex commercial litigation, international arbitration and cross-border insolvency matters. Their work includes acting in high-stakes shareholder disputes, financial services litigation, restructuring-related proceedings and insolvency mandates involving multiple jurisdictions. For example, the team has been involved in precedent-setting Singapore insolvency matters, including Living the Link, Foo Kian Beng v OP3 International, Antanium Resources and Pathfinder Strategic Credit v Empire Capital Resources. These matters reflect the firm’s experience across creditor negotiations, recovery actions, court-supervised restructurings, director conduct and group restructuring schemes.The team is particularly noted for its ability to combine technical legal expertise with a pragmatic understanding of commercial realities, an approach that has made them trusted advisers to corporates, investors and insolvency officeholders alike.

Chih leads the firm's corporate, employment and immigration practice. With close to three decades of experience, she is recognised for advising on employment law, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, immigration matters and transactional employment issues arising from mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. Her practice complements the firm's disputes capability, enabling clients to obtain integrated advice on workforce management, executive issues, investigations, incentive arrangements and regulatory compliance.

Despite its recent launch, the firm has assembled a platform that is deliberately focused on high-value advisory and contentious work rather than volume-driven mandates. The team regularly advises on cross-border matters involving multiple jurisdictions and works closely with international firms and foreign counsel on matters throughout Asia-Pacific and beyond. This international outlook reflects the founders' experience from their previous international firm environment while allowing them to offer a more partner-led and conflict-free service model.

The firm further strengthened its bench during the research period with the arrival of consultant Hwee Lon Ng from Eldan Law. A seasoned disputes practitioner with a focus on construction disputes, Ng's addition broadens the firm's contentious offering and enhances its ability to handle technically complex commercial and infrastructure-related matters.

Client feedback

“They are all very helpful.” – Private client

“They are responsive and provide sound commercial advice.” – Restructuring and insolvency

Suresh Nair

“He is a well-known and highly respected lawyer in the market, and a pleasure to work with.”