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TSMP celebrates its 10th Anniversary TSMP is proud to be celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, we are organizing and sponsoring a charity dinner in aid of Operation Smile Singapore to be held on 24 July 2008. The firm was set up in 1998 as Thio Su Mien & Partners, named after our Senior Executive Partner Dr Thio Su Mien. Dr Thio was a senior partner in a large law firm prior to founding Thio Su Mien & Partners together with Tan Bee Lian, Thio Shen Yi and Stefanie Yuen Thio. Dr Thio was also the first female Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Singapore. With a compact team comprising 7 lawyers in our early days, our first office was located at Caltex House. As the firm expanded, we moved to our current premises at Six Battery Road in late 2000. The firm was subsequently corporatised as TSMP Law Corporation on 1 August 2001. We have over the years grown our practice as well as our numbers. We now boast a team of 35 lawyers and an equal number of support and administrative staff, bringing our total headcount to about 70. Our lawyers have been recognized as leading professionals in their respective areas of specialization and received numerous accolades, having been named in legal journals such as Asialaw Profiles, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, the Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, IFLR 1000, the International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers and the Euromoney Guide to the World's Leading Shipping & Maritime Lawyers. Our firm has been ranked in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Asialaw Profiles for various practice areas. Our litigation team has been consistently rated as one of the major dispute resolution and arbitration practices by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Asialaw Profiles, and was described as being one of the top two construction litigation teams in Singapore in Asialaw Profiles 2007. In January 2006, TSMP incorporated into its practice the boutique construction law practice of ChanTan LLC. The merger brought on board the construction law expertise of Raymond Chan and George Tan. In January 2007, Tan Cheng Han SC, Dean of the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore, joined the firm as a Consultant. TSMP entered into a joint law venture with Australian-based international law firm Allens Arthur Robinson on 1 June 2007, forming Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP. With the establishment of the joint law venture, our clients now have access to a legal team of more than 1,100 legal professionals in the Asia Pacific to see to their international legal needs. In January 2008, Joint Managing Director Thio Shen Yi was appointed Senior Counsel at the opening of the legal year. This much-anticipated and well-deserved appointment coincides with the celebration of the firm's 10th anniversary. We as a firm have much to be thankful for. This is why we have decided to celebrate our 10th Anniversary with a difference. "Sharks with a Heart", which is what the charity event to be held on 24 July 2008 has been named, promises to be a fun evening of fine-dining with clients and friends in "hip black tie" and our lawyers serving food and wine in uniforms and aprons. A charity auction will be included as part of the evening's programme with Thio Shen Yi SC doubling up as auctioneer. All proceeds from dinner ticket prices will go directly to Operation Smile Singapore.
TSMP to Establish Law Scholarship for the NUS TSMP will be establishing 2 scholarships for students studying law at the National University of Singapore's pre-eminent law faculty. TSMP will be providing 2 scholarships per year; one for the best all-round law student about to commence his/her second year; and another for the best all-round law student starting his/her third year of academic studies. Each scholarship is worth S$5,000, and TSMP has made an initial pledge of S$50,000 to fund 10 scholarships for the first 5 years.
"TSMP LAW CORPORATION CREATES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LAW STUDIES According to Mrs Stefanie Yuen Thio, Joint Managing Director at TSMP Law Corporation, ‘Our primary motivation for these scholarships is to encourage promising law students to join the profession. That's why the scholarships are for the best all-round students - we hope to nurture not just the most academically capable but also those who have the character and motivation to become top lawyers. You could say we are looking for both "hardware" and "heartware". "I am very pleased that TSMP Law Corporation is considering establishing 2 scholarships at the NUS Faculty of Law to assist and nurture promising future members of the legal profession. The policy at the NUS law school is that no student should feel deprived of a place because of financial reasons. Thanks to the assistance of socially responsible law practices such as TSMP Law Corporation, we have been able to provide financial aid to some of our students.", says Professor Tan Cheng Han SC, Dean of NUS Faculty of Law. Recipients of the scholarships will be entitled to an internship program of at least 2 weeks at TSMP Law Corporation, and a further 2 weeks at TSMP's joint law venture firm, Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP, during his/her academic vacations. This will give the scholars exposure to legal practice not just in a Singapore firm but also in an international firm. They will also be encouraged to seek pupilage with the firm upon graduating from the LLB program. "We are aiming to foster the recipient's interest in the practice of law, and hopefully he or she will feel that our firm would be a great place to start (and continue) his/her legal career. That said, there are no strings attached to this scholarship. As a firm, we want the best candidates to join us, and to want to stay with us because they believe that this is the best place for them. Our recruitment policy is to hire future partners, not just junior practitioners", adds Mrs Yuen Thio. ABOUT TSMP LAW CORPORATION TSMP Law Corporation (TSMP) is one of the 20 largest law firms in Singapore with a strong reputation for excellence and success in both transactional and dispute resolution work. Specializing in corporate and commercial practice, the firm counts Fortune 500 companies, MNCs, GLCs, and private wealth individuals among its blue-chip clientele. In June 2007, TSMP formed a joint law venture (JLV) with Allens Arthur Robinson, an Australia-based firm with a strong Asia Pacific presence, making it the newest JLV in Singapore in recent times. The firm's senior founding director, Dr Thio Su Mien was Dean of NUS Faculty of Law from 1969 to 1971. She was then also the first local and first female dean of the law faculty ever appointed. The firm celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The head of its litigation department, Thio Shen Yi (S.C.) was conferred a senior counselship in January 2008. ABOUT NUS LAW FACULTY The NUS Faculty of Law is one of the finest law schools in the world, and is widely regarded as Asia's leading law school. Staffed by an outstanding permanent faculty with law degrees from more than a dozen jurisdictions, the law school is an institution dedicated to building a community and an environment in which faculty and students can discuss and reflect on the fundamental legal issues that affect societies in today's globalised world."
Our Joint Managing Director Thio Shen Yi was appointed Senior Counsel at the Opening of the Legal Year 2008 on 5 January 2008. Mr Thio heads TSMP’s Litigation Department, and is one of the 4 co-founders of the firm. For Thio Shen Yi’s profile, click here.
Charities and Causes supported in 2007/2008 TSMP is proud to be supporting the following causes in 2007/2008: The Salvation Army, TOUCH Community Services, Asian Women’s Welfare Association, St Andrew’s Mission Hospital, Children’s Cancer Foundation, Club Rainbow, Boy’s Town, CHIJ Orphanage, St Theresa’s Home, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics, RuiCheng Phonics English Academy, Care Corner Orphanage Foundation Chiang Mai Thailand, Children’s Aid Society (for the Melrose Home), Dover Park Hospice, Assisi Hospice, Operation Smile (Charity Dinner).
We also support the Law Society of Singapore’s Community Legal Clinic pro bono scheme. Organized by the Law Society, our lawyers assist by providing free legal services at the legal clinics once a month.
TSMP Charity Event 2007 for the Children's Cancer Foundation - "Disney Live! Mickey's Magic Show", 23 November 2007
Following on from Daniel Allender's sensational triumph in last Saturday's Law Society Cross Country Run, the Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP team won the Law Society Trivia Quiz at Penny Black on Friday, 5 October 2007. Nine teams took part in what was the 3rd edition of the Quiz. Our team, which stood in second position at the break and romped home to win by a healthy margin, comprised the following illustrious individuals (in alphabetical order): Andrew Emslie, Brooke Griffin, Brooke Nicholls, Lee, Ian Lim, James Chan, Justin Koh, Melvin Chan, Robert Fish, Ronald Ang and Wayne Lee. Everyone in the team contributed multiple answers to the cause in our victory. If there was any particularly outstanding team member, it was probably Justin, who was full of answers for questions like: “What's the shortest war in recorded history at 45 minutes?” (Answer: The Anglo-Zanzibar War), and “Who are Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde?” (Answer: The ghosts in Pacman). Our prizes were a bottle of champagne, Penny Black vouchers (set off against our prodigious consumption for the night) and a trophy. Well done all! On Sunday 7 October 2007, Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP also took part in our first Law Futsal Tournament. In fact, we were one of only 2 law firms that participated. The other participants were multiple teams from NUS Law School, PLC (the Bar Course) and Temasek Polytechnic. It's a good bet that we fielded what was by far the oldest team in the competition, which comprised the following valiant individuals (again in alphabetical order; not age!): Andrew Emslie, Galvin Tan, Ian Lim, Jonathan Oon, Melvin Chan and Wayne Lee. Many thanks to Daniel Allender, who, notwithstanding his incapacitating neck/back injury that prevented him from playing, came down to serve as technical advisor, photographer, refreshments provider and general cheering section. Our highlights were Andrew's amazing bottom right corner goal from the halfway line, Andrew's astounding goal from an acute angle volley, and Galvin's superlative goal where he beat 2 defenders and slotted from an acute angle. Marvellous goals all. Unfortunately they were also our only goals of the day. Our participation therefore ended with the group stages.
Oh well, there's always next year, after all, we only won the Trivia Quiz on our 3rd try! To celebrate the formation of our joint law venture, Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP, we co-hosted a cocktail reception with Allens Arthur Robinson on 30 May 2007 at The Grand Ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore. A tantalizing array of hors d’ oeuvres, hot finger food, delectable sweets and champagne, accompanied by jazz musicians, set the party atmosphere for the evening. We were honoured to have, among our distinguished guests, the Honourable Attorney-General of Singapore Chao Hick Tin, the Australian High Commissioner to Singapore, His Excellency Miles Kupa, the Honourable Justice Tan Lee Meng and the Registrar of the Subordinate Courts, Mr Toh Han Li. We were also delighted to be joined by some 400 of our clients, business associates and friends. Thanks to all our guests for making it a lovely evening.
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Firm Trip to Hong Kong, December 2006 As the year wound down, we closed our offices for a weekend from 15 to 17 December 2006, and packed our lawyers and staff off to Hong Kong for our firm’s inaugural Firm Trip. The itinerary was as leisurely or as exciting as you chose for it to be, with the options including sight-seeing, savouring Hong Kong’s gastronomic delights, having fun with the family at Hong Kong Disneyland and shopping, shopping and more shopping! (And oh, did we mention shopping?)
TSMP Movie Event “Happy Feet” organized for the Children’s Cancer Foundation, 23 November 2006 As a year-end community project, we organized a movie event for more than 100 children from the Children’s Cancer Foundation and their family members. In the morning, the kids were treated to a screening of the movie “Happy Feet” at the newly-opened GV Vivocity, complete with popcorn and soda. The day’s outing was rounded-off with a buffet lunch, after which the children bid us farewell with their little gifts in hand, and smiles on their faces.
Timberland’s Reforestation Project and Tree-Top Walk at MacRitchie Reservoir, 29 June 2006
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