Singapore’s Global Law Firm Dentons Rodyk announces new leadership appointments for 2024.

Welcoming the new heads of the Corporate and Litigation practice department 

Stepping into the role that predecessor S Sivanesan steered with distinction, Dentons Rodyk welcomes Ng Eng Leng as the new Head of its Corporate practice department. Eng Leng also co-heads the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and is its Singapore-Malaysia relationship partner. Sivanesan will continue his role as Senior Partner within the Corporate practice.

Both Marian Ho and Emily Low take over as the Corporate department’s Deputy Heads. Marian also co-heads the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate & Commercial practices, while Emily is the co-head of the Investment Funds practice.

Melvin See succeeds Koh Kia Jeng as Deputy Head for the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution department. Melvin also co-heads the firm’s Brunei desk and is its Singapore-China relationship partner.

Cultivating the next generation of leaders

The firm continues to develop its next-generation leaders with the introduction of Partners Debby Lim and Navin Naidu as the Deputy Heads for the Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice, and the White-Collar Crime & Investigations practice, respectively.

“These appointments reflect our commitment to serving clients at the highest levels and developing the next generation of leaders within Dentons Rodyk. We are filled with gratitude to Sivi and Kia Jeng for their leadership, and I am certain that their successors, Eng Leng, Marian, Emily, and Melvin, will continue to inspire the team and deliver unrivalled client solutions,” commented Managing Partner Gerald Singham.

About Dentons Rodyk

Dentons Rodyk is one of Singapore's biggest law firms and part of the world’s largest, with a team of around 200 lawyers offering clients a full suite of legal services necessary to do business locally and globally. With over 160 years of establishment, consistently ranked highly in leading publications, we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality advice to our clients while maintaining strong working relationships with key public sector agencies and leading organisations in the private sector. Our combination with global law firm Dentons, makes us part of the world’s largest law firm with more than 12,500 professionals in over 160 locations in more than 80 countries.

Designed to be different, Dentons Rodyk can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your business. Our polycentric and purpose-driven approach, together with our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and ESG, ensures we challenge the status quo to stay focused on what matters most to you.

The first global pan-ASEAN law firm, Dentons ASEAN has an established history in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore and will continue to grow our presence through combinations with exceptional local firms across the ASEAN region and help clients navigate change wherever they are located.

In the new dynamic decade, clients continue to be confronted with complex scenarios and want to work with a purpose-driven law firm that has the experience and confidence to help them thrive at wherever they are located. Through our combinations with firms that are leaders in their respective communities and local markets, along with the partner firms in Dentons’ Nextlaw Referral Network, Dentons is ideally positioned to support our clients everywhere in ASEAN and around the globe.