ESTABLISHED IN 1988

Total number of professionals: 17 (6 partners)
Principal office: Singapore
Other offices: Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Taipei, Bangkok, Yangon, Piraeus, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Munich, Incheon

Key practice areas

Commercial dispute resolution. The practice group handles litigation, arbitration, and mediation cases of any size, urgency or complexity, including cross border and multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Corporate. The practice group assists with complex transactions spanning across multiple jurisdictions.

Corporate secretarial services. Corporate secretarial services are offered through the firm’s association with MP Corporate Secretarial Services Pte Ltd. The team is supported by the Regulatory & Compliance practice group.

Maritime & shipping. The practice group covers both wet and dry shipping and handles all forms of disputes as well as transactional work and is one of the most experienced shipping practices in Asia.

Regulatory & compliance. This practice group advises on anti-bribery laws, international sanctions, anti-money laundering regulations and corporate governance best practices.

Real estate & conveyancing. With more than 20 years of experience, the practice group offers a range of services that cater to the needs of individuals and corporate bodies.

Our services

JTJB is an internationally recognised law practice with its headquarters in Singapore. JTJB’s offering is unique as it is one of few boutique Singapore law firms that have an international reach and can serve clients from different jurisdictions. The firm has regional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Bangkok and Yangon and partnerships with McKasson & Klein in Los Angeles, Endemann.Schmidt (Hamburg and Munich), P N Karydakis & Partners Law Offices in Piraeus, K&P Law Firm in Incheon and Hadromi & Partners Law Firm in Jakarta. JTJB is also a member of ADVOC, a global independent network of 92 law firms from 73 countries whose members are selected and known for their wide experience of commercial work in the region.

For more than 30 years, we have handled many high-value cases and transactions involving novel points of law and cross-border issues. JTJB’s involvement in high-profile cases span the areas of O&G, commodities, insolvency, shareholder and company law disputes in jurisdictions such as Indonesia, India, Malaysia, China, the US and the UK. The firm’s sound, tactical and strategic advice, depth of industry knowledge and its ability to understand the practical aspects of commercial businesses are recognised by the various international industry watchers such as Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Asialaw Profiles.

JTJB has an international clientele including banks, financial institutions, multinational corporations, foreign government-linked companies and major players in the shipping and oil & gas industry. The firm takes particular pride in the fact that many of its clients have supported the firm over the years and have become the long-standing partners.

In 2019, three of the firm’s partners, K Murali Pany (managing partner), John Sze (deputy managing partner) and Danny Chua (senior partner) were celebrated as Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal.