Cheryl Chia

Cheryl Chia is a senior associate in Wikborg Rein's Singapore office. She is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales as well as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore.
Cheryl’s practice areas include general corporate and commercial law, shipping and offshore transactions and dispute resolution.

Cheryl is a Public Service Commission Local Merit Scholar who graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2001 and was awarded several academic prizes such as the Drew & Napier Public Law Prize, the Law Society of Singapore Book Prize and the Shook Lin & Bok Prize. She also finished at the top of the Postgraduate Practical Law Course in 2001 and was awarded the Aw Boon Haw & Aw Boon Par Memorial Prize as well as the F.A. Chua Prize.

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

• Corporate restructuring
• Sale and purchase of shares
• Corporate due diligence
• Corporate and commercial work including capital reductions, amalgamations, whitewash and preparation of board and shareholder resolutions
• General contract negotiation, drafting and review of various documents such as employment and consultancy agreements, non-competition agreements, distribution agreements, settlement agreements, novation agreements, construction contracts, etc.
• Providing advice on contract law, company law, commercial law, land law, tort law, employment law and trust law issues.
• Contractual disputes
• M&A transactions in the shipping and offshore sectors
• Negotiation of construction contracts for ships and rigs
• Sale and purchase of vessels
• Ship registration
  

Work experience:

• 2008 - Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Singapore
• 2007 Associate, Shook Lin & Bok LLP, Singapore
• 2006 Postgraduate Practical Law Course tutor
• 2001-2007 State Counsel, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore
• 2000 International Clerk, Baker & McKenzie, London
  
  

Education:

• 2001 Postgraduate Practical Law Course, Singapore
• 2001 LL.B (Hons) National University of Singapore