DREW & NAPIER
Many are familiar with the law firm that has taken on some of Singapore’s most publicised, complex and controversial dispute resolution matters. What’s unknown to many is its history and that it is one of Singapore’s oldest law firms. Founded by two Britons in 1889, Drew & Napier is 132 years old today.
Highly regarded as one of the “Big Four” law firms here, Drew & Napier has over 550 employees, including 335 fee earners, and three Senior Counsels. They are chairman Jimmy Yim, SC; CEO Cavinder Bull, SC; and director Siraj Omar, SC. The firm’s alumni comprise the who’s who in the political and legal spheres – from ministers and former attorney-generals, to judges and the former judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court.
Drew & Napier’s culture in cultivating talent has even earned the firm plaudits from Asian Legal Business, which has recognised it as Employer of Choice for 12 consecutive years. Its International Arbitration practice has also been identified to be among the world’s top 100.
This October, Drew & Napier joined forces with some of the most influential leading law firms in Southeast Asia to form a network of blue-chip law firms – Drew Network Asia (DNA). Comprising legal powerhouses Shearn Delamore & Co. from Malaysia and Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia, alongside Drew & Napier, DNA operates as “a firm of firms”.