Eversheds Sutherland in Singapore has merged with Harry Elias Partnership LLP, which was formed in 1988, to form Eversheds Harry Elias LLP taking legal effect from 1 June 2017. As of 1 June 2017 Harry Elias Partnership and Eversheds have merged to become Eversheds Harry Elias. Harry Elias was founded almost 30 years ago and established an office in Brunei Darussalam in 2012. Eversheds has continued to grow and develop in Asia and the merger is transformational for both sides, creating one of only a few international law firms with a physical presence in Brunei Darussalam.

Our Singapore office provides high quality advice to both local and international clients. Our office serves as the hub for work throughout South East Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Our multi-lingual team speaks English, Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Malay and Mandarin and is experienced in providing advice in various languages including bilingual drafting and negotiation.

We have significant experience in advising on cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance and corporate restructuring. We have advised a wide variety of clients on projects ranging from significant investment structuring, syndicated loan advice, to complex debt restructuring.

At Eversheds Harry Elias we take corporate social responsibility seriously. It was part of our foundation when we first started doing business in the region and continues to be an important philosophy for the firm today. From performing pro-bono work for those most in need of legal aid, to contributing to the community through legal education, we aim to give back to the community as much as we can. Since only a few lawyers and firms in Singapore offered pro bono work, we partnered with the Law Society of Singapore Pro Bono Services Office (PBSO) to be the first law firm in Singapore to provide more structured support to enhance the effectiveness of the pro bono programmes of PBSO. We were the first law firm to establish a minimum pro bono pledge of 25 hours per year by each of our lawyers.