Published by rhtlaw at January 10, 2012 RHT Law warmly welcomes former Court of Appeal and High Court Judge Mr LP Thean, who joined the firm as a Senior Consultant on 3rd January 2012.
Mr LP Thean’s appointment with RHT Law was featured as one of the key moves at the start of the year in The Straits Times published on 5 Jan 2012.
Mr LP Thean has extensive legal and judicial experience. He was in legal practice in Kuala Lumpur from July 1958 to November 1964 and in Singapore from November 1964 to January 1984. He was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Singapore from 1984 to 1993 and as a Judge of Appeal in the Court of Appeal from 1993 till his retirement in February 2002. The judgments which he delivered as a Judge of the High Court and as a member of the Court of Appeal have been extensively reported in the Singapore Law Reports.
Mr LP Thean is currently a member of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Public Accountants Oversight Committee, Chairman of the Competition Appeal Board, Chairman of the Market Surveillance and Compliance Panel of National Electricity Market of Singapore, and a Director of Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation Limited.
In the last 5 months, RHT Law has bolstered its strength with 4 veteran hires, namely Mr John Wang, Mr Sim Yong Chan and Ms Tan Siew Kim to the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, and Mr Ung Gim Sei to the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice.
The Firm currently has a total of 58 lawyers and legal professionals.