True to our name, we are incredibly passionate about law and apply our constant and dedicated attention to obtain success for our clients.
From notable individuals to multinational corporations and listed companies, we ensure that all our clients are completely equipped to meet the demands of the ever-changing and challenging legal landscape. By always putting our clients and their interests before everything else, we consistently strive towards providing the highest-quality legal advice and insights.
We liken our robust team of litigation lawyers working on your case almost round the clock, to an engine working tirelessly for your success, making us a team that is hard to beat when it comes to high-value, complex disputes.
In addition, we provide advice on joint ventures, corporate finance, intellectual property management, personal data, media and technology. We also prepare commercial agreements pertaining to partnerships and shareholders, employment, distribution of goods, franchising, marketing and sponsorships, hardware maintenance and support, software acquisition and development, digital and traditional media licensing, privacy policy and online terms and conditions.
Our dynamic team of lawyers is committed to partnering with you to help you meet your business objectives and resolve your legal hurdles. Thanks to our easy-to-work-with and extremely accessible team, we take pride in fostering a culture that aims to build and cultivate lasting relationships with our clients.
At Fervent Chambers LLC, our philosophy is simple. We are “Fervent in all we do.”
Our most important commitment is providing our clients with commercially sound and practical advice. Our lawyers are here to help you maneuver through the extremely complicated issues by providing strategic and realistic solutions without undue emphasis on legalese.
We understand that each client comes with a set of unique requirements and imposing a one-size-fits-all approach never yields the desired results. Knowing what our clients need and aligning ourselves accordingly forms the basis of how we set the course for each case. That is why we make sure to customize our approach.
Ultimately, we aim to work towards a genuinely collaborative partnership and help you achieve your goals amidst the most challenging legal conflicts.
We believe in being Lawyers with Hearts for People and having Relationship on the basis of Love for GOD and all of Mankind here.
Given the enormous economic growth that we are experiencing, a strong team of lawyers who provide legal advice aligned to business strategies is crucial for any corporate, regardless of its size or scale of operations. At Fervent Chambers LLC, we ensure to guide businesses through the entire lifecycle of a case and support your commercial decisions.
Our team consists of lawyers who have a great deal of experience handling a diverse range of complex corporate and commercial cases, both domestic and cross-border, and across a spectrum of industries and sectors. We take immense pride in ensuring that we prioritize the big picture issues for our clients and provide them detailed advice to navigate complex regulatory regimes. From conducting due-diligence to providing support during the deal negotiations, our end-to-end transaction support ensures that you are never alone.
Many of our lawyers are regarded as notable practitioners in the field because of their ability to jump right into the heart of the matter and tailoring strategic input that minimizes risks and furthers the commercial objectives.
We work on complex, multi-jurisdictional, domestic, and cross-border merger and acquisition matters. We regularly advise on M&A, venture capital, joint ventures, licensing agreements, agency and distribution contracts, corporate reorganization and restructuring, secretarial and compliance issues, corporate due diligence, and a wide variety of general commercial contracts.
We also possess an in-depth knowledge of the complex regulatory environment in Singapore and the region and how the regulations are enforced. This helps us provide advice that is practical and in sync with our clients’ commercial objectives. We are also supported by experienced lawyers who specialize in dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, TMT, construction, and international arbitration. As a result, we can traverse through disciplines and work as a one-stop destination for all aspects of legal advice required for any corporate or commercial case that you have.
Our clients include leading multinationals, investment banks, private equity funds, VCs, entrepreneurs, and other corporations. Some of the key sectors where we have advised clients include:
Clients appreciate our individualized attention on every transaction and our innovative approach to create deal structures that work both commercially and legally. No matter which industry or sector you want to focus on, our value-oriented legal solutions can help you.
Notable cases include:
Our Technology, Media, and Telecommunication practice have highly skilled lawyers with vast experience in handling a wide range of technology matters, including mergers and acquisitions, information technology, outsourcing, contractual and interconnection agreement, data privacy and protection, intellectual property, and cybersecurity. Our team has several notable practitioners who bring on board extensive knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of TMT laws and know the best ways to structure such matters that safeguard the commercial objectives while complying with the legal requirements.
We offer both regulatory and case-specific advice. Our prestigious roster of clients includes some of the largest technology and telecom players in the market, investors, and lenders. Our lawyers have acted on several high-stake cases involving media houses, telecom operators, and technology companies. Our ability to provide highly-tailored and strategic commercial advice to our clients, along with specialized technology inputs, has helped us remain a frontrunner in the market. We advise clients across sectors that include AI, fintech, software, media and telecommunications, internet, gaming, hardware, energy, etc
Director
Zheng Feng is presently a Director at Fervent Chambers LLC. He has a
decade of experience working with local SMEs on various corporate and commercial
matters and issues faced by them. He provides advice on joint ventures, corporate
finance, intellectual property management, personal data, media and technology. He
also prepares commercial agreements pertaining to partnerships and shareholders,
employment, distribution of goods, franchising, marketing and sponsorships,
hardware maintenance and support, software acquisition and development, digital
and traditional media licensing, privacy policy and online terms and conditions.
Managing Director
Clarence is the Managing Director at Fervent Chambers LLC. Prior to setting up Fervent Chambers LLC, Clarence has held the roles of Group General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel at 2 major listed oil and gas companies in Singapore. He returned to private practice and practiced at the dispute resolution department of an international law firm and a couple of leading local law firms before he subsequently set up Fervent Chambers LLC.
Clarence has extensive experience working on shipping, oil and gas, engineering, construction and infrastructure project disputes. In recent times, given his sectorial exposure to the offshore maritime industry and the downturn, Clarence has actively been involved in oil and gas, offshore energy and maritime disputes as well as insolvency related claims. Clarence is constantly instructed by liquidators and judicial managers to advise the liquidators and judicial managers on discharge on their duties as well as claims relating to breaches of fiduciary duties, unfair preference and undervalue transactions.
Litigation
Acted for clients charged with allegations of cheating and the likes of criminal offences with an outcome of a DATA (Discharge Amounting To Acquittal) before Trial.
Acted for clients with their cases having earlier been wrongly footed by their lawyers and/or their situation wrongly litigated on a contentious basis and/or wrongly advised by professionals without the costs-benefits-risks evaluation rendered to the clients’ situations.
• Acted for fellow-lawyers as a Counsel before the Inquiry Committees, Disciplinary Tribunals and/or the Court of Three Judges convened against them.
• The Law Society of Singapore v Chong Wai Yen Michael and Others [2012] 2 SLR 113 (Court of Three Judges)
• The Law Society of Singapore v Michael Chong Wai Yen and Others [2011] SGDT 6 (Disciplinary Tribunal)
• Azman bin Mohamed Sanwan v Public Prosecutor [2012] 2 SLR 733 (Court of Appeal)
• Muhammad bin Abdullah v Public Prosecutor and Another [2017] 1 SLR 427 (Court of Appeal)
• Muhammad Ridzuan bin Md Ali v Public Prosecutor and Other Matter [2014] 3 SLR 721 (Court of Appeal)
• Lock Han Chng Jonathan (Jonathan Luo Hancheng) v Goh Jessiline [2008] 2 SLR(R) 455 (Court of Appeal)
• Khor Soon Lee v Public Prosecutor [2011] 3 SLR 201 (Court of Appeal) • Low Ah Cheow and Others v Ng Hock Guan [2009] 3 SLR(R) 1079 (Court of Appeal) - This case was taken up by Joseph Tan after the clients had their case mishandled by their earlier lawyers instructed for a trial without the costs-benefits-risks evaluation rendered to the clients’ peculiar circumstances. In any event, the appeal was allowed – reversing the High Court Judge’s decision and the principles established by the Court of Appeal remain significant until today with respect to the preparation of a will which calls for the “serious professional responsibilities which solicitors must uncompromisingly observe and discharge” independently.
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Accolades/Awards:
• Public Service Commission (LMS) (Police) Scholar (1987 - 1991)
• Public Service Commission (LMS) (Teaching) Scholar (1992 - 1995)
