Jenny Lai & Co is an established law firm providing high-quality and efficient legal services in various areas of law for over 20 years. Our firm specializes in family law, adoption, Wills, trust, Probate/Letters of Administration, real estate and conveyancing.

Since 1996, we have built numerous trusted relationships with clients. Many of our respected clients have seen us grow from the beginning and continue to entrust us with their legal work. Such long-lasting client-solicitor relationship is built on mutual respect and trust as we always place ourselves in our clients’ shoes to truly understand their needs and address them.

We serve with commitment and integrity and we think out-of-the-box for our clients. Helping our clients as a lay-person to understand the law is an important part to building their trust in us. Through effective communication, we break the law down into simple terms for better understanding. Thus our clients can appreciate the solutions we provide to them. 

We also provide notarisation and commissioning services.

About Jenny Lai & Co

Founded in 1996

3 Offices

5 people in their team


Practice areas
Family
Real Estate
Private Client

Languages spoken
Chinese
English
Malay

Social media

Practice areas

Family

Divorce

The ending of a marriage is a difficult and sometimes very painful experience. The impact can affect several individuals and their lives. Our practice recognizes this struggle and we deliver our services with care and sensitivity as we believe that no further discord should be sowed in an already broken marital relationship. For each case that comes through our door, our solicitor will first assess if there is a chance of reconciliation and refer parties to counseling before advising on the last resort: divorce.

Divorce proceedings need not be acrimonious. Often, issues can be resolved through mediation and negotiations. As an experienced and accredited mediator, our solicitor will help you make an informed decision without compromising your legal position.

Our diverse range of family law services include but not limited to:

  • Uncontested and contested divorce proceedings
  • Advise of pre-nuptial arrangement and agreement
  • Drafting of Separation Deed
  • Financial relief consequential on foreign matrimonial proceedings
  • Pre-and-post divorce maintenance applications
  • Mediation
  • Collaborative divorce practice
  • Setting Aside or Variation of Order of Court

 

Adoption

Our firm is experienced in handling complicated adoption matters. For instance, we had cases where the adopting parent was deemed unfit but we were able to convince the court to grant the adoption order.

Usually, adoption is “closed”, ie all records of the biological parents are sealed so as to give the adoption process finality. However, we are proud to showcase that in a number of our cases, it was “open” adoption, ie the child is old enough to know the whereabouts of his biological parents. The court was persuaded to grant the Adoption Order after we presented the facts and arguments. Of course, we would also credit the adopting parents for their love and care for the child which moved the Court.

We have a team of qualified partners and translators to translate the birth certificates and other relevant documents from the native language to English.

Our services include but not limited to:

  • Adopt your stepson or stepdaughter.
  • Adoption of local infant
  • Adoption of foreign infant from countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa
  • Adoption by related family members
  • Adoption through agencies
  • Adoption through welfare organisations
  • Adoption of foster children
  • Step-by-step guide on the adoption process and the required documentations for pre-adoption and post adoption process.

If you are a Singaporean and your wife is a foreign bride, your stepchild could get Singapore citizen after obtaining an adoption certificate. Email or call us now to find out more.

Adoption
Annulment
Child Custody
Child Visitation
Marriage
Divorce & Separation
Child Support

Real Estate

Real Estate & Conveyancing

For more than two decades, our firm has closed many real estate transactions. Some of these involved multi-million dollars purchases in the residential, commercial and industrial sector.

Our services include but not limited to:

  • Drafting of Tenancy Agreements
  • Landlord Tenant Dispute
  • Providing legal services to the auctioneer team of various estate agencies
  • Providing legal advice and assistance to estate agents
  • Providing legal advice to bank relationship managers
  • Private residential property sale and purchase
  • LDAU application
  • Landed residential property sale and purchase
  • Private commercial and industrial property sale and purchase
  • HDB flat sale and purchase
  • HDB Commercial property sale and purchase
  • Refinancing
  • Mortgage
  • CPF housing withdrawal
  • Redemption of bank loan and CPF Refund
  • Sale of shares of property between owners, ie. Decoupling or part-share transfer
  • Transfer of shares of property pursuant to Will or Intestate Succession Act
  • Severance of Joint Tenancy in property
  • Creation of trusts
Mortgage
Landlord & Tenant
Real Estate Contracts and Negotiations
Real Estate Due Diligence
Natural Resources
Conveyancing

Private Client

Will & Testament
Probate
Guardianship
Estate Planning
Trusts
Elder Abuse Law
Elder Law

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