Tham Kok Leong is a Partner in Corporate & Commercial and is the Head of the Technology & Licensing Practice.
Kok Leong’s practice area centres on technology and intellectual property transactions, agreements and advice. He has substantial experience in advising on, negotiating and drafting a wide range of commercial agreements related to IT, outsourcing, e-commerce, e-banking, telecommunications, contract manufacturing, technology transfer, research and development, merchandising, franchising, licensing, sports, media and publishing, sales and agency and distributorships.
Kok Leong graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1994, when he joined Allen & Gledhill. In The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2002/2003 and 2003/2004) , he is recommended for information technology. The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2004/2005) noted that for information technology, Kok Leong is "prominent in a practice which advises on software development and licensing". The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2005/2006) noted that Kok Leong was active in the area of outsourcing work, citing his work advising Singapore Airlines Limited on a S$300m arrangement with IBM.
Significant transactions and the clients Kok Leong has represented include: |