TAN Chee Meng, Senior Counsel, is Deputy Chairman of WongPartnership. His main areas of practice are general civil litigation, construction and engineering dispute resolution, criminal law, insurance, professional indemnity and disciplinary proceedings.

Prior to reading law, Chee Meng was a civil engineer and has extensive experience as an arbitrator, a mediator as well as counsel in construction law.

Appointed Senior Counsel in 2006, he is the first Specialist Judge appointed in Singapore in 2006 for a period of two years under a scheme where senior lawyers were invited to lend their expertise to the State Courts.

Before joining private practice in 1993, Chee Meng spent six years in the Singapore Legal Service where he served as Deputy Public Prosecutor, Deputy Senior State Counsel and Deputy Director of the Commercial Affairs Department.

Chee Meng is a member of numerous arbitration panels in Singapore and overseas. He is the Alternate Chairperson of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee. He is also on the Panel of Presidents for Law Society's Disciplinary Tribunal, and the Clinical Ethics Subcommittee of Thomson Medical Centre. He is an accredited Adjudicator appointed under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 30B).

Chee Meng is currently a Board member of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. He had previously served as a Board member of Urban Redevelopment Authority, Jurong Town Corporation and Singapore Power Ltd.

He graduated from University of Cambridge (LL.M.), National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.) and University of Canterbury of New Zealand (BE., Hons.) and is admitted to the Singapore Bar.

Matters of significance in which Chee Meng has been involved in include being a Counsel for the following:

  • Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd. in a representative action in relation to claims arising from crypto currency losses in excess of US$90 million.
  • A leading bank in Singapore in respect of a dispute for a marine insurance claim in excess of US$70 million in relation to hull and machinery.
  • A leading bank in Singapore in relation to a dispute on trade financing in excess of US$30m.
  • A committee of noteholders and members of Laguna National Golf and Country Club in respect of their claim against the club for unpaid debentures totalling in excess of S$70 million.
  • A Teochew organisation in Singapore in relation to the dispute revolving around the Teochew Building at 97 Tank Road. The Teochew Building is a building of significant historical value in Singapore. The dispute relates to matters dating from the 1920s and raises issues which are at the frontiers of the laws on express trust in Singapore.
  • OCBC in defending a claim by Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd under a letter of credit. This is one of a series of transactions arising from the Hin Leong fallout. The claim was dismissed on ground of fraud.

Related Practices

  • Corporate & Regulatory Investigations
  • White Collar & Enforcement
  • Special Situations Advisory
  • Halsbury's Law of Singapore – Volume 18 (2012 Reissue): Tort chapter
  • Atkin's Court Forms – Singapore: Defamation chapter
  • Modern Advocacy: Perspectives from Singapore
  • One of the consultants for the 2006 edition of the Singapore Court Practice

Chambers Global & Asia-Pacific – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business

  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Singapore: Band 3

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

  • Commercial and Transaction – Singapore: Litigation Star

asialaw – The definitive guide to Asia's Leading Law Firms and Lawyers

  • Dispute Resolution – Singapore: Distinguished Practitioner 

Best Lawyers

  • Lawyer of the year 2026 – Criminal Defence: Singapore
  • Recognised in Singapore for:
    • Arbitration and Mediation
    • Construction Law
    • Criminal Defence
    • Litigation 
    • Medical Malpractice Litigation 

Government of Singapore

  • Received Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) 

Lexology Index

  • Global Leader in Commercial Litigation
  • Global Leader in Construction
  • National Leader in Commercial Litigation
  • National Leader in Construction

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Qualifications

University of Cambridge (LL.M.)

National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.)

University of Canterbury of New Zealand (BE., Hons.)

Singapore Bar

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