Jeevan obtained a Joint Honours Degree in Law and Management Science from Keele University, England. He was then admitted as a Barrister-at-Law in England (Middle Temple) in 1998.

Jeevan spent his early years of practice as an associate assisting Mr Sant Singh, Senior Counsel.  In later years, he joined Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP as a senior associate and became a partner in the firm a year later.

He is an experienced and tenacious advocate with more than 20 years of experience. His areas of practice include contractual disputes, intellectual property, employment law, criminal law, contentious probate, personal injury, and family law.

Jeevan has conducted trials as lead counsel in the State Court and the High Court. He has also been instructed by other law firms as instructed counsel to argue trials and appeals.

Frances graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree in 1986 and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1987. Apart from a period of 2 years as in-house counsel with one of Singapore’s leading property developers, she has been in private practice.

Frances has an extensive and diverse practice in corporate, financing and real estate transactions. She has in the course of her practice, handled and advised on joint ventures and the sale and acquisition of shares and businesses. On the real estate front, she has advised on matters involving acquisition of resort islands and other real properties, property and project financing, leasing, applications to government and statutory authorities in connection with issues concerning change of use, alienation of state land, upgrading of tenure, foreign ownership of properties and tax issues, property due diligence and all types of related real estate work.

Frances’ work involves advising, drafting, reviewing and negotiating transactional documents. Her experience includes:

• acting for property developers in the acquisition of development sites;
• acting for property developers in the sale of units in residential, commercial and industrial development projects;
• acting for sellers or buyers in the collective sale and purchase of residential units;
• acting for sellers or buyers of multi-tenanted buildings, industrial buildings, JTC properties, HDB properties, landed properties and condominiums;
• financing of development sites/projects;
• the sale of buildings to Real Estate Investment Trusts and the leaseback of such buildings;
• acting for Real Estate Investment Trusts in the acquisition and lease of commercial and industrial buildings;
• advising financial institutions in the structuring of loans and other financial transactions;
• drafting and/or reviewing lease documentation for landlords or tenants involving residential properties, commercial and/or industrial complex, food and beverage outlets, medical centre, entertainment and/or food and beverage outlets.

In dealing with real estate transactions, she has acted for parties including financial institutions, management corporations, the Central Provident Fund Board, property developers, vendors and purchasers (both individual and corporate, foreign and local clients) and statutory authorities. Her advice or views has been sought by statutory authorities before the implementation of laws.

Frances is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law. She has also tutored conveyancing in the Post Graduate Practical Law Course for 2 years and was appointed an Adjudicator (a statutory appointment under the Conveyancing and Law of Property (Conveyancing) Rules) for the Law Society’s Expedited Adjudication Scheme under the new conveyancing regime in 2011. She has also been volunteering her legal services pro bono for the needy.

George Pereira is the Managing Director of Pereira & Tan LLC. Mr Pereira is a Senior Lawyer who specializes in a wide range of civil litigation matters which include commercial and corporate disputes, complex real estate matters, building and construction disputes and family law matters. Where non-litigious work is concerned, Mr Pereira regularly advises corporate entities and individuals. Mr Pereira’s clients include corporations, property developers, building and construction entities and individuals.

Prior to establishing Pereira & Tan in 1993, Mr Pereira served as a partner for a decade at a reputable law firm. Mr Pereira’s prolific legal career spans 40 years. He has handled numerous complex cases, many of which have been decided in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Mr Pereira is an advocate of providing quality legal services to the less fortunate. He has been providing legal services to the Legal Aid Bureau for decades and is an active member of Legal Aid Bureau’s Panel of Solicitors. In 2007, in recognition of his outstanding and exemplary service to the Legal Aid Bureau, Mr Pereira was awarded the Minister of Law Outstanding Volunteer Award and in November 2018, Mr. Pereira was given further recognition of his work with the Legal Aid Bureau when he was awarded with the Legal Aid Bureau 25-Year Appreciation Award.