Edmund Leow steps up to Supreme Court in Singapore

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Edmund Leow steps up to Supreme Court in Singapore

Eugene Lim will become the head of Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow’s tax and wealth management practice in Singapore at the end of August, when Edmund Leow leaves the firm to become a judicial commissioner, with the powers of a judge, of the country’s Supreme Court.

Lim joined Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow in 2000 before moving to Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong. He co-chairs the firm's Asia Pacific regional customs and international trade steering committee and heads the China trade practice. He is experienced in tax and international trade matters (both contentious and non-contentious) and specialises in advising on global and regional supply chain structures.

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