Awards and Accolades
In 2022, Jin Liang was featured in the Asian Legal Business listing of Singapore’s Rising Stars, which highlights "Singapore's next generation of lawyers who have demonstrated great potential and earned wide acclaim from their clients." Additionally, he was named one of Singapore Business Review's “Most Influential Lawyers Aged 40 and Under” in 2016, recognized for his thought leadership, influence, and success.
Expertise in Family and Divorce Law
Jin Liang’s expertise lies in handling divorce and family cases with complex financial issues, including the division of assets. He has acted as lead counsel in numerous highly contentious divorce proceedings in both the Family Court and High Court, dealing with disputes over the division of matrimonial assets, custody, care, and control of children. He also provides advice on prenuptial agreements and cross-border family issues, including family violence, relocation, international child abduction, and stay of proceedings.
Professional Journey
Jin Liang graduated with Second Upper Honours from King’s College London. After being called to the Singapore Bar, he initially worked as a banking and finance lawyer at one of Singapore’s largest firms before pursuing his childhood dream of becoming a family lawyer.
Significant Cases and Experience
Jin Liang has extensive experience acting as lead counsel in highly contentious divorce proceedings, typically involving multi-million dollar divisions of marital assets, maintenance, and complex child custody issues.
Jin Liang's work experience includes:
- He has acted as lead counsel in over 600 highly contentious divorce proceedings in the Family Court and Supreme Court. His cases typically involve multi-million dollar division of matrimonial assets, maintenance and complex children custody issues.
- Acting as lead counsel for a private client in a $40 million dispute.
- Acting as lead counsel for a private client in a $41 million dispute.
- Acting for major banks and financiers such as DBS, UOB, OCBC, Bank Central Asia, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, MG Leasing Corporation, Showa Leasing Co. Ltd, and borrowers in financing and refinancing transactions for construction projects, cross-border finance lease transactions and floor stock facilities.
- Acting for YTL Power Seraya to advise and negotiate on all its ISDA documentation for FX and commodities transactions.
- Acting for major banks, such as Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, OCBC, UOB and DBS on banking and finance transactions in Myanmar and advising on regulatory and compliance requirements under Myanmar law in relation to the grant of offshore loans and grant of security in Myanmar by foreign banks.
- Acting for the Laguna, Banyan Tree and Angsana group in the development of the largest fully-integrated resort in Vietnam and in the sale of resort units and villas for investment and residential purposes in Vietnam.
- Acting for reputable clients on investments/joint ventures in Vietnam and Myanmar, including for Sembcorp Development in a joint venture for the development of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong province of Vietnam, for Keppel Land in the development of various residential plots in Vietnam and for Mitsubishi Corporation in a US$200 million joint venture for the investment of an integrated food business in Myanmar.
Appointments and Memberships
- Singapore Mediation Centre Accredited Mediator.
- Singapore Mediation Centre Accredited Collaborative Family Practitioner (CFP).
- Appointed to Singapore Mediation Centre’s Panel of Collaborative Family Practitioners (CFP).
- Associate Mediator of the Law Society Mediation Scheme Panel of Mediators.
- Member, Law Society of Singapore.
- Member, Singapore Academy of Laws.
- Vice-Chairman, Electoral Appeal Committee, Football Association of Singapore.
- Appointed by the Chief Justice to the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society of Singapore.