Carrie Gill

Carrie Gill is a Partner and Co-Head of the Family and Divorce Practice Group at Harry Elias Partnership in Singapore. Her practice focuses on Family Law, with over 20 years of experience in this area.

She has represented high net worth families and individuals in a wide range of matrimonial and family law-related disputes as lead counsel in matters heard before the Singapore Family Court, the High Court of Singapore, the Appellate Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Carrie regularly acts as lead counsel for cases involving complex custody and cross-border transnational matters and in matters involving the division of high net worth assets. She also regularly advises on family matters involving contentious divorces, disputes over the custody of children, the relocation of children, maintenance, family violence and protection orders, and maintenance claims. She is also proficient in Syariah Court matters involving Muslim divorces, custody disputes and asset division.

Her notable cases include the seminal Court of Appeal decision in ANJ v ANK – [2015] 4 SLR 1043, which prescribed the structured approach adopted in almost all subsequent cases dealing with the division of matrimonial assets; the Court of Appeal decision in USB v USA and another appeal – [2020] 2 SLR 588M; and the High Court decisions in URU v URV – [2019] 3 SLR 1045, UFU (M.W.) v UFV – [2017] SGHCF 23, TZG v TZH – [2017] SGHCF 9, ACY v ACZ – [2014] 2 SLR 1320, BND v BNE – [2014] SGHC 30 and BJV v BJW – [2013] SGHC 140.

Carrie brings equal skills to courtroom advocacy and mediation, offering clients a flexible approach to dispute resolution. She is committed to empathy towards her clients and to advocating persuasively for her clients before the Courts.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. She is a Fellow of The International Academy of Family Lawyers and a member of the Singapore Academy of Law and The Law Society of Singapore, including its Family Law Practice. She has served on the Organising Committee of the Family Law Conference (2021) and as Master of Ceremonies for the Family Law Conference (2022–2023), and volunteers at the Family Justice Court's Pro Bono Clinic and the Singapore Association of Women's Lawyers Pro Bono Clinic.

She has been recognised as a "Leading Practitioner" in Family & Divorce by Doyle's Guide (2021–2026, and "Recommended Practitioner" 2017–2020) and as a "Litigation Star" for Family and Matrimonial by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2024–2026). She co-authored the chapters "The Law Relating to Children" and "The Abduction of Children" in the 2022 Edition of Law and Practice of Family Law in Singapore (Sweet & Maxwell).