Seow Hui Goh

Seow Hui Goh is a Partner heading up both the employment and disputes practices at Bird & Bird Singapore. Her primary practice area is Employment Law.

She solves people problems with business impact. The industry knows her team to be among the best employment litigators in Singapore, representing clients from the firm's key sectors (tech, finance, media, life sciences, aviation) in the full range of employment disputes, excelling in non-compete, trade secret theft and C-suite executive compensation litigation. They are regularly called upon to advise on sensitive and high-stakes team moves and to negotiate employee exits.

They work with people as well as compliance teams on responding to whistleblower reports and conducting investigations. Their investigations experience ranges from workplace psychosocial hazards to bribery and corruption and other forms of employee financial misconduct, both as investigator and counsel. They work with companies as they navigate the complexities of compliance and regulatory regimes in Singapore and the region.

She also enjoys an active disputes practice, specialising in founders' disputes, directors' breaches of fiduciary duty claims and minority oppression, where the legal strategy complements the broader business strategy. They work with investors, start-ups and founders with a view to protecting and realising the value of the investment.

Their regional employment practice supports multinational clients in their labour and employment issues, specialising in managing complex, usually multi-region employment projects, and has worked on a number of high-profile reductions-in-force involving regulator scrutiny, as well as day-to-day employment matters. The team is ranked and recognised in all major legal directories for the work they do.