Joyce A. Tan has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer over the long years of her practice by numerous legal publications including Legal 500, Chambers, Practical Law Company, AsiaLaw, Who’s Who Legal, World Trademark Review, International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers, International Who’s Who of Internet, E-Commerce & Data Protection Lawyers, Global Communications, Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers, Global Counsel 3000, Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law, Global Law Experts and The Best Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal’s 2019 A-List of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers and Finance Monthly’s Singapore 2019 Corporate Lawyer of the Year. Joyce continues to garner independently assessed accolades and recently made it to Asian Legal Business Super 50 TMT Lawyers 2024.

To quote from the reports on some of these publications based on independent research, “Joyce Tan has an excellent reputation”, “is a very well reputed lawyer”, “very focused”, “really knows her stuff”, “is admired for the quality and longevity of her practice”, “is recognized as one of the finest commercial IP lawyers in Singapore” and “a seasoned stalwart in the industry”.

Joyce is a transactional lawyer in corporate and commercial matters, including cross-border M&A deals, private equity investments, collaborative ventures and financing transactions. She is particularly renowned for her work in TMT and intellectual property, having pioneered many cutting-edge deals of its time, including complex technical procurement and supply transactions, the use of cashless payment systems, fintech innovations and other innovative technology and telecommunications networks. She handled the first interconnect transaction in Singapore when the telecommunications industry was first lilberalised, as well as the nation-wide “CashCard” project in Singapore, and continues to assist clients with high-tech payment systems at the frontiers of regulatory frameworks.

She is also routinely involved in the acquisition, disposition, relocation, protection and exploitation of intellectual property and intangible assets and in advising on business-related and planning issues involving employment, immigration and tax.

Joyce has delivered numerous lectures, both in the local and international circuits and has developed and conducted multiple training curricula for organizations in Singapore and abroad, including government agencies, on the subject matter covered by her extensive practice.

Qualifications and Appointments

• LLB (Honours), National University of Singapore
• Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore
• Roll of Solicitors, England & Wales (non-practising)
• Registered Patent Agent, Singapore
• Notary Public, Singapore
• Commissioner for Oaths, Singapore
• Panel Member of Dispute Resolution Service under the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
• Principal Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre
• List of Neutrals of the World Intellectual Property Organization
• Member of Advisory Committee, World Intellectual Property Organization Centre, 2021-2024
• Panel Member of Trademark Mediators Network of the International Trademark Association
• Associate Mediator, The Law Society of Singapore
• Arbitrator of Langfang Arbitration Commission, China
• Member of Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2006 - to-date
• Member of Sub-Committee on Smart Contracts of Law Reform Committee of Singapore Academy of Law, 2019 - to-date
• Member of Advisory Panel to the Commercial Law Framework in Singapore, Singapore Academy of Law, 2013
• Member of Core Committee, Technology Law Conference Series, Singapore Academy of Law, 2014-to-date
• Director, The World Justice Project Ltd, 2017 - todate
• Member of Executive Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2015-2018
• Chair of Member Engagement Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2015-2018
• Member of the Board of Directors, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2010-2013,
• Member of Chair-Elect Nominating Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2012
• Brand Development Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2010-2011
• Member of Member Relations and Marketing Committee, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2011-2013
• Co-chair, Asian Region, Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2010 - 2014
• Member of think tank on Technology Law Development Group, Singapore
• Member of Legal Panel on Convergence Issues, Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore
• Member of Working Group on Electronic Commerce, Singapore
• Member of Examinations Committee for Singapore Patent Agents Qualifying Examination, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, 2006
• Singapore Country Representative, Emerging IP Rights Committee, Asian Patent Attorneys Association, 2004 - 2006
• Executive Committee Member and Publications Chair, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1996 – 1998
• Vice Chair of Telecommunications Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1999-2002
• Webmaster and At-Large Council Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 2006-2009
• Chair of Technology and Communications Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 2002-2004
• Member of Free Trade Areas Subcommittee, International Trademark Association, 2006-2007
• Member of Intellectual Property Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 1995, 1997, 1999-2014
• Chair of Copyright and Designs Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2002
• Chair of Info-Media Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore, 2005, 2006 & 2007
• Member of Committee on Multidisciplinary Practices, Law Society of Singapore, 1999
• Member of Committee on Practice Structures, Law Society of Singapore, 2000
• Professional Affiliations with / Memberships in :
  -- International Trade Mark Association
  -- Asian Patent Attorneys Association
  -- Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  -- Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys