Divorce & Family Matters

COVENANT CHAMBERS LLC

About us

A trusted and tech-driven law firm, Covenant Chambers LLC focuses on commercial and property disputes and tech, media, and intellectual property (IP). We are known for our client-centric, innovative and efficacious style of providing workable legal solutions to our clients.

As a medium-sized firm with considerable experience, the firm is both adept in our craft, staying abreast with the latest developments in various sectors, and innovative in our practice, utilising cutting-edge technology to optimise our business processes. Since its establishment, Covenant Chambers LLC has leveraged digital automation to provide a unique combination of technology-driven legal advisory and strategic solutions for clients across a broad range of sectors.

Every dispute is different. Our strength lies in discerning each client’s legal needs and deriving a dispute resolution strategy to achieve a “maximum returns” outcome, taking into account the client’s objectives and opportunity costs.

Find out more about us at https://www.covenantchambers.com/.

Area of Practice

Divorce & Family Matters

Matrimonial & Family Law

Disputes between spouses can be emotionally draining. Being attentive and highly responsive, we are well-placed to provide prompt, workable and high-quality advice to meet the needs of our individual clients.

We also see ourselves as a peacemaker in every family dispute. We are competent in every area of family law, including annulment, judicial separation, divorce, adoption, maintenance and personal protection applications, Mental Capacity Act applications, cross-border issues such as division of foreign property and child custody issues.

Our Lawyers

Lee Ee Yang

Lee Ee Yang

Managing Director

E-mail: eeyang.lee@covenantchambers.com

Beginning his career in one of the “Big Four” firms in Singapore, Ee Yang walked the unconventional path and started a litigation practice in his fifth year of practice. Since founding Covenant Chambers LLC in 2016, Ee Yang has seen his practice expand, with a focus on commercial and property disputes involving high net-worth individuals as well as corporate entities. He strives to raise the legal sector to new heights by leveraging his wealth of experience and passion for advocacy and empowering the next generation of legal eagles.

Ee Yang was a recipient of the prestigious Singapore Academy of Law Overseas Scholarship and was attached to Essex Court Chambers, a highly regarded barristers’ chambers in the United Kingdom, working with established King’s Counsels. He was also an adjunct instructor at the National University of Singapore, teaching the Legal Analysis, Research and Communications course.

In addition, Ee Yang actively engages in pro bono work.

Charis Wong

Charis Wong

Associate Director

E-mail: charis.wong@covenantchambers.com

Since joining Covenant Chambers in 2017, Charis has acted in a broad range of matters spanning commercial and civil litigation, and family law. Charis enjoys the cut and thrust of litigation and has argued before the High Court, as well as the District and Family Courts.

In the course of her varied litigation practice, Charis has successfully acted for her clients to enforce a settlement agreement valued at approximately S$6 million in a cross-border dispute between Vietnamese and Australian shareholders of a Singapore holding company, obtain a worldwide freezing injunction against several defendants prohibiting the disposal of their assets up to the value of S$2 million in the High Court in aid of arbitration, and overturn a District Court judgement on defamation on appeal. Charis also acted for two food supply companies in its successful appeal to the Competition Appeals Board against an infringement decision issued by the Competition Consumer Commission of Singapore.

Charis is a firm believer in mediation. She believes in adopting the lens of therapeutic justice in the conduct of her cases, especially in family law cases which often involve powerful emotions and have lasting consequences on the parties and their children, even after the case has concluded in Court.

Charis is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and volunteers in the community legal clinics.

Sara Ng

Associate Director

E-mail: sara.ng@covenantchambers.com

Sara is a lawyer with a deep-rooted commitment to justice and fairness. Since she was called to the Bar, Sara has been involved in a number of high-stakes legal cases involving corporations and individuals, as well as prosecutions by government agencies.

Her legal acumen and keen problem-solving skills have enabled her to achieve successful outcomes for her clients, such as appealing the sentences of three clients convicted under the Remote Gambling Act and successfully appealing a decision by the Ministry of Manpower in a fatal workman compensation claim. Sara is a dedicated professional driven by a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives. She believes in pursuing justice with compassion, and is passionate about pro bono work and giving back to the less privileged.

Sara is motivated by the prospect of making a positive and lasting impact on the lives of others.

Tay Jing En

Associate Director

E-mail: jingen.tay@covenantchambers.com

Jing En is a versatile litigator. With his efficient, no-nonsense style of lawyering and ability to tackle complex legal and factual issues, Jing En has helped his clients attain favourable outcomes in commercial, criminal and family matters.

From his early experiences working alongside veteran practitioners and even Senior Counsel, Jing En has gained a keen understanding of not just the legal and technical aspects of the cases he handles but also practical and ethical considerations, thus enabling him to render holistic advice and provide workable solutions.

Jing En’s commitment to providing quality representation to all persons regardless of background or means bears itself out in his practice; he has acted for clients of all types, ranging from banks and corporations to families and underprivileged individuals. Further, Jing En serves as volunteer counsel under the Law Society’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme.