Navin Joseph Lobo
Managing Partner, Asia
Singapore
Asia Pacific is one of the world’s most important and fast-moving regions, home to some of the largest, most innovative and most commercially dynamic markets globally. With increasing cross-border investment, rapid digital transformation, sophisticated financial centres, expanding consumer economies and complex regulatory change, the region presents significant opportunity for international businesses. It is also a region where clients need legal advisers who understand both the commercial ambition and the practical challenges of operating across diverse jurisdictions, legal systems and cultures.
Our well-established offices in Hong Kong and Singapore operate as an integrated Asia practice, servicing the wider APAC region through these key hubs. Our teams of specialist, market-leading lawyers combine decades of experience with deep expertise in their respective jurisdictions and across the region. With genuine insight into local markets, and a clear understanding of our clients’ business and legal priorities, we deliver advice that is practical, commercial and effective.
Our Asia Pacific experience spans a broad range of sectors and services, including dispute resolution, international arbitration, corporate, employment, data and cyber, TME, insurance and reinsurance, consumer brands and retail, professional practices, financial services and regulatory matters. We regularly support clients on complex, cross-border mandates, helping them manage risk, respond to disputes, navigate regulatory issues and pursue opportunities across the region.
Our integrated UK and Asia specialist teams operate across one global platform, bringing together the right expertise from across the firm to support clients wherever they do business. This enables us to provide round-the-clock specialist legal advice, combining international perspective with local market understanding.
Whether advising on a regional dispute, supporting an Asia-facing transaction, helping clients manage regulatory change or coordinating advice across multiple jurisdictions, we provide clear, commercially focused support across Asia Pacific. Through our own offices, regional experience, international networks and trusted relationships with leading local firms, we help clients access the right advice, in the right place, at the right time.
Our Asia Pacific experience spans a broad range of sectors and services, including dispute resolution, international arbitration, corporate, employment, data and cyber, TME, insurance and reinsurance, consumer brands and retail, professional practices, financial services and regulatory matters. We regularly support clients on complex, cross-border mandates, helping them manage risk, respond to disputes, navigate regulatory issues and pursue opportunities across the region.
Our integrated UK and Asia specialist teams operate across one global platform, bringing together the right expertise from across the firm to support clients wherever they do business. This enables us to provide round-the-clock specialist legal advice, combining international perspective with local market understanding.
Whether advising on a regional dispute, supporting an Asia-facing transaction, helping clients manage regulatory change or coordinating advice across multiple jurisdictions, we provide clear, commercially focused support across Asia Pacific. Through our own offices, regional experience, international networks and trusted relationships with leading local firms, we help clients access the right advice, in the right place, at the right time.
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Client comments
They have tremendous experience, are easy to work with, and very pragmatic.
The team provides solutions that anticipate commercial implications and regulatory nuances, making them highly valuable to decision-makers.
The team are engaged and highly responsive, making themselves available at short notice. They have excellent technical skills and an ability to disseminate complex issues clearly. They engender trust in the advice they give.
We have full confidence in the firm's ability to handle complex matters. It provides an excellent service and is always responsive.
Awards
InsuranceAsia News Awards 2026
Lexology Index 2026: Insurance
IAM: Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2026 Singapore
WTR 1000 2026
Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific Awards 2026
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