Marcus Phuah

We are a boutique law practice and corporate advisory / consultancy services firm offering bespoke solutions to our private and institutional clients who seek personalised attention to their complex and distinctive needs.

Marcus Phuah is the founder and owner of boutique law practice Marcus Phuah & Co., and Managing Director of corporate advisory / consultancy services firm - Legalasia Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd, focusing on Private Client, Family Offices, Technology, Media, Telecommunications, Intellectual Property Licensing, Commodities, Energy, Projects, Supply Chain & Logistics.

Marcus is a seasoned negotiator and business lawyer, having extensive experience negotiating and successfully concluding complex multi-million dollar projects across Asia-Pacific. He is a Certified Family Office Advisor of the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) and regularly advises private clients on their family office operations.

Prior to setting up his own specialist law firm, Marcus practised at one of the world’s leading international law firms, Eversheds. He was later General Counsel at Asia’s most ambitious natural resources conglomerates.

Marcus joined Eversheds from Honeywell International Inc. where he was the Asia-Pacific Director responsible for infrastructure contracts and intellectual property licensing.

Marcus has had extensive experience negotiating both public and private sector IT/Technology procurement projects. Marcus joined Honeywell from Motorola where he was Regional Director for Contracts. Prior to Motorola, Marcus had served as Legal & Regulatory Affairs Counsel at Hutchison Telecom and at the Singapore Legal Service (Attorney-General’s Division) as Legal Counsel for the Ministry of Defence.

Education & Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), National University of Singapore (1992)
• Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (1993)
• British Crown Agents’ Commercial Law & Practice Course (UK) (1994)
• Master of Laws Degree, National University of Singapore (1995)
• MBA (Finance), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2001)

Professional Memberships & Community Service
• Certified Family Office Advisor - Wealth Management Institute (WMI)

• Singapore Institute of Directors

• Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

•Advisory Committee, Singapore Info-Comms Media Development Authority

•Executive Committee, Licensing Executives Society (Singapore) (2008)

• Law Society of Singapore

• Singapore Academy of Law