Our private client services group provides a suite of comprehensive services to high-net-worth individuals, trustees, executors and personal representatives in a litigation and advisory capacity.

Our Muslim Law practice group advises on Syariah law including marriages, divorces, inheritance and succession, and charitable trusts (wakafs).

In respect of matrimonial matters, we have represented clients at both levels of the Syariah Court and the Appeal Board. Specific areas of advice include division of assets, payment of nafkah iddah, payment of mutaah, custody, care and control of and access to the children of the marriage, and the procedures and processes of the Syariah Court and the Appeal Board.

We have the ability and experience to look at issues from not just the perspective of the Syariah Court, but also the civil courts, particularly in respect of issues that may transcend the different courts such as those relating to property and children.

We have acted for clients in divorce matters involving Syariah law ranging from simple divorces to high-net-worth matters involving cross-border considerations.

As for Muslim inheritance law, we are equipped to advise clients on their estate-planning options including –

• the effect of holding a property in joint tenancy under Syariah law;
• the effect of CPF nomination under Syariah law;
• the effect of insurance nomination under Syariah law;
• providing for legal heirs;
• providing for non-heirs such as adopted children;
• providing for non-Muslim next-of-kin or non-Muslim relatives (in the case of a convert);
• and advising on the different estate-planning instruments available.