To me, the practice of law is all about reconciliation – reconciling parties who have different needs or different positions to arrive at a common solution, or reconciling issues that people have to solutions within the framework of the law.
Associate Director
Head of Integrated Property Practice Group
To me, the practice of law is all about reconciliation – reconciling parties who have different needs or different positions to arrive at a common solution, or reconciling issues that people have to solutions within the framework of the law.
Tris Xavier is an Associate Director at Yuen Law and Head of the Integrated Property Practice Group, specialising in Real Property, Intellectual Property and Insolvency.
He thrives on building interconnected solutions for clients and believes that law cannot be approached in silos but must be seen holistically. Tris’ breadth of experience in diverse fields is testament to his ability to find and finetune effective solutions to solve problems and issues as they arise.
Tris offers legal guidance to clients on various real estate transactions such as sales and purchase of commercial, industrial, and residential properties. His services include drafting and reviewing agreements, loan and financing documents, conducting due diligence and title searches, and advising on legal implications and stamp duties during a sale of property.
Tris is experienced with intellectual property matters and provides comprehensive legal support for protecting and registering clients’ assets, including trade marks, geographical indications, and designs. Additionally, Tris and his team are experienced in managing and renewing international intellectual property portfolios to keep them in good standing.
Tris also brings a strong grasp of the ins and outs of insolvency and restructuring legalities from his years in the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office and the Ministry of Law. He provides expert legal counsel for companies and individuals looking to restructure their debt, moving forward when shareholder or financial issues plague the company, or when individuals are looking for a fresh start on their debt. Tris also acts for creditors looking to recover their debt. Tris is also able to represent creditors looking to recover their debt. He is also a licensed insolvency practitioner, and is able to act as a private trustee in bankruptcy, or as nominee for individual voluntary arrangements.
In his time as a civil servant, he undertook a breadth of work including court work, policy planning and stakeholder management, and was heavily involved with the 2015 reforms of the then “Bankruptcy Act”, and the 2018 passing of the new omnibus Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act.
He then joined the Singapore University of Social Sciences as a lecturer, teaching subjects as diverse as Equity and Trusts, Wills, and Constitutional Law, as well as spearheading the inaugural Legal Clerkship Programme.
Tris also enjoys explaining and demystifying what the law can mean for businesses and individuals. To this end, he has contributed two chapters to LexisNexis’ Annotated Laws of Singapore (the Constitution and the Moneylenders’ Act), and was featured as one of Singapore Academy of Law’s “Legal Personalities who get personal on LinkedIn”.
Tris Xavier was quoted in The Straits Times by Chor Khieng Yuit in an article discussing the rise of bankruptcy rates in the first half of 2024. The article included Tris’ insights into Singapore’s approach to balancing the financial rehabilitation of individuals who have fallen into debt, and the interests of creditors. Tris also addresses
Our Associate Director, Tris Xavier, will be speaking at a webinar organized by the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS). This event is ideal for insolvency practitioners. House of Cards: Property Issues in Personal Bankruptcy Date: 25 June 2024Time: 2pm to 4.30pm What happens after you are declared a bankrupt? In land scarce Singapore, one
The law is a Swiss Army knife that can provide multifaceted solutions to an individual’s needs. Our role as lawyers therefore is to listen carefully, ask the right questions and think critically to ensure the solution appropriately addresses the client’s needs.
