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
Associate Director
Head of Integrated Property Practice Group
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, Class of 2009
Tris Xavier heads the Integrated Property Group at Yuen Law, specialising in Real Property, Intellectual Property and Insolvency. His expertise also extends to Personal Injury, Probate, Regulatory Advisory and Trust and Equitable Claims.
Specialisation
- Personal Insolvency and Bankruptcy
- Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
- Conveyancing and Real Estate
- Intellectual Property
- Regulatory Advisory
- Probate
- Trusts and Equitable Claims
- Personal Injury
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.
Language Proficiency
English, Mandarin
Property Law Specialist, Tris Xavier
Specialising in Real Property, Intellectual Property and Insolvency law, Tris thrives on seeing interconnected solutions for clients, and believes that law cannot be approached in silos but must be seen holistically. His breadth of experience in diverse fields is testament to Tris’ ability to find and finetune effective solutions to solve problems and issues as they arise.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Yuen Law, Tris served in the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office and the Ministry of Law. In his time in civil service, Tris 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.
Work Philosophy and Interests
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”.
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