FOO SIEW FONG
Head, Family and Matrimonial Law
Head, Private Client and Wealth Management
T +65 6361 9805
F +65 6438 3777
E siewfong@harryelias.com.sg

Siew Fong heads the Family and Matrimonial Law Practice Group and the Private Client and Wealth Management Practice Group. Siew Fong deals with all aspects of family and matrimonial law.

The practice group was nominated the "Best Matrimonial Practice" by the Asian Legal Business Awards in 2002. In the same year, Asian Legal Business named Siew Fong as one of Singapore's pre-eminent family law practitioners in their Legal Who's Who. In November 2011, the Family and Juvenile Justice Division awarded the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in the Advocate and Solicitor Category to Siew Fong.

Siew Fong also handles preventive issues at the beginning of a relationship, e.g. the preparation of pre-nuptial agreements and has been invited to sit on panels, national radio and television programmes where she shares her experience on the usual issues arising in divorce, assets and children.

Siew Fong has been the President of the Singapore Association of Women's Lawyers (SAWL) from 2001 to 2009 and is now the honorary advisor to SAWL. She played a significant role in the publication "You and The Law", and "Teens and The Law". She is the author of "When Marriages Break Down:- Rights Obligations And Division of Property", a publication by Sweet & Maxwell and was recently appointed a member of the Committee by the Chief Justice under Section 139 (1) of the Women's Charter.

Siew Fong's commitment to social work also sees her appointment as a council member with the South East Community Development Council as well as a Deputy Registrar/Licensed Solemniser by the Registry of Marriages. Siew Fong is also a member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which membership is open only to family lawyers with experience in international disputes relating to maintenance, division of assets and children's issues. She is also an accredited Singapore Mediation Centre family law mediator involved in the Singapore Mediation Centre's Family Law Mediation Pilot Project.

Siew Fong remains committed to the progress of the legal community in Singapore too. She has been appointed to participate in the Committee for Continuing Professional Development Accreditation, a new scheme to be implemented by Singapore Institute of Legal Education that seeks to set progressive benchmarks for practitioners in the local legal landscape.

Siew Fong was called to the Singapore Bar in 1991.

Siew Fong heads the Family and Matrimonial Law Practice Group and the Private Client and Wealth Management Practice Group. Siew Fong deals with all aspects of family and matrimonial law.

 

The practice group was nominated the "Best Matrimonial Practice" by the Asian Legal Business Awards in 2002. In the same year, Asian Legal Business named Siew Fong as one of Singapore's pre-eminent family law practitioners in their Legal Who's Who. In November 2011, the Family and Juvenile Justice Division awarded the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in the Advocate and Solicitor Category to Siew Fong. 

 

Siew Fong also handles preventive issues at the beginning of a relationship, e.g. the preparation of pre-nuptial agreements and has been invited to sit on panels, national radio and television programmes where she shares her experience on the usual issues arising in divorce, assets and children.

 

Siew Fong has been the President of the Singapore Association of Women's Lawyers (SAWL) from 2001 to 2009 and is now the honorary advisor to SAWL. She played a significant role in the publication "You and The Law", and "Teens and The Law". She is the author of "When Marriages Break Down:- Rights Obligations And Division of Property", a publication by Sweet & Maxwell and was recently appointed a member of the Committee by the Chief Justice under Section 139 (1) of the Women's Charter.

 

Siew Fong's commitment to social work also sees her appointment as a council member with the South East Community Development Council as well as a Deputy Registrar/Licensed Solemniser by the Registry of Marriages. Siew Fong is also a member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which membership is open only to family lawyers with experience in international disputes relating to maintenance, division of assets and children's issues. She is also an accredited Singapore Mediation Centre family law mediator involved in the Singapore Mediation Centre¹s Family Law Mediation Pilot Project.

 

Siew Fong remains committed to the progress of the legal community in Singapore too. She has been appointed to participate in the Committee for Continuing Professional Development Accreditation, a new scheme to be implemented by Singapore Institute of Legal Education that seeks to set progressive benchmarks for practitioners in the local legal landscape.

 

Siew Fong was called to the Singapore Bar in 1991.