Tien Hua is a Consultant in our Family and Divorce Practice Group. He has acted for high net worth individuals, successful entrepreneurs and wealthy families in numerous matrimonial and family law disputes and has appeared in matrimonial cases from the Singapore Family Court to the Singapore Court of Appeal.

Tien Hua was a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, membership of which is open exclusively to family lawyers with experience in international disputes relating to maintenance, division of assets and children’s issues. He was also a member of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and author of a book on matrimonial and family law entitled “Divorce – Untying The Knot”, a publication by Marshall Cavendish. He also wrote and contributed 3 chapters to “Law & Practice of Family Law in Singapore” by Sweet & “Maxwell, a seminal practitioner’s guide to Family Law in Singapore, of which the Editor –in-Chief is the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, Judicial Commissioner Valerie Thean and the General Editor is Ms Foo Siew Fong.

Tien Hua was named Market Leader and Preeminent in Family and Divorce law for Singapore by Doyle’s Guide and was named by Benchmark Litigation as a Dispute Resolution Star.

Tien Hua was an accredited Singapore Mediation Centre family law mediator involved in the Singapore Mediation Centre’s Family Law Mediation Pilot Project and was on the panel of the Singapore Mediation Centre’s Collaborative Family Practice (“CFP”) service, which aims to resolve family disputes outside of the courtroom. He was appointed as a Child Representative by the Family Justice Court for custody cases. Tien Hua was also a licensed solemniser and a deputy registrar of marriages.

In the area of Private Client Advisory, Tien Hua was a legal adviser to an independent Asian Family Office and has advised private clients on succession planning, trust structures, administration of trusts, probate and general trusts.

Tien Hua speaks regularly as a specialist in his field. He was also recently featured on national television, Channel News Asia, where he shared his expert opinion on various matters relating to family law. Tien Hua was an adjunct professor with Singapore Management University’s School of Law, teaching family law.

Tien Hua was called to the Singapore Bar in 1994 and was a Commissioner for Oaths. He graduated from the London School of Economics in 1992 and is a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, UK.