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Patrick Ang is the Managing Partner of Rajah & Tann Singapore and the Vice Chair of Rajah & Tann Asia. Patrick has three decades of experience handling contentious and non-contentious matters. His areas of expertise include corporate restructuring and insolvency, acting for financial institutions and companies in high-profile landmark cases including Hin Leong, Nortel Networks, Lehman Brothers and Swiber. Patrick is globally regarded as a pre-eminent lawyer, having been consistently named in legal directories like Chambers Asia Pacific, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. His market-leading reputation is endorsed by Chambers Asia Pacific, where he is ranked ‘Band 1’ lawyer since 2008 and is commended as a “widely respected practitioner” and “one of the leaders in the area.” Who’s Who Legal recognised him as Lawyer of the Year for Restructuring & Insolvency in 2020 and also as a Global Elite Thought Leader for his “truly outstanding” expertise, an accolade conferred on the top 2 percent of all practitioners listed globally across their guides. In 2018, he was inducted into the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy as a Fellow, making him the only Singaporean (and the fourth Asian lawyer) in this honorary public service association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals. On the public front, Patrick has been a Member of the Professional Conduct Council (Working Group) of the Ministry of Law since 2016 and he is also a Member of the Ethics Committee at the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. In 2014, Patrick was appointed as a Fellow at the Singapore Institute of Directors. Patrick is also an Independent Director of Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation Ltd, Tiong Seng Holdings Limited and Nanyang Girls’ High School. He is also Chairman of the School Advisory Committee of Princess Elizabeth Primary School. Patrick remains active in contributing towards the development of legal education in Singapore. He is the subject coordinator for Insolvency Law (Part B – Preparatory Course) and the Principal Examiner for Corporate Practice (Insolvency) – Foreign Practitioner Examinations at the Singapore Institute of Legal Education. He is also a Member of the Professional Affairs Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law.