Singapore, 1 January 2026 – Rajah & Tann Singapore (R&T) has appointed Abdul Jabbar Bin Karam Din as Deputy Managing Partner. A partner for more than 26 years, he will support R&T’s continued strategic development and strengthen integration of centralised services across the organisation.
Formerly Head of the Corporate & Transactional Group, Jabbar has led initiatives spanning people, practice and processes. With the Singapore firm scaling in the region through the Rajah & Tann Asia network, the leadership team sees a critical need to align strategic and operational resources and functions across practice groups to support sustained growth.
Ng Kim Beng, R&T’s Managing Partner said: “We are delighted to have Jabbar on board as Deputy Managing Partner. His appointment reinforces our leadership bench as we continue to build for the future and position Rajah & Tann for sustainable, long-term growth.”
“Jabbar’s analytical skills are legendary, and he has worked with all practice groups on human resource and business development, planning and budgeting. After years of organic growth, we need someone of his experience to institutionalise shared services and support functions and embed consistent processes and standards across the firm.”
Jabbar is the second Deputy Managing Partner appointed since Kelvin Poon, SC, became deputy to Mr Ng on April 1, 2025. He has more than 30 years of experience in areas such as corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and banking and finance. He is recommended in The Legal 500 (Corporate and M&A), where clients have described his advice as “consistently sound” and delivering “high quality commercial value”. Jabbar has also been recognised in Lexology Index: Corporate Governance since 2017 as well as in Lexology Index: Labour & Employment from 2011 to 2024.
Rajah & Tann Singapore is one of the largest full service law firms in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with market leading practices in M&A, dispute resolution, international arbitration, shipping, insolvency, restructuring, capital markets, competition law, corporate & commercial, among others. It is a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, the largest legal network in Southeast Asia with over 1,000 fee earners in 10 countries.
About Rajah & Tann Asia – https://www.rajahtannasia.com/
Rajah & Tann Asia brings together leading law firms in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam, with each offering the highest standards of service to locally based clients while collectively having the capability to handle the most complex regional and cross-border transactions and to provide excellent legal counsel seamlessly across the region. The network’s geographical reach also includes Singapore-based regional desks focusing on Brunei, Japan, and South Asia. With over 1,000 fee earners, all working together towards one shared goal, we are lawyers who know Asia and who give our clients home advantage.
