
Lisa Sam
Managing Partner · Advocate and Solicitor
Admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1997 · Barrister-at-law, England and Wales
Sam Hui Min Lisa
lisa@lisasam.comLisa is the Managing Partner of Lisa Sam & Company and has a whole range of experience on litigation and advisory matters. Having practised at both large and medium-sized law firms in Singapore before starting her own practice in 2004, she has substantial experience with issues concerning companies and business operations, and takes a practical approach to resolving them. She has been a mediator since 2014 for the Singapore Mediation Centre, the Law Society of Singapore and the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDREC), and as a Court Mediator.
Corporate · Commercial litigation · Family · General litigation
Some of the matters she has undertaken
- Successfully conducted a trial involving principles agency law and the law of estoppel in the context of a construction claim. The case is reported in the local Chinese newspapers and in the Singapore Academy Law Digest.
- In particular, argued and succeeded in an action based on negotiable documents, which is now a landmark case on Bills of Exchange. The Singapore Law Reports has reported this case.
- Succeeded in High Court claims relating to issues of constructive trusts and rights of beneficiaries arising from disputes over landed properties. This case, raising novel points of law for discussion, is reported in the Singapore Law Reports.
Law Society of Singapore and LAWASIA
President, the Law Society of SingaporeLaw Society of Singapore · 2024 and 2025(opens in a new tab)
Vice-President, the Law Society of SingaporeLaw Society of Singapore · 2021 to 2023(opens in a new tab)
Elected member of the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, from 2006Law Society of Singapore(opens in a new tab)
Member of the Executive CommitteeLAWASIA(opens in a new tab)
