Summit Law Corporation is a boutique Singapore law practice providing customised legal solutions to high net worth individuals and family offices, catering to clients both in Singapore and abroad. The firm describes itself as an external "in-house" legal department, focusing on five primary practice areas: Corporate Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Family Law, Estate Law, and Conveyancing, alongside Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths services available at a client's choice of location.
The firm is led by founding director Daniel Ho, a lawyer with over 25 years of experience who has worked with clients ranging from individuals and SMEs to banks, multinational corporations and private family offices. Before returning to legal practice, Daniel was Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd, and previously served as regional in-house counsel for U.S. multinationals including Texas Instruments and Caltex, as well as listed companies across the Asia Pacific region.
Daniel is effectively bilingual in English and Chinese, with experience reviewing legal documentation and contracts in Chinese, and holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the National University of Singapore, graduating in 1988.
Summit Law Corporation positions itself as a boutique alternative to a large law firm, built specifically around the needs of high net worth individuals and family offices, both in Singapore and abroad. The firm describes its role simply: to act as clients' external "in-house" legal department, offering the kind of ongoing, customised legal support that a large in-house team might provide, without the overhead of maintaining one internally.
Summit Law Corporation organises its work around five main practice areas. Corporate Commercial Law covers operational agreements, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, trademark applications and protection, and compliance work including Personal Data Protection Act compliance. Intellectual Property Law focuses on bespoke solutions for clients' IP needs, including registration of trademark applications involving "generic" words, co-existence arrangements, and trademark infringement and invalidation applications.
On the personal side, Estate Law covers trust setups, will writing, preparation of buy-sell agreements, powers of attorney (including those required for HDB property), Lasting Powers of Attorney (Form 1 and Form 2), applications for Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, resealing of foreign grants, family deeds and agreements, and property transfers upon death. Family Law addresses divorce and annulment applications, appointment of legal guardians, adoption applications, deeds of separation, and property transfers arising from divorce or annulment.
Conveyancing rounds out the core offering, covering tenancy agreements, and the sale and purchase of both commercial and private properties, including purchases made under trust. Alongside these five areas, the firm also provides Notary Public services for documents used outside Singapore, and Commissioner for Oaths services for documents used within Singapore — covering declarations and affidavits, certification of true documents, identity verification, corporate registration verification, authentication of personal documents for immigration or emigration, notarising property documents for use overseas, banking compliance documents, and witnessing the signing of commercial contracts. These notary and oath services can be provided at a location of the client's choosing.
Summit Law Corporation is headed by founding director Daniel Ho, a lawyer with more than 25 years of experience spanning individuals, SMEs, banks, multinational corporations and private family offices. Before returning to private legal practice, Daniel held the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd, and prior to that served as regional in-house counsel for U.S. multinationals including Texas Instruments and Caltex, as well as listed companies across the Asia Pacific region.
That background gives Daniel a deep understanding of country-specific legal cultures and practices, along with experience delivering legal advice in high-pressure, cross-border environments. He is effectively bilingual in English and Chinese, with specific experience reviewing legal documentation and contracts written in Chinese — a useful capability for clients operating across both markets. Daniel graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the National University of Singapore in 1988, and his past legal work has spanned court prosecution and litigation management, documentation drafting, compliance, and corporate secretarial responsibilities.
Summit Law Corporation is based at 60 Paya Lebar Road, #11-49/50, Paya Lebar Square, Singapore 409051, and can be reached by email at [email protected]. The firm is also active on Facebook and LinkedIn.
For high net worth individuals, family offices, or businesses seeking a single point of contact across corporate, IP, estate, family and property law, along with notary and oath services delivered to a preferred location, Summit Law Corporation offers a boutique, experience-led alternative to managing multiple legal relationships.