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NYAA Gold Award Ceremony In Prison

For the first time, 81 young offenders from Singapore
Prisons received their NYAA Gold Awards in October
2020 from President Halimah Yacob held at Tanah
Merah Prison. Among the recipients was Mr Darren
Tan, an ex-offender and an outstanding young lawyer
in Singapore. He was honoured with an Honorary
NYAA Gold Award for his excellent leadership and
contributions to society. Mr Tan was an NYAA Bronze
and Silver Award holder while serving time at Kaki
Bukit Prison School. Unfortunately, he could not
participate in the NYAA Gold Award because he was
overage.

After his release from prison, he completed his law President Halimah Yacob
degree at NUS and continued serving society. The
Singapore Business Review highlighted Darren Tan as
one of Singapore’s 70 most influential lawyers aged
40 and under in 2016. For his continued outstanding
leadership and contributions to the community, Mr
Tan was conferred an Honorary NYAA Gold Award by
President Halimah Yacob in 2020.

“I believed that the spirit of self-excellence is a
means to a greater end of service to others, which is
the whole ethos of the NYAA programme.”

Darren Tan
Partner, Invictus Law Corporation & Mr Darren Tan ,
NYAA Gold Award Holder (2020 Cohort) NYAA Gold Award holder (2020 Cohort)

Singapore’s Most Influential Lawyers Aged 40 And Under

Mr Kennedy Chen, a partner with Harry Elias
Partnership LLP and an NYAA Gold Award holder
(2010 Cohort), was named one of Singapore’s
Most Influential Lawyers Aged 40 and Under by the
Singapore Business Review.

Mr Chen was also appointed by the Singapore
Ministry of Law to the Panel of Assessors for COVID-19
Temporary Relief (PACT). He is recognised by the
International Commercial Mediation Center for Belt
and Road Initiative (established by the Beijing PRC
Law Society and Beijing Civil Affairs Municipal Bureau)
as the only Singapore representative on its mediator
panel.

Mr Chen specialised in corporate restructuring, finance
and commercial business advisory. He authored the
Singapore Chapter for the People’s Republic of China Mr Kennedy Chen
Belt Road Initiative Guidebook published by Eversheds NYAA Gold Award holder (2010 Cohort)
Sutherland U.S.

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