Blossom Hing appointed Senior Counsel
13 Jan 2025
Drew & Napier is delighted to share that Director Blossom Hing has been appointed Senior Counsel (SC). The Honourable Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon made the announcement of her appointment at the Opening of Legal Year this morning. Her appointment adds to the firm’s stable of Senior Counsel comprising Jimmy Yim, SC, Cavinder Bull, SC, Siraj Omar, SC and Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Pinsler, SC.
Incepted in 1997, the Senior Counsel scheme is the Singapore equivalent of Britain's King's Counsel appointment. Every year, a selection committee comprising the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General and the Judges of Appeal evaluates applications and appoints those who are deserving of the distinction.
As Senior Counsel, Blossom joins an exclusive group of lawyers recognised for their outstanding advocacy skills, professional integrity, extensive knowledge of the law and the highest professional standing. Last year, the selection criteria were refined to ensure that the persons appointed would also compare favourably with international counterparts and have tangibly contributed to the development of Singapore law and the legal profession.
Blossom focuses on complex corporate / commercial disputes as well as restructuring and insolvency related cases. Her experience spans almost 30 years, and she has been consistently recognised in international ranking publications such as The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000, asialaw Leading lawyers, asialaw Profiles and Best Lawyers International.
Blossom recently won the global award for Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year at the Lexology Index Awards 2024 held in London, formerly known as the Who’s Who Legal awards. She was named Litigator of the Year in Southeast Asia in both the 2021 and 2023 Asian Legal Business (ALB) Women in Law Awards, identified as one of the top 15 female lawyers in Asia by ALB in 2024 and named one of Asia’s top 50 most highly recommended arbitration and litigation practitioners in ALB’s Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers in 2021. Blossom also won the Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) in the 2020 ALB SE Asia Law Awards.