Adrian Tan
Adrian Tan | |
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| President of the Law Society of Singapore | |
| In office 1 January 2022 – 8 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Gregory Vijayendran SC |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Sam Hui Min |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1966 Singapore |
| Died | 8 July 2023 (aged 57) Singapore |
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 陳錦海 |
| Simplified Chinese | 陈锦海 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Jǐnhǎi |
Adrian Tan Gim Hai (4 February 1966 – 8 July 2023) was a Singaporean lawyer and author. Known for writing the Teenage Textbook series of books in the 1980s, he was the 27th president of the Law Society of Singapore and a partner at TSMP Law Corporation. Of Hainanese descent, Tan was born in Singapore and studied law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). While studying at NUS, he would write two novels in the 1980s – The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook – which would prove to be popular in Singapore.
He began his law career in 1991 at Drew and Napier, leaving to Stamford Law (now Morgan Lewis Stamford) in 2013 after 22 years of working at Drew and Napier. He later left to join TSMP Law Corporation in 2018, and was a member of many boards during this period. In 2022, he was appointed the president of the Law Society of Singapore, having previously been with them since 2013. In March that same year, he was diagnosed with cancer, and died of it in 2023.