LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Our Litigation Department handles all types of commercial and tortious litigation as well as white-collar criminal defence in Singapore. We represent clients in court, as well as in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution forums.

The department's practice areas include the following:-

  • Advice on pre-litigation courses of action
  • Preemptive remedies including mandatory and prohibitive injunctions
  • International commercial transactions and other contract claims
  • Banking litigation, with emphasis on mortgage claims, loan recovery, claims on trust receipts, letters of credit, guarantees, performance bonds, debentures and other bank related claims
  • Corporate litigation, including scheme of arrangement, minority oppression, shareholders' disputes, breach of fiduciary duties
  • Employment disputes, including employment contracts and collective agreements
  • Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, judicial management and liquidation
  • Arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution
  • Building and construction claims, including claims against developers, architects, engineers, main contractors and sub-contractors
  • Shareholders, partnership and internal corporate disputes
  • Commercial fraud claims
  • Credit card claims
  • Motor accident claims
  • Debt collection
  • Tortious and negligence claims, including professional negligence
  • Defamation claims
  • Intellectual property disputes (see also the services provided by the Intellectual Property Department)
  • Family disputes
  • Mortgage actions and other security related actions
  • Securities and futures
  • Hire purchase and leasing
  • Real estate disputes
  • Probate and estate administration
  • Factoring claims
  • White-collar criminal defence
  • Product liability actions
  • Insurance disputes

Our lawyers also act as coordinating and advising counsel in respect of transborder claims where proceedings may be instituted in other jurisdictions. In such matters, the company appoints and instructs legal firms from its network of foreign legal firms in these other jurisdictions and monitors and coordinates the proceedings.