A recognised leader in its field, this practice group has won a well earned reputation for resolving the biggest and most challenging national and cross border disputes. In a tough and increasingly complex global business climate, clients rely on our advocacy and advisory expertise to provide them with commercial solutions and to protect their rights.
The right choice, whatever the dispute
Over the years, we have acted in the largest domestic and cross-border disputes and concerns. Our broad range of expertise includes:
Delivering 360° solutions
With a focus on delivering a full range of services, we work closely with other practices within the firm such as our Corporate and Capital Markets, International Arbitration, and Admiralty and Shipping Groups, to provide our clients with 360° solutions to every problem.
Whatever the issue, we have the skills, resources and experience to see you through every step of your dispute resolution process. Our close working partnerships with an extensive network of forensic accountants, commercial investigators, offshore law firms and other professionals enable us to deliver customised solutions that transcend international and industrial boundaries.
A dedicated approach to appeals
Our pursuit of excellence even extends to a dedicated appeals and issues team. We believe that appellate advocacy is a different craft that calls for different skills and a different style of persuasion from trial litigation. With cases on appeal almost always turning on a broad perspective of issues of law and public policy, our team’s keen awareness of the procedural, philosophical and policy concerns of the appellate court enables us to craft persuasive legal arguments on behalf of our clients.
WITHIN THIS PRACTICE Practice areas
Insurance / Reinsurance
Led by lawyers with over 20 years’ experience in the industry, this specialist team provides a full range of services, including: advising on and drafting insurance and reinsurance policies, treaties, intermediary arrangements and distribution agreements; claims and recoveries before domestic courts and arbitration tribunals; and corporate (acquisition or sale of insurance and reinsurance businesses), regulatory and licensing aspects in relation to both the general and life insurance business.
Our clients rely on our in-depth knowledge of the industry for cutting-edge advice and effective solutions. While, on the claims and recoveries front, our lawyers’ involvement in almost every high-profile dispute and landmark case provides reassuring evidence of our position as leading insurance and reinsurance specialists.
White Collar Crime, Corporate Fraud, Anti-Money Laundering and Capital Market Regulation
Thanks to our involvement in significant corporate fraud investigations, our lawyers are well equipped to deal with all kinds of white-collar crime and fraud, at both investigation and prosecution stages.
Cases on insider trading, securities fraud and market manipulation, disclosure breaches and breach of fiduciary duties feature regularly in our portfolio. The team is also adept in matters involving anti-money laundering measures.
Employment
We have extensive experience in providing large corporate organisations as well as senior executives support in handling their contentious employment disputes in both court and arbitration settings. In particular, our employment law experts have proven expertise in enforcing anti-compete clauses, protecting employer’s confidential information and taking remedial action in face of employment fraud. We also work closely with our corporate partners to provide our clients with seamless support in relation to non-contentious employment matters such as advice on employment policies, negotiating and drafting employment contracts and issues arising from restructuring, reorganisation and retrenchment.
Family, Trusts and Probate
Our versatile team also has considerable expertise in specialised family, trusts and probate. We have acted successfully in numerous highly contentious estate matters, family disputes and trusts issues, some of which have involved multi-million dollar sums and complex multi-jurisdictional legal issues.
Property litigation
