Our Expertise

We specialise in complex boardroom, shareholder and joint venture disputes.

Our lawyers advise high value companies and its shareholders and directors in complex, cross-border, multi-party shareholder disputes, breach of director duties claims, shareholder derivative actions and minority oppression claims. We represent a broad range of clientele ranging from the individual shareholder/director, multi-million dollar companies, public listed companies to various Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Some of our notable matters include:-

• Represented a foreign corporate shareholder in respect of a dispute over the sale of shares worth in excess of $5 million.
• Represented shareholders in a dispute over a shareholder’s agreement between foreign shareholders (German nationals) and a local incorporated joint venture company. The matter was adjudicated at an arbitration seated in Singapore under the SIAC Rules.
• Represented a public listed construction company vis-a-vis its shareholder/director dispute in the context of its joint venture with a leading property development company in Singapore. The share quantum in dispute exceeds $600 million.
• Represented a senior private banker in matrimonial proceedings involving assets in excess of SGD30 million (made up mostly of various shareholdings spanning across corporations within and beyond Singapore, including a Family Office).
• Represented shareholders of a three (3) decade old boutique constructions company in Singapore in defending a minority oppression claim (Section 216, Companies Act), including arguments of quasi-partnership.
• Represented a minority shareholders in a minority oppression claim (Section 216, Companies Act) and derivative action (Section 216A, Companies Act) in the context of a corporate group in the food and beverage industry.
• Represented shareholders in negotiations for the exit of certain shareholders and the valuation of the company (and its shares).
• Represented directors in defending claims (of alleged breaches of directors and/or fiduciary duties).
• Represented directors in defending claims (of alleged breaches of directors and/or fiduciary duties) filed by a shareholder vide a derivative action (Section 216A, Companies Act).
• Represented directors in an application to the High Court for relief under Section 391, Companies Act.
• Represented a company to resist a director’s application to the High Court to inspect the company’s accounting and other records under Section 199(5), Companies Act.
• Represented shareholders in a contentious company winding-up application involving a group of companies.
• Represented directors in resisting bankruptcy applications filed by the company’s corporate debtor (seeking to enforce personal guarantees in respect of a corporate debt) for debts in excess of $15 million.
• Represented the CEO of a public listed company in respect of a shareholder / director dispute in the context of a corporate group spanning various jurisdictions, including Singapore, Malaysia and the British Virgin Islands.
• Represented a shareholder of a company incorporated in Cambodia but whose shares were forcibly transferred (by the majority shareholders/directors) to a company incorporated in Singapore. The share quantum in dispute is approximately USD$50 million.
• Represented a minority shareholder and director in an action for wrongful termination, minority oppression (Section 216) and derivative action (Section 216A) in the context of a corporate group spanning across India, Singapore and Malaysia with an annual turnover in excess of $30 million.