Areas of Practice

Civil & Commercial Litigation

 

The Solitaire disputes team regularly appears at all levels of the civil courts in Singapore with a specific focus on complex and high-profile cases. We have consistently obtained results for our clients to advance their commercial aims. Our lawyers are particularly experienced in shareholders’ disputes investment recovery claims and has consistently obtained favourable results for our clients in obtaining urgent injunctions and remedies under the Companies Act. We also regularly take on complex cross-border disputes and work with foreign counsel. Our clients trust us to achieve practical outcomes for matters that are important and critical to them because our track record demonstrates it.

Other areas of litigation: trusts law, charity law, employment law, contentious probate, and land law.

White-Collar Crime

 

Our lawyers have handled many high-profile cases with their ability to manage sensitive issues affecting clients arising from the realities of such situations. Our advice is practical and precise, both in and out of the courtroom. We often appear in the criminal courts, representing our clients in cases involving white-collar crime, such as those involving criminal breaches of trust, cheating, corruption, and offences under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap 289), and the Moneylenders Act (Cap 188).

Corporate Finance Law

 

We have counselled parties on a wide range of matters including:

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

  • Capital fund-raising and capital structuring

  • Private financing

  • Corporate debt securities

  • Formation of joint ventures and strategic alliances

  • Securities & Futures Act (Cap 289)

Clients include MNCs, SGX-listed corporations, companies listed on foreign stock exchanges, private funds, start-ups, and family businesses.

Corporate & Commercial Transactional Law

 

We advise our clients on legal frameworks to help them achieve their strategic commercial goals. This includes:

  • Advising on Singapore laws and regulations

  • Managing cross-border transactions

  • Negotiating commercial deals

  • Advising on corporate governance and compliance

  • Drafting agreements and other legal documents

  • Matters relating to the Companies Act (Cap 50)

The team has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including consumer goods, food and beverage, media and entertainment, sports, technology, financial services, life sciences, real estate, and luxury goods.

Private Client Work

 

We advise clients on the planning and management of personal wealth. This includes the drafting of wills and powers of attorney, as well as the setting up of trusts. We also assist executors, trustees and administrators in all aspects of estate and trust administration. Through ongoing partnerships with insurance companies, we currently provide estate planning services to their clients as well.

Charities & Institutions of Public Character Regulation

 

The team is experienced in advising charities and Institutions of Public Character (‘IPCs’) on corporate governance and compliance issues with the Charities Act and its regulations. We provide support for AGMs, EGMs and Board meetings and advise their Board members on their duties in dealing with charitable assets and businesses. We have served to raise governance standards and increase transparency for these clients to enable them to focus on their charitable missions.