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We are instructed by Indian law firms acting for their clients in India or Singapore, on transactions and disputes.

We also act for Indian clients based in Singapore and in India seeking to do business in Singapore or have their disputes resolved here, and often also for Singaporean entities involved in disputes with Indian parties.

Our dedicated India desk helps provide streamlined and dedicated support to:

  • Indian entities seeking advice on Singapore law and legal services in Singapore, and
  • Singapore based and other ASEAN clients doing business with or investing in Indian entities.

Our Lawyers

The India Desk is managed by Lakshman Shankar, who is an Indian-educated and Indian-qualified lawyer with over twenty years’ practice experience in India, and by the firm’s managing partner, Peter Doraisamy, a Singapore-qualified lawyer who has significant experience working with Indian clients and Indian related matters. Clients benefit from our understanding of Indian business culture.

Over the years, the firm has built strong working relationships with reputable Indian law firms across various practice areas and industry sectors. This includes, but is not limited to, commercial litigation, international arbitration, M&A and corporate advisory work, shipping and international trade, and intellectual property.

Our India Desk is well supported by seasoned professionals practising across a wide range of legal fields in Singapore, providing the Desk a strong foundation and back-end support in complex disputes and cross-border transactions where both Indian and Singaporean jurisdictions apply. It enables us to offer our clients complete and comprehensive services, dovetailing across different practice areas.

Our Work

Our original core competence, commercial litigation and arbitration, now has the benefit of expertise in other practice areas. Our lawyers routinely handle both domestic and international arbitration, having been engaged on significant and complex disputes ever since the firm was established. Please refer to our page on our arbitration practice for details: link

We have worked on cross-border investments, mergers and acquisitions, business contracts and can be of immense help to clients wishing to establish business entities in Singapore. We are also well placed to offer regulatory advice and assistance.

Indicative Practice Areas

Our abilities arise from intensive work in different industry sectors: IT, telecom, healthcare, BPOs, solar power, renewable energy, shipping, banking, to name a few. We are well placed to render services in most practice areas, including:

  • Dispute resolution – litigation and arbitration
  • Company law
  • Private Equity and M&A,
  • Commercial contracts
  • Foreign Investment into India, Singapore and other jurisdictions, particularly within ASEAN.

Indian business entities and private individuals searching for international business opportunities look at Singapore as an obvious choice. This gives Singaporean entities, whether investors, service providers or others, attractive business prospects. The SIAC has become the most preferred arbitral institution in Asia, giving rise to an increased need for Singapore-India legal services. We believe PDLegal can play an important role.

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Recognised as one of Singapore’s Best Law Firms, 2021

PDLegal LLC has been recognised as a recommended firm in The Straits Times’ survey on Singapore’s Best Law Firms for 2021 under the Maritime & Shipping practice category.

The Straits Times, together with international market researcher Statista, conducted the first-ever survey to identify Singapore’s best law firms in 15 different areas of legal practice.

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  • Peter Doraisamy

    Managing Partner

    Raghunath Peter Doraisamy is the Managing Partner of PDLegal LLC. Peter specialises in shipping and maritime law and complex litigation.

  • Gerard Quek

    Deputy Managing Partner

    Gerard’s main areas of practice include fraud and asset recovery, commercial disputes, financial services law and regulation and shipping litigation.

  • Nazim Khan

    Senior Partner

    Nazim specialises in complex high value Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration.

  • Andrew Lee Weiming

    Partner

    In October 2017, Andrew was featured as one of “Asia’s brightest young legal minds under 40 years of age making waves” by Asian Legal Business.

  • Ling Wei Hong

    Partner

    Wei Hong is a dispute resolution specialist. His practice areas are Construction and Insurance.

  • Mike Chiam

    Partner

    Mike’s main areas of practice include Commercial and Corporate Advisory (Mergers & Acquisitions, Fundraising, VCCs), Financial Services Regulatory (Private Equity/Venture Capital Funds, Private Equity and Fintech), and Technology and Digital Business Services.

  • Mato Kotwani

    Partner

    Mato’s practice areas encompass civil and commercial litigation, criminal litigation (white-collar and general crime), employment law and other advisory work

  • Kyle Gabriel Peters

    Partner

    Gabriel is a litigator and dispute resolution lawyer. Gabriel’s main area of practice is commercial and corporate litigation with an emphasis on insolvency and restructuring, fraud and investigations, and international arbitration. 

  • Lakshman Shankar

    Partner, Head - India Desk

    Lakshman is an Indian-qualified lawyer registered as a foreign lawyer in Singapore. He has 24 years of experience and leads the firm’s India desk. 

  • Cathryn Neo

    Partner

    Cathryn is a triple-qualified (Singapore, England & Wales, and Australia (Vic)) dispute resolution specialist. Cathryn has a broad commercial disputes practice with experience in international arbitration, insolvency and restructuring, and mediation.

  • Daniel Ling

    Counsel

    Daniel’s areas of practice include fraud and asset recovery, commercial disputes, and white-collar investigations.

  • Tay Jing En

    Associate

    Jing En is a dispute resolution lawyer. His practice areas include civil and commercial disputes, criminal law and family law.

  • Kashib Shareef Ahmad

    Associate

    Kashib graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2020 with a Bachelor of Laws, Second Class Honours (Upper).

  • Sathya Narayanan

    Associate

    Sathya’s main areas of practice are civil and commercial litigation, restructuring and insolvency, and international arbitration.

  • Vincent Lee

    Associate

    Vincent specialises in disputes including contentious employment matters, insolvency as well as civil/commercial litigation.

  • Kanjanisa (Chloe) Jansiri

    Registered Foreign Associate (Thailand desk)

    Registered Foreign Associate (Thailand desk) l Barrister-at-Law, Thai Bar association and Attorney-at-Law (Lifetime Member), Lawyers Council of Thailand.

  • Glenn Chua

    Associate

    Glenn’s main area of practice is complex commercial disputes, restructuring and insolvency, international arbitration, and mediation. Glenn also assists in the conduct of criminal defence, particularly in relation to white-collar crimes.

  • Yzabel Dumaguing

    Associate

    Yzabel’s main areas of practice are complex commercial and civil litigation (including cross-border commercial and corporate disputes), fraud investigations, energy, natural resources & mining, offshore, international trade, and insolvency and restructuring.

  • Cheng Wai Yee

    Associate

    Wai Yee specialises in: Commercial and Corporate Advisory (Mergers & Acquisitions, Fundraising), and Investment Funds  (Private Equity, Venture Capital, VCCs)

  • Laurence Corray

    Manager - Insurance Practice

    Laurence has dedicated his professional career to claims handling and underwriting within the sphere of Marine Insurance. He has been a significant change accelerator within Singapore Underwriting circles

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    PDLegal LLC Advocates & Solicitors 1 Coleman Street #08-02 The Adelphi Singapore 179803

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    enquiry@pdlegal.com.sg

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    (65) 6220 0325

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    Let's Get In Touch

    Our Office

    • A:

      PDLegal LLC Advocates & Solicitors 1 Coleman Street #08-02 The Adelphi Singapore 179803

    • E:

      enquiry@pdlegal.com.sg

    • T:

      (65) 6220 0325

    • F:

      (65) 6220 0392

    • H:

      Mon - Fri : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
      Sat : 8:30 am - 12:00 pm