SINGAPORE Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by:
Jansen Chow and Ang Leong Hao Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP has a dedicated fraud, asset recovery and investigations team that includes former prosecutors and legal ad - visers to the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force. The team builds upon the wealth of experience gathered by its partners in dealing with complex cross-border commercial fraud and asset recovery, white- collar crime, regulatory and compliance advice, and insolvency, as well as through its collabora - tions with anti-fraud, anti-bribery and forensic- accounting professionals. The firm has acted in
some of the most high-profile cross-border in - vestigations in the region, notably Keppel Cor - poration’s global settlement with authorities in the USA, Brazil and Singapore; Lehman Broth - ers, MF Global and Wirecard’s investigations into fraud allegations; the collapse of OW Bun - ker; and the Malaysian 1MDB scandal. Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP is a member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of over 1,000 fee earn - ers across ten jurisdictions, delivering excellent service to clients.
Authors
Jansen Chow co-heads Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP’s fraud, asset recovery and investigations practice. An experienced litigator and leading practitioner in cryptocurrency
Ang Leong Hao is a partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, with extensive expertise in cross-border fraud and asset recovery. His practice spans a wide range of commercial
and digital data disputes, Jansen successfully obtained Singapore’s first worldwide Mareva injunction against “persons unknown” and third-party disclosure orders against cryptocurrency exchanges in CLM v CLN. Jansen also regularly advises global blue-chip clients in their internal investigations, including a Singapore conglomerate in a highly publicised corruption scandal in Brazil – which was awarded “Boutique or Regional Practice of the Year” and nominated for “Most Important Development of the Year” at the Global Investigations Review Awards in 2018.
disputes and investigations, with a particular focus on disputes involving commercial fraud, investment fraud and breaches of director/ employee duties. Leong Hao is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin, and he frequently acts in commercial disputes involving Chinese parties.
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