Lawyers

Sanjiv Kumar Rajan

Work Department

Employment, Health & Safety; International Arbitration; Litigation; White Collar & Investigations

Position

Co-Head of the Firm’s Employment, Health & Safety Practice

Career

Sanjiv is a litigator with more than 25 years of experience, with a practice area spanning litigation, arbitration and white-collar-crime and investigations.

A market leader in white-collar defence and fraud investigations work, Sanjiv advises clients on matters that include corruption, criminal breach of trust, insider trading and anti-money laundering. In addition to advising clients on mutual legal assistance and extradition, Sanjiv remains regularly involved in multi-jurisdictional/cross-border fraud investigations. Sanjiv was lead defence counsel for one of the largest regulatory investigations launched by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority under the Securities and Futures Act and the Companies Act.

Co-Head of the Employment, Health & Safety Practice, he has extensive experience in advising and representing clients in respect of employment, health and safety matters. In terms of employment, Sanjiv regularly advises multinationals on various employment disputes, ranging from restraint of trade, to wrongful dismissal, retrenchment, and disciplinary inquiries. In terms of his health and safety expertise, Sanjiv is regularly engaged for his extensive experience in large-scale investigations and defence work surrounding industrial accidents, including advisory work on regulations governing health and safety.

As for arbitration, Sanjiv is currently involved in a number of arbitrations, both domestic and international, in matters ranging from disputes in relation to joint ventures, energy and commercial and investment disputes. Sanjiv also regularly acts for clients in commercial matters before the Courts in shareholder disputes, minority oppression and derivative actions and is presently involved in a number of such matters.

Languages

English; Malay; Mandarin

Memberships

Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Associate Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre. Vice-Chairman, Admissions Committee of the Law Society of Singapore. Board of Directors, School of the Arts. Member, Family and Children’s Welfare Committee, Yellow Ribbon Fund. Senior Trainer, Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

Education

Graduated from Leicester University with an LL.B. (Hons) degree.