Drew & Napier LLC

Dispute Resolution

Co-Managing Director, Dispute Resolution

Siraj specializes in complex, high-value commercial litigation and international arbitration.  He has an active trial and appellate practice at all levels of the Courts in Singapore, and also regularly appears in international arbitrations both as counsel and arbitrator.

Siraj began his career at Drew & Napier in 1997 before leaving in 2002 to join the corporate practice of an international law firm.  In 2008, he co-founded Premier Law and headed its Dispute Resolution practice.  In 2016, Premier Law entered into a joint venture with the UK law firm RPC, and Siraj was concurrently a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at the joint venture firm, RPC Premier Law.  He rejoined Drew & Napier as a Director in 2019.

Siraj has been described as a "star" and "a formidable litigator" in legal directories, and was named as a Leading Individual for Dispute Resolution by Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and a Disputes Star (Commercial & Transactions and Insolvency) by Benchmark Litigation.  He was appointed Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice of Singapore in 2019, one of a select few to be accorded the honour.

Siraj was a member of the Singapore International Commercial Court Rules Sub-Committee, and currently sits on the Working Group of the Professional Conduct Council chaired by the Chief Justice of Singapore.  Siraj is also a past member of the Council of The Law Society of Singapore and has sat a member of its Inquiry Panel since 2009.

Siraj holds Fellowships at the Singapore Academy of Law, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.  He is also a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and the International Association of Defence Counsel.

Practice areas

Arbitration Banking & Finance Commercial Litigation Corporate Litigation International Arbitration

English

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Arbitration & Mediation Institute of New Zealand Fellow, Singapore Academy of Law Member, London Court of International Arbitration Member, International Association of Defence Counsel Member, Law Society of Singapore

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1997 Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (1998) Solicitor, England & Wales (2002) Appointed Senior Counsel (2019)