Dispute Resolution

Director,  Dispute Resolution

Gary practices both civil and criminal litigation. He has an active civil/commercial practice and has acted in a wide variety of matters, including disputes in banking and finance, commercial disputes, arbitrations, directors’/shareholders’ disputes, minority oppression, tortious liability, property and contractual disputes.

He regularly acts for major local and foreign banks in relation to all aspects of banking disputes, including banking fraud, anti-money laundering practices, banker-customer obligations, banking secrecy, financial advisory services and obligations in respect of the sale of financial products. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, he represented banks, corporations and individuals in several claims relating to the mis-selling of financial products, including complex financial instruments such as accumulators, options, swaps and credit linked notes.

Gary also has wide experience in criminal matters and was formerly a Deputy Public Prosecutor. He has represented clients involved in diverse offences, including commercial crimes, corruption and securities offences such as insider trading, market manipulation. He has also been involved in investigations by various corporations into alleged wrongdoings of employees in relation to fraud, criminal breach of trust, cheating, breach of fiduciary duties and other misconduct.

Practice Areas:

Arbitration Banking & Finance Commercial Litigation Construction & Engineering Corporate Litigation Crime Defamation Employment International Arbitration Medical Negligence Real Estate Wills, Probate and Estate Administration

English, Mandarin

Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law Member, Business Network International, Singapore

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (1997) Admitted to the Singapore Bar in November (2000) Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (2000) Solicitor, England & Wales (2003)