Southeast Asia - Singapore

Dentons Rodyk

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While Dentons Rodyk has vast experience operating on non-contentious, corporate and transactional matters, including M&As, IPOs, and regulatory cases, the practice’s contentious and disputes capabilities are where the team notably stands out. Regularly acting on behalf of high-profile insurers and their intermediaries, the team assists clients in coverage disputes, policy interpretation, and professional negligence claims. Key areas of expertise include property and casualty work, medical malpractice, and personal injury, among others. Edric Pan is highly experienced in litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration, with strengths in defence work including D&Os, business interruption, aviation disasters, and personal injuries. Christopher Chong is noted for his representation of insurance companies in personal injury insurance disputes, notably in the medical sector. Jacqueline Loke is prominent on the firm’s regulatory side, often advising on crypto and fintech matters. All named practitioners collectively lead the team.

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Key clients

  • MS First Capital
  • Ronny Chin Architects Pte Ltd
  • QBE Insurance (Singapore)

Work highlights

  • Acting for MS First Capital and its insured, Certis Cisco (Certis), in defence of a claim in the General Division of the High Court.
  • Acting for Ronny Chin Architects in a High Court Suit concerning alleged water leakage defects that required consideration of technical expert evidence pertaining to the design of penthouses in Singapore.
  • Instructed by QBE to advise and act for Gain City in a claim for defective installation causing severe injury.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Edric Pan

Edric Pan

Dentons

Edric Pan is the Joint Deputy Managing Partner of Dentons Rodyk. Edric is also a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is the Head of the Aviation practice and Co-Head of the Employment and Insurance practices. Edric is a seasoned litigator, having handled a wide range of civil and commercial disputes work, including international commercial disputes, actions relating to breaches of directors' and fiduciary duties, multi-million dollar insurance claims, employment disputes, professional negligence, aviation claims, construction related disputes, and professional disciplinary proceedings. In over two decades of litigation practice, Edric has been involved in many high profile matters and has successfully represented clients up to the Court of Appeal, Singapore’s highest court. In the Insurance field, Edric specialises in claims defence work. He has handled a wide range of contentious matters relating to all manner of insured losses spanning professional negligence, D&O, business interruption, property damage, personal injuries, aviation disaster claims and others. Edric also advises insurers frequently on policy coverage issues. On the Employment front, Edric regularly represents parties in contentious matters involving non-compete clauses and other restrictive covenants. This often includes obtaining interim injunctions to enforce such covenants, or resisting such injunction applications. Edric has delivered workshops and seminars on employment law and insurance law, among others. He also co-authored a chapter in the Employment Law volume of Halsbury's Laws of Singapore. This book serves as an important reference work for all Singapore lawyers. Edric is currently the Vice-Chair of the Professional Indemnity Committee of the Law Society of Singapore. This committee recommends and negotiates the terms of the Compulsory Professional Indemnity Scheme and recommends the appointment of Insurers and Brokers of the Scheme. Edric also sits on the Committee for Private Education.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Edric Pan, Christopher Chong, Jacqueline Loke

Other key lawyers

Audrey Chiang