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White-collar crime - Foreign firms

Clifford Chance

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Clifford Chance’s acts for financial institutions, multinational corporations and banks on a broad range of matters, covering investigations, regulatory compliance, fraud and corruption mandates, key areas of expertise enhanced by the firm’s financial regulatory, sanctions, and anti-corruption practices. In Singapore, the firm further benefits from a formal law alliance with boutique firm Cavenagh Law LLP, and is well-placed to advise on cross-border matters across the region, drawing on its wider network. Kabir Singh co-leads the team and handles cross-border disputes and regulatory issues, notably in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, while co-head Vasu Muthyala, a former US DOJ prosecutor and SEC enforcement lawyer, has far-reaching experience advising on cross-border investigations and regulatory mandates.

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  • ‘The team operates at a high degree of sophistication. Easy, collegial and personable. Top-quality advice packaged simply and pragmatically.’

  • ‘Kabir Singh and Nish Shetty are sophisticated operators, intensely involved and always ready to speak. A pleasure to deal with.’

Work highlights

  • Acting for a leading European bank in relation to ongoing investigations and proceedings relating to the 1MDB scandal.
  • Representing a major US bank in relation to serious allegations of sexual misconduct by senior level managers and resulting protests by lobby groups outside the premises of the US bank in India.
  • Advising various financial institutions in global internal investigations involving employees' use of communication channels on chat platforms on non-recorded lines including personal phones, which are in breach of the bank's policies and applicable regulations in various jurisdictions.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh

Clifford Chance LLP

Kabir Singh is a partner in the International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice of Clifford Chance. He specialises in complex, cross border disputes with a focus on India and Southeast Asia. His clients include large multinational corporations, international banks and financial institutions across APAC. His practice focuses on international arbitration, regulatory investigations and contentious employment disputes. He has acted as counsel on numerous international arbitrations under the rules of ICC, SIAC, LCIA, HKIAC and AAA. Kabir has been appointed as an alternate member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kabir Singh, Vasu Muthyala

Other key lawyers

Nish Shetty, Janice Goh

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