Top Criminal Defense Lawyers:Singapore

 

 

MATHEW KURIAN

Mathew is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Prior to joining Regent Law LLC as a Director, he was a Partner at Edmond Pereira & Partners.

Mathew has an LLB (Honours) from the University of Buckingham, UK; MSc (Strategic Studies) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Post Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law from the National University of Singapore; and Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies from the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) of the Nanyang Technological University.

His practice covers a broad spectrum of criminal, employment and commercial law. Mathew has appeared in the High Court and Subordinate Courts for both criminal and civil matters.

In the criminal law arena, Mathew's interests lie in commercial crime and cross-border criminal proceedings. Mathew handles all types of criminal matters and specialises in commercial crime, corruption offences, corporate fraud, sexual offences, unlicensed money-lending and drug offences. In addition, he also defends clients charged with immigration, customs and MOM offences. Mathew is also trained in forensic examination of documents used for the purposes of fraud and has helped companies battle corporate fraud.

In the commercial and corporate law arena, Mathew provides advisory services to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and also advises on matters concerning shareholders agreements, share purchase agreements, distribution agreements etc.

Mathew recently acted as the lead counsel in the acquisition of a local company by a U.S. listed conglomerate with a market capitalization of USD5 billion and has also acted in a number of acquisitions of SMEs. He is also a legal and corporate adviser to numerous SMEs and is a Member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Mathew is an adjunct law lecturer at the Temasek Polytechnic. He also conducts seminars cum lectures for various organisations including Temasek Polytechnic, Security Industry Institute (SII), Singapore Customs and Certis CISCO. He is a law trainer for customised courses such as the Diploma in Police Studies and Security Management and the Fire Safety and Security Management courses for the Police and the private sector.

Professional Affiliations:

Member, American College of Forensic Examiners Institute.

Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA.

Member, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Member, Law Society of Singapore.

Member, Singapore Academy of Law.

KALAITHASAN KARUPPAYA ("Kalai")

Kalai graduated from the University of London with LLB (Honours) in 1999. He also holds a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia in 2003.

With more than 16 years of Court experience in diverse range of Singapore laws, Kalai is an experienced trial litigator with more than 100 trials under his belt. Kalai is a solutions-driven legal professional.

As an Assistant Public Prosecutor with the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) from 2001 to 2017, Kalai has prosecuted numerous criminal cases in the State Courts of Singapore.

Kalai was also an Assistant Director (Legal) (Court Prosecution and Registry) of Ministry of Health (MOH) and has provided comprehensive range of legal services to the MOH including protecting the interests of the Government, the Ministry, and the public healthcare sector at large.

CHERYL SIM

Cheryl is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Legal Associate in the firm's Criminal team. While her main area of practice is criminal and corporate law, she also assists in the firm's family, commercial and civil matters. Cheryl also has experience in construction matters and is quite adept in its specialised areas of adjudication and security of payments under the Building and Construction Security of Payment ("SOP") Act.

Cheryl graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Bristol (UK).

Cheryl is fluent in English and Mandarin.

P. THIRU

Thiru is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He is a legal associate with Regent Law LLC and was called to the Singapore bar in 2002.

Thiru holds an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of London and an LLM from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

His practice covers both criminal and civil matters. He also conducts lectures and seminars on business and company law for various educational institutions.

LOUIS JOSEPH

Louis Joseph, MA, LLB, is an old boy of St John's Institution in Kuala Lumpur. He is a barrister of Gray's Inn and an advocate & solicitor of Singapore and Malaysia.

He has taught and practised law for more than 25 years and is widely published (including in refereed law journals) in Malaysia, Singapore, England and Canada.

He was for some time a partner in Harry Elias & Partners

After many years of corporate, commercial & IP law practise (including a 9-year stint in- house in London), he has moved to criminal and civil litigation and has argued cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Singapore.

Louis prides himself on his careful preparation and his academic experience has prepared him well to take and argue difficult and complex issues of fact and law. He is very approachable and friendly but he does not compromise his habit of giving realistic and practical legal advice.

Louis has a measured approach, is always enthusiastic, has a capacity for thinking around the issues, has bags of common sense and is utterly reliable.

He has deep interest in 4 areas, viz general (including serious) crime, corporate fraud, bribery and corruption and professional disciplinary matters.

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