RHTLaw Asia is known for commercial disputes work that includes claims in court and domestic and international arbitration proceedings. The firm is also active in matrimonial disputes and has a strong criminal litigation team.
Core members of the dispute resolution leadership include partners Nandakumar Renganathan, Conrad Campos and Sharon Chong. Senior counsel Leslie Chew acts as senior consultant on the team.
The firm continues to act for a former employee of one of the largest private equity funds in Southeast Asia against their former employers for claims in wrongful termination, breach of contract, unlawful means conspiracy and misrepresentation. This is possibly the first-ever case in Singapore to consider stigma loss resulting from the breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence.
In another highlight, the firm is representing a locally incorporated holding company providing investment services through its subsidiaries in an arbitration proceeding at SIAC against a BVI incorporated corporation. The case is significant as it raises issues for determination in respect of what would constitute legitimate expectations of a minority shareholder and when executive committee members would be
deemed to have acted in the best interests of the company.
Renganathan and his team are acting for two publicly listed Singapore companies and a former political office-holder of a foreign country in a claim for defamation against a local academic who writes on corporate governance issues. The novelty of this matter is that there are no reported case precedents on the damages that are appropriate to be awarded for listed companies in a defamation proceeding.
Last year saw the departure of former partners Roderick Martin, Vernon Voon, S Gayathri and Senthil Dayalan. The latter went to Sim Chong.
