Eugene Thuraisingam LLP

Eugene Thuraisingam LLP is a unique disputes practice in Singapore. Founded in 2012 by a former partner from Allen & Gledhill, the firm staked an early claim in the independent disputes space and has established a forte in disputes involving both commercial and criminal issues. The firm has a track record of success in complex, high-value commercial disputes, often against major institutions. Notably, it litigated the landmark case of Ramesh s/o Krishnan v AXA Life Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd, successfully suing the insurer on behalf of a former financial services director who alleged that his former company sabotaged his career by giving a false employment reference. This case made the law in Singapore that when preparing performance reviews, employers must ensure that any facts stated are true and that any opinions expressed are supported by true facts. The firm also successfully persuaded the court to award damages of SGD 3.2 million to the client. More broadly, the firm is regularly instructed in shareholder disputes in high-value companies (including the famous Gokul Vegetarian Restaurant and a major Vietnamese pharmaceutical company), matrimonial disputes between prominent members of industry and society involving more than USD 10 million in assets, and cross-border insolvency and civil recovery proceedings involving assets in excess of USD 100 million, where the firm acted for a foreign trustee in bankruptcy and persuaded the Singapore High Court — in the first known case of its kind — to recognise a Japanese bankruptcy order and vest dissipated assets in Singapore in the foreign trustee. Unlike any other firm in Singapore, it is also a household name for criminal disputes. It has secured high-profile acquittals for professionals accused of sex crimes, both at trial and on appeal (viz., Public Prosecutor v Wee Teong Boo). It is also the only boutique firm ranked by The Legal 500 for domestic white collar crime.