Advocatus Law

Firm overview

The firm was co-founded in 2009 by Christopher Anand Daniel as boutique litigation and arbitration firm. Ganga Avadiar joined the firm in 2010. In 2013, Harjean Kaur started to develop the firm’s corporate and transactional practices. Suresh Nair joined the firm in 2016, and adds depth to the firm’s litigation and arbitration practice.

The firm’s core mission is to provide timely and cost-effective tailored outcomes for clients, and is guided by a core set of values – integrity, responsiveness and knowledge.

The firm’s clients include Singapore and foreign listed companies, MNCS, foreign law firms, non-profit organisations, local companies and entrepreneurs. The firm has an active regional practice.

Areas of practice

Civil and commercial litigation, and arbitration: the firm’s disputes team provides a full range of top quality services across a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial disputes, both in the Singapore courts, and before international and domestic arbitral tribunals.

Corporate and commercial: the team is actively involved in local and cross-border transactions, representing individuals, private firms, listed companies and multinational corporations on a wide range of corporate and general business law matters.

Employment: the team assists corporates and individuals on the contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law.

Intellectual property and technology: the intellectual property and technology team has extensive experience advising on a broad range of intellectual property matters which often involve cross-border issues.

Mergers and acquisitions: lawyers are actively involved in Singapore and cross-border M&A transactions across a range of industry sectors. The firm handles deals including strategic alliances, collaborations, joint ventures, acquisitions, mergers, spin-offs and divestitures.

Private client services: the team advises high net worth individuals, financial institutions, professional trustees, executors and personal representatives.

Restructuring and insolvency: drawing on our litigation and M&A practice groups, the firm has a strong restructuring and insolvency practice with extensive experience in managing restructurings and bankruptcy situations.

White-collar crime: the firm assists clients in multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations and proceedings on all aspects of white-collar crime and fraud, including corporate fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of trust, cheating, forgery, insider trading, banking regulations offences, corrupt practices and violations of the laws on regulated activities.

Awards

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
• Dispute resolution: local firms – ‘other recommended firms: tier 1’
• Restructuring & insolvency: local firms – ‘tier 3’

Asialaw Profiles
• Dispute resolution & litigation: ‘recommended’
• Labour & employment: ‘other notable’
• Restructuring & insolvency: ‘recommended’

Chambers & Partners
• Employment: Suresh Nair (ranked lawyer – band 2)

Asian Legal Business
• 2016 – Recognised as a ‘firm to watch’
• 2016 – Ganga Avadiar, named in the ‘40 Under 40’ list