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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Jerrie Qiu Lin Tan

COMMERCIAL AND/OR CIVIL LITIGATION AND/OR ARBITRATION WORK IN 2021/2022

Acting as lead counsel for a Singapore medical device company in an international arbitration proceeding to defend a claim brought by an international distributor for alleged repudiatory breach of contract.
Acting as lead counsel for former employees of a company being sued for alleged breach of fiduciary duties and in particular, for allegedly accepting kickbacks from the subcontractor in the amount of approximately US$3 million. This matter involves four different parties, and has related ongoing arbitration proceedings.
Acted as lead counsel for two football coaches to successfully defend an injunction application brought against them to, among others, cease their training activities and/or refrain from using confidential information of the claimant in their possession.
Acted as lead counsel for an individual who was accused of conspiring with another individual to cheat the claimant of secret profits to be earned in certain non-fungible token trades. This matter ended in a successful settlement among parties.

CRIMINAL DEFENCE WORK IN 2021/2022

Acting for various accused persons facing charges of cheating/criminal breach of trust involving amounts of more than US$10 million.
Acted as lead counsel for a senior lawyer in relation to a charge under the State Courts Act for breaching a gag order.
Acted as lead counsel for various accused persons who were initially facing charges attracting the death penalty, and successfully managed to get these charges reduced to non-capital charges.
Acted for an accused person who was sentenced to the death penalty in setting aside his conviction before the Court of Appeal on a capital drug trafficking charge. In the re-trial before the High Court, Jerrie cross-examined various material factual and expert witnesses, which eventually resulted in the court finding for the defence and holding that the confessions of the accused person be thrown out. This led to a successful plea bargain between the prosecution and the defence.

INVESTIGATIONS WORK IN 2021/2022

Acted for an events company to conduct investigations against an employee that had stolen monies from the company. Jerrie conducted the investigative interview against the employee.
Acted as the Singapore counsel in a global team of lawyers for an American multinational corporation to investigate business ethics and compliance issues of its employees.
Acted as lead counsel for an energy company to conduct investigations in relation to cyber-crime allegations raised by the US Homeland Security.
Acted for an international law firm to investigate allegations raised about potential misconduct by one of its lawyers. Jerrie conducted the interviews of the relevant employees involved.

INSOLVENCY WORK IN 2021/2022

Acting for a creditor to resist proceedings brought by the foreign representative of an international airline to recognize a scheme sanctioned by a foreign court. This matter is before the Singapore International Commercial Court.
Acted as lead counsel at the hearing for an Asian national oil company that had to deal with competing claims from creditors of Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd, an oil trader that was undergoing judicial management in Singapore at the time with debts in excess of US$3 billion.
Acted as lead counsel in a Singapore High Court trial to get judgment on merits against the borrower and guarantors for non-payment of monies borrowed.
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