Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Construction & Projects; Employment; International Arbitration; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Restructuring & Insolvency

Partner

Shirin is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team.

Shirin’s practice encompasses a diverse range of litigation and arbitration work with a primary focus on employment disputes, as well as debt recovery and banking litigation. She also has experience in commercial & contractual disputes, restructuring & insolvency and building & construction. She has also advised and acted in several construction adjudication proceedings commenced under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act.

Shirin has acted for major local banks and financial institutions, multinational corporations, local construction companies and insolvency practitioners. She regularly advises banks on enforcement and recovery proceedings, and acts for employers across a broad spectrum of employment-related matters, including retrenchment exercises, disciplinary proceedings, terminations and enforcement of restrictive covenants. She has also advised clients in responding to complaints to the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP), disputes before the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) and the Employment Claims Tribunal (ECT), and investigations by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).

English, Chinese (Mandarin)

Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2016; and
LLB (Hons), University of Warwick, 2014.