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Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Offices
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MARINA ONE WEST TOWER #06-07
SINGAPORE 018937
018937
Singapore
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Murali Pillai, SC
Position
Partner, Commercial Litigation, Appeals & Issues, and Employment
Career
Murali Pillai SC is a partner of Rajah & Tann’s Commercial Litigation, Appeals and Issues and Employment Practices. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in January 2020.
He has over two decades of experience dealing with a wide spectrum of matters, including employment law and financial services. He also advises financial institutions on contentious regulatory matters.
Murali has argued several landmark civil and criminal cases in the Supreme Court of Singapore. He has also been appointed as arbitrator in both international and domestic disputes.
His clients include financial institutions, public health institutions and insurance companies where he is involved in matters such as mass departure of financial advisers to a competitor, departure and recruitment of senior employees involving issues of enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants, banking secrecy and preserving confidentiality.
Identified as Singapore Lawyer of the Year in the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards (2023), Murali is lauded by clients as “a top lawyer, one of the best we have” and “a highly trusted legal adviser, very knowledgeable and has a keen sense of commercial awareness. He is also a brilliant strategist”.
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Labour and employment: local firms
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP has a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment work, fielding one of the largest teams in the Singapore market. It is a member of Ius Laboris, the global legal network that specialises in labour and employment law. The wide-ranging practice encompasses an impressive flow of engagements, including employment policy reviews, trade union negotiations, employment disputes, investigations and disciplinary processes, and retrenchment and restructuring exercises. The firm is also rated for managing multi-jurisdictional employment issues. Desmond Wee leads the non-contentious employment team with an impressive background in retrenchments and restructurings, investigations, and employee benefits. The highly-rated Jonathan Yuen heads the employment disputes group, handling high-stakes cases and major investigations. Murali Pillai, SC is another leading employment litigator.
Lawyer Rankings
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