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Withers KhattarWong LLP Offices

Withers KhattarWong LLP
18 Cross Street,
#14-01
Singapore 048423
Singapore
Visit website 65 6535 6844 65 6534 4892

Amarjit Kaur

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+65 6535 6844 amarjitkaur@witherskhattarwong.com

Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration

Position

Partner, Litigation and Arbitration

Career

Amarjit joins Withers KhattarWong in Singapore as a dispute resolution partner from a US-based international law firm, where she developed and headed its employment and global mobility practice. She is a commercial disputes lawyer who has acted in high-value and complex litigation and international arbitration matters.

She has represented Fortune 500 companies and ultra high net worth individuals in shareholder, corporate insolvency, employment, and large scale professional negligence / construction disputes. She has guided executives and companies through complex employment issues arising out of investigations, reduction in force exercises, business transfers and M&As. Amarjit is a frontrunner in training and performing cultural assessments on #MeToo and diversity issues.

Amarjit has been noted for her expertise in labour and employment law in the 2019 and 2020 editions of The Legal 500: Asia Pacific. In 2017, she was recognised by the Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s most influential lawyers aged 40 and under. Amarjit sits on the Project Law Help Committee under the auspices of the Law Society’s pro bono services and is a strong proponent of pro bono work.

Languages

English
Punjabi
Hindi
Bahasa Melayu
Bahasa Indonesia
Thai

Memberships

Law Society of Singapore

Singapore Academy of Law

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science, 2009, LLM, Public International Law, Merit
National University of Singapore, 2003, LLB, Hons

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Labour and employment: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Amarjit Kaur – Withers KhattarWong LLP

Withers KhattarWong LLP has a long history in the employment sphere, particularly on the disputes side. Given the firm’s focus on private wealth, it is noted for its representation of senior executives and individuals, alongside its corporate client base. The firm has an impressive background in employee terminations, harassment claims, and senior executive exits. Deborah Barker SC has decades of experience in dispute resolution, including a significant proportion of employment cases. Amarjit Kaur is an emerging talent and esteemed litigator, who balances contentious and non-contentious employment work, including contract negotiation and employee benefits, while frequently acting for executives in employment disputes against large corporates, including breach of confidentiality claims.

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