Allen & Gledhill LLP‘s white-collar and investigations practice is regularly involved in Singapore’s most high-profile regulatory and criminal investigations. The team, which includes former prosecutors and judicial officers, manages multi-jurisdictional matters related to fraud, corruption, anti-money laundering, and market misconduct, representing both corporate clients and regulatory authorities. The team is co-led by Jason Chan, SC, who focuses on complex regulatory and white-collar criminal cases, and Aaron Lee, who advises on investigations related to fraud, insider trading, and corporate governance. The two are supported by Bik Wei Lee, whose work expertise spans criminal breach of trust and market misconduct. May Ling Lee regularly conducts internal investigations into employee misconduct and advises on anti-fraud and sanctions laws.
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Work Department
International Arbitration; Litigation; White Collar & Investigations
Position
Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Co-Head of the Firm’s White Collar & Investigations Practice.
Career
Jason Chan is a Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He is instructed to act for corporate and high net worth clients in a wide range of contentious matters, including Court litigation, international arbitration, regulatory disputes and confidential investigations.
Prior to joining the Firm, Jason served as a prosecutor and a judicial officer. He was appointed as an Assistant Registrar and District Judge at the Supreme Court of Singapore. Jason also served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore, and as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore.
Languages
English
Memberships
Council member and former President of the Law Society of Singapore.
Overseas member, Chancery Bar Association.
Specialist Mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre.
Education
Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree and Columbia University with an LL.M. degree.
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Work highlights
Acted for a prominent billionaire property tycoon in connection with the investigation by Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau of Singapore into then Singapore Cabinet Minister S Iswaran.
Acted in criminal proceedings relating to computer servers, which might contain Nvidia chips subject to export controls.