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Sanjiv Kumar Rajan

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+65 6890 7800

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+65 6302 3292

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sanjiv.rajan@allenandgledhill.com

 

 

Sanijv Rajan is a Partner in Litigation and Dispute Resolution. His areas of practice include corporate & commercial litigation, arbitration, banking, construction, insurance, matrimonial, employment and crime. In terms of his crime practice, Sanjiv focuses on “white-collar” crime, advising listed companies and banks on matters ranging from insider trading to anti-money laundering.

A strong advocate of the pro bono movement, Sanjiv regularly handles assignments from the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme. His last two assignments in 2008 and 2009 have resulted in acquittals for his clients. In 2008, and in a rare decision by the local Courts, the client was acquitted of a charge of drug possession after a full trial. In 2009, and again, after a full trial, the client was acquitted of a charge of criminal breach of trust.

Sanjiv is an active trainer in the Postgraduate Practical Law Course, training would-be practitioners in subjects ranging from advocacy, to drafting.

Sanjiv has handled and/or been involved in a number of high-profile cases in his career. These cases include:

 

defending a construction company in the assessment of damages phase of proceedings. The claim against the construction company was for damage to a dragon-fish breeding facility, and its livestock - the first of its kind in Singapore. The matter is currently on appeal to the High Court after a successful first-round hearing, where Sanjiv managed to reduce the amount awarded for damages to around one per cent. of the quantum being claimed;

acting for a large multi-national in a claim against its previous in-house legal counsel for breaches of fiduciary duties;

acting for a large multi-national in a multi-million dollar impending arbitration involving disputes in relation to a coal mining facility in Indonesia;

acting for a large multi-national in a cross-jurisdictional, multi-million dollar employee misconduct inquiry involving potential breaches of anti-corruption laws;

acting for an advocate and solicitor on an application for reinstatement on to the Roll of Advocates and Solicitors;

successfully acted for an advocate and solicitor on multiple charges of forgery and cheating, in the David Rasif saga, resulting in a lower sentence being meted out to the advocate and solicitor, as compared to the co-accused;

successfully acted for an ex-nominated Member of Parliament who was acquitted after a full trial, on charges of corruption; and

successfully acted for a police officer who was acquitted after a full trial, on a charge under the Computer Misuse Act, resulting in one of the first decisions dealing with the ambit of “unauthorised access” to computer equipment.

 

Sanjiv graduated from Leicester University in 1996. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1997, and the Singapore Bar in 1998.

 
 
 

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