Fraud and asset recovery
Banking fraud
Representing a bank's former employee in his defence against a criminal charge under section 477A of the Penal Code for allegedly falsifying a bank valuation report of his then employer.
Bank of Fiji
Acting for Bank of Fiji in respect of dollar notes stolen in Singapore container yard during transit.
Nickel fraud
Advising a bank on their Singapore claim against a commodities broker and trader following forged warehouse receipts of Nickel stored in Asia.
Bank fraud
Acting for a former head of physical currency department of a bank who is charged with stealing Euro notes from the bank during the currency counting process.
Commercial litigation
Terence is a seasoned court lawyer with experience handling disputes spanning different areas of law, including commercial fraud, contracts, commercial torts, shareholder disputes and trusts.
Multinational corporation
Representing a Chinese subsidiary of a United States multinational corporation in the High Court in its defence against claims for conspiracy to injure and breach of contract.
International healthcare corporation
Acting for an international healthcare corporation in negotiations with its logistics service provider in respect of temperature excursions in the storage facilities.
Indonesian mine joint venture
Acting for a party in a failed Indonesia mine joint venture.
Outsourcing contract negotiations
Acting for an international healthcare corporation in negotiations with its logistics service provider in respect of temperature excursions in the storage facilities.
Medical defamation claim
Acting for a medical professional in a defamation claim made by a fellow practitioner.
Social networks defamation claim
Acting for parties accused of defamation on online social networks.
International corporate services company
Representing an international corporate services company in the High Court for a cross-border dispute arising from negligence in BVI and Singapore.
Telco dispute
Advising a bank in respect of satellite bandwidth a cross-border dispute with a Singapore telco.
VCC fund
Advising shareholders of a VCC fund in respect of their dispute with their VCC managers for mismanagement.
Defamation claim
Representing a senior executive of a listed company in the High Court for alleged malicious falsehood and defamation.
Fashion brand joint venture dispute
Acting in arbitration proceedings for Hong Kong shareholders of a fashion brand in a dispute with their American joint venture partner.
Chinese commodities company
Defending a Chinese commodities company against mareva injunction applications.
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Finance litigation
Focusing on commercial and finance dispute resolution, Terence is an experienced litigator who also has transactional experience advising banks and financial institutions on documentation relating to bonds, warrants, structured notes and derivatives products, including the master agreement, schedule and confirmations of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc (ISDA).
High Court suit
Acting for Minibond Ltd, a special purpose issuer of structured notes, in its defence in the High Court suit brought by note holders.
Securities and Futures Act and the Commodity Trading Act
Advising on restrictions and licensing requirements under the Securities and Futures Act and the Commodity Trading Act governing the sale and purchase of commodities and commodity futures and options.
Chinese offshore notes default - Singapore law aspects
Advising on Singapore law aspects in relation to the default of $13.2 million of semi-annual interest due on $309.3 million of China’s offshore notes.
Rogue traders
Advising private banks on rogue traders.
Private banking dispute
Advising private banks in disputes relating to a counterparty that exceeded trading mandate.
Natixis Bank
Acting for and advising Natixis Bank in Singapore in their investigation into forged warehouse receipts for precious metals that were supposedly stored in warehouses in Singapore and other parts of the region. The matter was in conjunction with litigation managed by colleagues in London.
Insurance companies
Acting for insurance companies in insurance fraud cases.
Mental capacity dispute
Representing family members in disputes relating to the mental capacity of wealthy patriarchs and matriarchs.
High networth individuals
Representing high networth individuals in disputes with private banks relating to product misrepresentation and margin calls.
Corporate crime and directors' criminal liability
Terence has vast experience representing accused persons in criminal proceedings. He also prosecutes on behalf of regulatory bodies such as the Health Sciences Authority for regulatory offences.
Criminal breach of trust acquittal
Obtaining acquittal of a manager of a restaurant charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect of restaurant monies.
Health Sciences Authority
Representing Health Sciences Authority in the trial of a criminal prosecution of a tobacco company for wrongful advertising.
Bank of Fiji
Acting for Bank of Fiji in respect of dollar notes stolen in Singapore container yard during transit.
Banking fraud
Representing a bank's former employee in his defence against a criminal charge under section 477A of the Penal Code for allegedly falsifying a bank valuation report of his then employer.
Assault claim
Quashing the conviction and sentence of a foreigner convicted of assaulting a taxi driver.
Regulatory offences
Advising and representing corporations accused of corporate criminal or regulatory offences, including dealing with sudden raids by authorities.
Insurance investigation
Representing insurance companies in a nationwide investigation and liaising with CAD and MOH in a widespread fraudulent scheme for free physiotherapy treatment.
Employment
MOM investigations
Advising an IT MNC on investigations conducted by the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore in respect of potential charges that the client was hiring foreigners to work in Singapore without the appropriate work passes.
Employee termination
Acting for Links International on the termination of an employee.
Senior executive exit
Advising a former cable network content company's senior executive on his rights on resignation, including in relation to restraint of trade.
Shareholder
Advising a shareholder director of Gene Onyx Limited in his exit from the company.