[Seminar+Printed Book] Legal Professional Privilege (Jan 2024)

Colin Liew practises independently as a member of Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice), and is a highly regarded commercial litigation and arbitration practitioner. In domestic litigation, Colin has acted against Senior and King’s Counsel in a wide range of disputes before the High Court (General and Appellate Divisions), the Singapore International Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal, having litigated ground-breaking cases involving novel and complex points of law. In international arbitration, Colin takes on appointments as arbitrator and as counsel, having experience of large-scale ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, and is also frequently instructed in relation to challenges to awards, as well as to provide expert evidence of Singapore law to foreign courts and tribunals.   

Colin has been repeatedly recognised as one of Singapore’s leading lawyers by various legal directories, which describe him as a “superb advocate and well rounded practitioner” who is “one of the sharpest legal minds of his generation”. As the author of Legal Professional Privilege, Colin has been repeatedly cited by the Singapore Courts on points of legal privilege.

Weiyi is a partner at Clyde & Co in the Singapore office. Her practice focuses on corporate investigations, regulatory compliance and commercial disputes.

Weiyi regularly advises clients on investigations into corruption, money laundering, employee misconduct, fraud and other white-collar offences, and assists them with their response to enforcement and regulatory authorities in the context of government investigations. Weiyi also advises clients on the design and implementation of their compliance programs, in the areas of anti-bribery, data privacy and sanctions. As part of the compliance program, she further advises clients on their internal investigation protocols, employee disciplinary processes and dawn raid procedures.

As a litigator, she represents clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings involving international trade, employment, intellectual property, probate and general commercial disputes. She is also an experienced mediator and arbitrator, having been appointed to the panels of the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

Weiyi serves as President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) Singapore Chapter and Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. She is also a Certified Privacy Manager with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Weiyi authored the Singapore Chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide – Corporate Investigations 2022. She was nominated in 2021 for “Lawyer of the Year – White Collar Crime” at the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards and “Litigator of the Year – South East Asia” at the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Women in Law Awards.

Shanti has over 30 years of experience in a broad commercial practice, representing clients in commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international. She acts as counsel and arbitrator. She is Head of the Arbitration Practice, Personal Data Protection & Privacy Laws Practice and Competition Law Practice. She is a Member of the Court of Arbitration (SIAC). She is a recognised and recommended dispute resolution lawyer. (Chambers, Legal 500, Asialaw). Her experience covers a wide range of disputes including banking, commercial, corporate and technology related disputes.

Shanti advises and acts in disputes relating to consumer protection, competition law, data protection and privacy, defamation and entertainment. She also advises on regulatory compliance with respect to legislation under the Securities Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Communications and Multimedia Commission.