An investigation or prosecution by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) carries severe corporate, financial, and personal risks. Beyond potential imprisonment, heavy fines, and a permanent criminal record, white-collar allegations can freeze your assets, disrupt business operations, and irreparably damage your professional reputation.
What you state during initial interviews with CAD officers can shape the entire trajectory of your case. We advise on your legal obligations and rights during search operations, guide you through document production notices under the Criminal Procedure Code, and prepare you to ensure your narrative is accurately recorded before charges are framed.
CAD matters typically involve vast, complex paper trails and digital evidence. We conduct detailed forensic analyses—reviewing banking records, audit trails, corporate governance documents, encrypted communications, and expert accounting reports—to identify key discrepancies, challenge complex assumptions, and establish lack of fraudulent intent.
Where appropriate, we draft comprehensive legal representations to the Financial and Technology Crime Division of the AGC requesting a review of the charges. Depending on the evidence and surrounding circumstances, we seek outcomes such as a total discharge, reduction of charges, civil penalties, or conditional warnings in lieu of formal prosecution.
If your financial case proceeds to trial, our litigators deliver rigorous court advocacy. We meticulously cross-examine technical witnesses, audit experts, and prosecution investigators to challenge complex financial theories and establish reasonable doubts.
In cases where an offence is admitted, we craft compelling mitigation pleas. We highlight extenuating circumstances, full financial restitution, cooperation with authorities, robust corporate compliance overhauls, and personal background factors to advocate for reduced sentences, minimal fines, or non-custodial resolutions.
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When business meets enforcement, stakes are high. We defend individuals and companies facing charges including market abuse, tax evasion, corruption and anti-money laundering breaches.
Rooted in criminal defence, we bring tenacity to commercial litigation and international arbitration. As experienced disputes lawyers in Singapore, we act in complex business disputes, white collar crime matters and international arbitrations. We provide clients with clear, strategic guidance in high-stakes situations.
Wrongful dismissal occurs when an employee is dismissed without just or sufficient cause. This may include dismissal based on discriminatory grounds, dismissal intended to deprive an employee of employment benefits or entitlements, or dismissal intended to punish an employee for exercising an employment right. A dismissal may also be wrongful where an employer gives a reason for the dismissal that is subsequently shown to be false.
If you believe your dismissal was wrongful, you can file a claim with the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM). Generally, a wrongful dismissal claim must be filed within one month from your last day of employment. TADM will assist with mediation, and if the dispute cannot be resolved, the claim may be referred to the Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT). Depending on the circumstances and outcome, remedies may include reinstatement with compensation for income loss or monetary compensation.
