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Practice Areas
Banking
Our lawyers have represented banks and corporates in high-value banking disputes arising out of lending and financial relationships. Our experience includes disputes over guarantees and security, trade finance instruments, payment obligations, and allegations of fraud or misconduct in banking transactions. We adopt a commercially focused approach to litigation and enforcement to protect our clients’ interests in complex banking disputes. Our lawyers have acted for banks and financial institutions in numerous important cases, including the following:
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First Asia Capital Investments Limited v Société Générale Bank & Trust and others [2017] SGHC 78 – successfully defended a US$15 million dollar claim against the bank for alleged fraud in respect of accumulator share transactions
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Société Générale Bank & Trust, Singapore Branch v Anwar Agus and others
[2009] SGHC 271 – enforcement of guarantee provisions contained in two mortgages against banking customers;
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Orient Centre Investments Ltd and Another v Société Générale
[2007] 3 SLR 566 – a landmark decision on non-reliance clauses in banking documentation. Successfully struck out a claim against the bank before the Court of Appeal on the strength of non-reliance clauses.