Pardeep Singh Khosa

Pardeep also handles corporate/shareholder disputes and cases involving disputes relating to banking and financial services, professional negligence, public and administrative law, and employment law. Additionally, he has acted for high-profile clients in numerous defamation lawsuits.

Pardeep regularly appears before the Singapore courts and has been involved in international arbitrations under various institutional arbitration regimes, including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Banking

• A foreign bank registered in Singapore in a claim brought against it by a former customer for damages for losses suffered on the customer's portfolio following the 2008 international financial crisis
• A foreign private bank in a claim brought against it for damages for more than S$100 million by former customers involving allegations of breach of duty and misrepresentation

Contract

• A Singapore-incorporated company in a dispute for a claim for $900 million over the use and occupation of lands and buildings
• A Malaysian-incorporated company in a contractual dispute relating to the construction and management of a luxury hotel in Malaysia
• A luxury hotel in Singapore in a claim brought against it for an alleged wrongful termination of a lease agreement

Construction, Engineering & Infrastructure

• A government ministry in an arbitration where completion of a naval facility costing more than $150 million was substantially delayed
• A statutory body in an arbitration where the dispute related to the completion of a large-scale residential development costing nearly $400 million
• A statutory body in a construction dispute relating to an airport where completion of work was substantially delayed
• A vessel owner in a dispute against the builder relating to the construction of two LNG carriers
• A contractor in a dispute arising out of the construction of airports in Southeast Asia

Contempt & Crime

• The applicant in committal proceedings for an order that the defendant be committed to prison for contempt
• An independent director of a Singapore-listed company on his appeal against his conviction for alleged offences under the Securities and Futures Act for making false and misleading statements in a public announcement

Defamation

• A high-ranking government official in a defamation claim arising from the publication of an article in an online publication
• A statutory board in a claim brought against it for defamation.

Energy & Natural Resources

• A state-owned oil and gas exploration company in a dispute arising from a production sharing contract relating to an onshore exploration area where investment exceeded $60 million
• A Singapore-incorporated company on its rights under a long-term contract for the supply of LNG

Fintech

• Acted for a crypto-exchange in its Singapore-led restructuring and scheme of arrangement proceedings, and in its dealings with the regulators in connection with, among other things, the alleged breaches of the terms of a digital asset business license.
• Creditors of a crypto-currency lending firm in claims against arising from the lender’s decision to suspend withdrawals of and redemptions of its products.

Fraud

• Companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and Liberia in a claim for over $30 million involving, among other things, allegations of a conspiracy to defraud
• A publicly listed company in a multimillion-dollar claim involving, among other things, allegations of fraud

Injunctions

• A Singapore company with coal mining assets in an application to resist an anti-suit injunction to restrain it from, among other things, continuing to prosecute proceedings in Indonesia

Professional Negligence

• One of Singapore’s largest hospitals in a claim involving allegations of medical negligence
• A leading law firm in Singapore in a claim involving allegations of professional negligence

Public & Administrative Law

• A securities exchange on an application for judicial review of its decision to publicly reprimand a director of a listed company
• A professional body in an application for judicial review of its decision to discipline its members

Shareholder, Joint Venture & Corporate Disputes

• A real estate owner and developer in successfully resisting applications by a real estate holding company to wind up companies holding the assets of their joint venture to develop a mixed development
• A publicly listed Singapore-incorporated company in a claim arising from a joint venture relating to the ownership and management of luxury hotels in Australia worth approximately $700 million
• A leading Vietnamese technology company in a joint venture dispute relating to online gaming and mobile services
• A leading Indonesian media company in a joint venture dispute relating to broadcasting rights
• A publicly listed Singapore-incorporated company in a multi-million-dollar claim involving allegations of the breaches of an agreement for the sale of intellectual property
• A Singapore-incorporated company in a multi-million-dollar claim involving fraud and the breaches of directors’ duties
• An independent director of a REIT in a multi-million-dollar dispute involving allegations of fraudulent and/or misleading announcements and disclosures

International Arbitration

• A government ministry in an arbitration where completion of a naval facility costing more than $150 million was substantially delayed
• A statutory body in an arbitration where the dispute related to the completion of a large-scale residential development costing nearly $400 million
• The respondent in an arbitration under the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration rules of arbitration where the dispute related to an agreement for sale of a vessel
• A Singapore-incorporated company in an arbitration under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules where the claim related to the supply of gas under a contract for over $20 million