Overview
Eugene Thuraisingam Asia occupies a distinctive position in Singapore’s disputes market, combining a prominent criminal defence and white-collar practice with a flourishing commercial litigation offering. Founded in 2012 by former Allen & Gledhill partner Eugene Thuraisingam, the firm is known for taking on complex and high-stakes cases involving contested facts, individual liability and significant reputational exposure. Its experience spanning serious criminal defence, financial misconduct and commercial disputes gives the team particular strength where civil, criminal and regulatory issues intersect.
The firm’s criminal practice remains central to its market identity. Its lawyers act in complex white-collar cases involving alleged fraud, corruption, market misconduct and breaches of fiduciary duty, as well as serious criminal proceedings and cybercrime-related matters. The team also advises on extradition and cross-border investigations, including cases requiring coordination with foreign counsel and engagement with overseas enforcement authorities. This experience adds depth to commercial disputes involving allegations of dishonesty, conspiracy or misconduct.
Alongside this established strength, the firm has developed an increasingly substantial commercial disputes practice. Its lawyers handle investment claims, banking disputes, cross-border insolvency proceedings, shareholder conflicts, trust and property disputes, professional-negligence claims and asset recovery. The practice is frequently instructed on matters involving multiple parties, substantial financial exposure and proceedings extending across more than one jurisdiction.
The firm’s approach is strategically assertive but commercially grounded. Partners remain closely involved throughout each mandate, from initial case assessment and evidence gathering through interlocutory applications, trial and appeal. The team is accustomed to pursuing urgent remedies, resisting strike-out applications and coordinating litigation with insolvency, enforcement or criminal proceedings. Its lawyers also consider the broader commercial and reputational implications of a dispute rather than treating the court process in isolation.
Cross-border capability is another defining feature. The firm has managed matters involving the United States, Greater China, India, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand, where it has maintained a Bangkok office since 2022. Its lawyers work across several languages, supporting clients whose disputes require coordination between jurisdictions and legal cultures. This regional orientation is particularly valuable in cases involving foreign assets, overseas insolvency processes, extradition requests or parties operating across several legal systems.
Labour and employment is closely integrated with the wider disputes platform. The firm advises directors, C-suite executives and regulated professionals on terminations, remuneration, internal investigations, employee stock options and alleged breaches of contractual or fiduciary duties. It also acts for corporate employers on retrenchments, workplace investigations, restrictive covenants and claims against former employees. Its criminal and commercial litigation experience allows the team to manage employment matters carrying parallel governance, investigative or reputational risks.
Access to justice remains important to the firm’s identity. Thuraisingam has participated in Singapore’s Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences for almost two decades, while the wider team contributes to criminal legal-aid and pro bono initiatives. The firm has also received recognition for its contribution to pro bono work.
Managing director Suang Wijaya has led the firm since 2024 and is prominent across commercial disputes, white-collar matters and employment litigation. Founding director Eugene Thuraisingam remains in active practice, accepting selected briefs and contributing to the firm’s regional and strategic development. Director Johannes Hadi advises on commercial and employment disputes. The senior bench was strengthened in January 2026 by the arrival of director Faraaz Amzar from Clifford Chance Singapore. Amzar previously served as a Justice’s Law Clerk, Magistrate and Assistant Registrar, bringing judicial, public-sector and international private-practice experience to the team.
Through its combination of criminal litigation pedigree, expanding commercial disputes capability and cross-border reach, Eugene Thuraisingam Asia offers a specialist platform for clients facing matters in which legal, regulatory and reputational risks are closely intertwined.
