Pradeep Nair

With over a decade of experience, Pradeep focuses on corporate and commercial dispute resolution, including international arbitration, civil and commercial litigation before all levels of the Singapore Courts, and mediation.

On the employment front, Pradeep's practice has a focus on contentious or potentially contentious issues, including termination of employment, dismissal, retrenchment, breach of fiduciary duties, enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations and protection of trade secrets, and employee investigations. Pradeep also has significant experience in advising and assisting clients on compliance and regulatory issues in the context of cross-border investigations, compliance & ethics (ICE) matters.

Notable matters that Pradeep has handled include:

Litigation and Arbitration

• Acting for a multinational technology company before the General Division and subsequently the Appellate Division of the Singapore High Court in a dispute against multiple defendants involving claims relating to breaches of contracts, breaches of confidence, and conspiracy by unlawful means (ATT Systems (S’pore) Pte Ltd v Centricore (S) Pte Ltd and others [2025] SGHC 13; [2025] SGHC(A) 17).
• Acting for the founder of a leading Indian matchmaking technology platform before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal in a complex dispute concerning the arbitrability of matters of shareholder oppression and company mismanagement. The dispute dealt with a novel question of law which had not previously been determined by the Singapore Courts or the Courts of any Commonwealth jurisdiction (Anupam Mittal v. Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings [2023] 1 SLR 349).
• Acting for a Thai corporation in a complex cross border dispute involving claims in excess of USD 280 million relating to alleged fraudulent dealings in the shares of a Thai publicly listed company. The matter involved both litigation before the Singapore High Court and arbitration proceedings under the SIAC Rules.
• Acting for a German diesel engine and turbomachinery manufacturer in SIAC arbitration proceedings involving claims in excess of USD 27 million relating to alleged defective works carried out on a vessel in a shipyard in Malaysia. The matter involved both litigation before the Malaysia Courts as well as consideration of sanctions issues relating to the vessel in question.

Employment

• Acting for a global technology company in seeking an urgent ex parte interim prohibitory injunction and search orders from the Singapore High Court against an ex-employee accused of transferring highly sensitive proprietary information to himself after his resignation.
• Acting for a global technology company in legal proceedings both at the first instance and on an appeal before a Senior High Court Judge in chambers, successfully resisting an interlocutory injunction sought by a prospective employee’s former employers to enforce a non-competition covenant against the prospective employee.
• Acting for a proprietary trading firm and market maker in defending a claim brought by an ex-employee before the Singapore High Court alleging, among other matters, wrongful dismissal and the improper withholding of employment benefits and bonuses.
• Acting for a global technology company in defending a claim brought by an ex-employee before the State Courts of Singapore alleging breaches of contract and internal policies, as well as alleged bullying, harassment and discrimination by the ex-employee’s former teammates and managers. The matter also involved expert evidence by both parties in respect of mental health issues which the ex-employee alleged was suffered as a result of his employment.

Compliance & Investigations

• Advising and assisting a global packaging solutions company on a cross-border investigation involving alleged misconduct by senior executives in China, Malaysia and Singapore who had allegedly colluded to take sensitive and proprietary information as well as client contact details to set up competing businesses.
• Advising and assisting a global investment bank on an investigation involving highly damaging allegations pertaining to alleged sexual misconduct by foreign senior executives against local junior staff. Given the nature of the allegations as well as allegations of a "cover up" by other senior stakeholders, the matter was handled at the highest levels within the organisation and involved concurrent investigations by the Singapore Police Force.
• Advising and assisting a global pharmaceutical company on a highly sensitive investigation involving alleged financial misconduct by a senior leader within the organisation arising out of suspicious payments made to a third-party which were picked up during an audit.
• Advising and assisting a global beverage company on a cross-border investigation involving one of its subsidiaries in Southeast Asia and several senior employees, following allegations of inappropriate payments to senior members of the judiciary via third-party intermediaries.

• Singapore's Top 20 Influential Lawyers Under 40, Singapore Business Review, 2026
• Leading Lawyer in Leading Employment & Labour Lawyers category, Doyle's Guide, 2026
• Future Star in Commercial and Transactions Disputes, Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific Guide, 2025-2026
• Key Lawyer in Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow's Dispute Resolution and Employment Teams, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide, 2022

• Member, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law