Region: Singapore

Switzerland’s highest court has clarified the circumstances where prosecutors are entitled to view materials gathered by lawyers during internal investigations for banks.

14 April 2023

Brazil’s anti-corruption agency is investigating “alleged irregularities” at the local subsidiary of Singapore oil rig construction company SembCorp Marine.

27 March 2023

Under pressure from opposition politicians, the Singaporean government explained why prosecutors failed to charge former executives at Keppel Offshore & Marine over a foreign bribery scheme.

10 February 2023

The Serious Fraud Office said “a record-breaking degree of international co-operation” went into the conviction of three former executives in a metals trading business.

02 February 2023

Singapore's anti-corruption agency has announced charging decisions following investigations into former executives at two subsidiaries of infrastructure company Keppel Corporation.

12 January 2023

In the latest counsel watch, GIR looks at the white-collar lawyers acting for cryptocurrency company Binance, and those involved in recent cross-border bribery settlements and the US case against crypto company FTX’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

05 January 2023

The Singaporean engineering company has agreed to pay $65 million to the two Brazilian agencies on top of the $422 million it agreed in 2017 to pay various authorities over the same allegations.

20 December 2022

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Singapore

When the US State Department asked the public for information on Kwek Kee Seng, a Singaporean national accused of evading sanctions to provide oil to North Korea, the Singapore Police Force responded a couple of days later with good news: they know where he is and they have his passport.

09 November 2022

11 October 2022

In the latest roundup, three former White House officials have departed for private practice, and firms have recruited ex-enforcement officials from the SEC and the Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office.

07 October 2022