Adeline Goh
Senior Associate | Singapore
Secretary Muneerah Banu Mashuthoo
Operating as Withers KhattarWong LLP in Singapore.
Track record
Japanese client
Acted for a Japanese individual in relation to an employment dispute.
Vietnamese company
Acted for a Vietnamese company in relation to information production orders from investigation authorities in Singapore.
Japanese corporations
Advised various Japanese corporations in relation to internal investigations into wrongdoings / misconduct by its employees.
Vietnam contractual dispute
Acted for a company involved in a Singapore-seated arbitration in relation to a contract for the sale of land in Vietnam.
Contractual dispute
Acted for a professional in the financial services industry in a S$17 million contractual dispute. Successfully led an interlocutory application for amendment to pleadings. This decision was later upheld by a High Court judge sitting in chambers, and by the court of appeal.
China contractual dispute
Acted for a businessman in a contractual dispute arising out of a multi-billion dollar government project in China. Successfully appealed against the decision of the High Court, and contributed to jurisprudence relating to when a notice of termination is valid and the prevention principle as a basis for resisting the termination of a contract. Further, successfully obtained, a discovery order for the production of documents claimed to be confidential; and successfully defended an application to have the proceedings declared forum non conveniens.
Shareholder disputes
Acted for shareholders of a company with S$7 million annual turnover in multiple lawsuits arising out of the business of the company.
Multinational record label
Advised a multinational record label on their anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies in Singapore.