Pradeep Pillai

Practice Areas

Pradeep is the Managing Director of PRP Law LLC. He has approximately 26 years of experience in commercial litigation, international arbitration and insolvency related proceedings. He handles shareholder disputes, employment disputes and also acts for clients in non-contentious employment matters. He has acted as lead counsel in the High Court, Court of Appeal and arbitrations both in Singapore and internationally.

In insolvency related litigation, some of the significant insolvency matters that Pradeep has acted as lead counsel are: the liquidation of Pars Ram Brothers (Pte) Ltd, a large spice and commodity broker, in a S$160 million insolvency; the judicial management of Otto Marine Limited in a S$1.15 billion insolvency; acting for former mainboard-listed sofa maker, HTL International Holdings Pte Ltd, and successfully placing the company (with 16 subsidiaries incorporated in various jurisdictions) under judicial management and acting for the appointed judicial managers of the company. Presently, Pradeep is acting for the Lim Family (Hin Leong Trading) in bankruptcy proceedings in one of the largest personal insolvency matters in Singapore.

In relation to employment disputes, Pradeep regularly advises companies and high-level employees in relation to a broad range of matters including investigations, dismissals, retrenchments and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. He has successfully led and conducted trials in a myriad of employment disputes in the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Pradeep has been ranked in the Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide for 9 years and has been consistently ranked Band 1 for Employment since 2018.

Career

Shook Lin & Bok LLP (2000 to 2017), PRP Law LLC (2017 to-date)

Professional Memberships

Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Publications

Pradeep contributed to the Singapore section of the PLC Global Employment and Employee Benefits multi-jurisdictional guide 2012/2013 (Volume 1, 11th Edition).

Languages Spoken

English

Work Highlights

Appearing in the High Court, Appellate Division and Court of Appeal in Singapore. Acting as lead counsel in international arbitrations in Singapore and overseas. Being involved in major insolvency matters in Singapore and arguing important and novel points of law.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Singapore

Education