Preetha Pillai

Practice Areas

- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

- Fraud and Asset Recovery

- Tax Litigation, Audits and Investigations

- International Arbitration

- Administrative Law

Professional Memberships

- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2018)

- Officer of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum, International Bar Association (IBA)

Personal

Preetha is a litigator with 25 years of experience in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration.

She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and empanelled as an arbitrator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre.

She acts for clients in a broad range of disputes involving joint-ventures, supply of services and goods in the information technology sector, leasing and financing and land matters, to name a few. She has built considerable experience particularly in the area of asset recovery in fraud matters requiring involvement at the forensic investigation stage, providing strategic advice on evidence gathering, obtaining interlocutory orders for preservation of assets and evidence, and ultimately handling the litigation to recover the client’s assets.

Preetha also heads the Tax and Revenue practice and acts for clients in disputes with the tax authorities.

Having a strong interest in rights-based disputes, her other area of interest is Administrative Law.

She is ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific 2023 for Dispute Resolution and has been described as “fast at picking up complicated issues and very good at giving precise advice”.

She in a regular speaker at international conferences and is particularly active at the International Bar Association, holding the position of Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum.

At the firm, Preetha co- heads the Social Responsibility Unit and in this capacity co-ordinates and directs the various pro-bono activities undertaken by the firm.

Publications

- Author: Chapter 19: Tax in a Liquidation, Law and Practice of Corporate Insolvency in Malaysia.