Practice Areas
Appellate Litigation
Commercial Disputes
Insolvency
White Collar Defense and Investigations
Financial Institutions and Services Litigation
International Arbitration
Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption
Professional Liability
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Securities Enforcement / Financial Regulatory Enforcement
Career
One of Singapore’s leading Senior Counsel, Sreeni has over 38 years of experience in practically every area of dispute resolution. This experience, along with a strong appreciation for the practical and a quick understanding of any technical or subject matter knowledge, has enabled Sreeni to understand and give effect to desired and realistic client outcomes, and to formulate strategies to achieve those outcomes.
Sreeni started his working life in 1985 as a Legal Service Officer in the Singapore Legal Service, having been given the opportunity to obtain his LLB (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore on a Public Service Commission scholarship. Entering private practice in 1990, he has practiced extensively across various fields that include commercial litigation, civil litigation, international arbitration, restructuring and reorganization, criminal and regulatory matters.
Sreeni was a founder and Managing Director of Straits Law Practice LLC, before its merger with K&L Gates LLP in 2019, where he was Managing Director. Sreeni was appointed as Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice in 2013. He is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the UK and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
Through his roles on the board of listed companies, including as Chairman of a mid-cap mainboard listed health group, and with his in-depth experience as a disputes lawyer, Sreeni has acquired significant knowledge and experience in corporate governance, SGX and SIC compliance issues, acquisitions and divestments, recruitment and remuneration of senior management and dealing with the inevitable problems that listed companies face from time to time.
Sreeni has extensively on charitable boards. In these organisations, he contributed extensively not only in terms of programmes and hands on work but also in terms of compliance, audit supervision and human resource issues. Sreeni has been awarded the Outstanding Service Award by the Singapore Red Cross and the Public Service Medal (PBM).
Sreeni is active as a pro bono volunteer lawyer since 1990 and as an advocacy trainer for lawyers at all levels since 1993, both in Singapore and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Training and mentoring have been pillars of Sreeni’s professional life.
Publications
Modern Advocacy
More Perspectives from Singapore, authored chapter "Selected Aspects of Criminal Advocacy"
The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2023 and 2024
Co-authored "The rise of Hospitality Disputes"
Chapter on Presentation of Factual Evidence at Trial
Law and Practice of Commercial Litigation in Singapore (Sweet & Maxwell) 2015
Business Crime Q&A’s, Singapore
Financial & Business Crime Global Guide 2018/2019
