Jeremy is a criminal defence lawyer at Withers Khattarwong LLP. He has been recognised by The Legal 500 as a rising star and a key lawyer often engaged in internal investigations for both corporates and individuals. He was also recently identified by the Singapore Business Review as one of the country’s most influential lawyers under the age of 40.
He frequently acts for individuals accused of cheating, fraud, corruption, ship-bunkering offences, casino crime, remote gambling offences, money-laundering, confiscation of proceeds of crime, and various other financial crime offences. He is equally competent in the defence of blue-collar offences such as murder, drug offences, sexual misconduct and other violent crimes. In pre-emptive instances, he has been engaged to advise on compliance with local laws or to conduct corporate investigations into suspected wrongdoings. On many other occasions, he defends the individuals and organisations accused of committing the crimes.
Jeremy has considerable experience working with healthcare professionals to defend individuals who find themselves on the wrong side of the law. In a number of his cases, the accused persons had underlying behavioural and addiction issues which led to the commission of the offences. Some were even undiagnosed, or unaware of their condition at the time of the offence. In such cases, the accused persons are generally referred to the healthcare professionals to be diagnosed and treated. Forensic reports prepared by the psychiatric team are then used to mount the legal defence. In some cases, the healthcare professional(s) also appear in Court to give testimony. Some of the challenges in this field generally relate to establishing the correct diagnosis, explaining its link to the offending conduct, ensuring that rehabilitation remains a dominant sentencing consideration, and addressing the risk of re-offending.
Jeremy is also on the Supreme Court’s list of assigned lawyers for capital cases and has been involved in a number of murder and drug trials and appeals. He has also acted for clients in the Military Courts and before various Disciplinary Tribunals. He is passionate about educating others on the subject and devotes part of his time to teaching criminal law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, and Military Law at the Officer Cadet School at SAFTI.
