Cavenagh Law LLP

Clients trust us with some of their most pressing challenges.

We provide clients with the highest-quality commercial advice and legal insights on a broad range of legal matters from contract structuring, commercial advisory and regulatory work to all forms of dispute resolution proceedings, including mediation, litigation and international arbitration. We also have specialist experience in managing investigations and advising on white-collar crime.

Our firm is consistently ranked highly in numerous independent legal directories, including by The Legal 500, Financial Services Regulatory (Singapore) and Chambers Asia Pacific.

In 2012, we entered into a formal law alliance with global law firm Clifford Chance. The formal law alliance, Clifford Chance Asia, is a highly successful and collaborative arrangement, enabling us to access Clifford Chance's extensive global network and legal expertise.

The Cavenagh Law leadership team comprises:

• Paul Sandosham, our Managing Partner, who has extensive experience in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes and advisory matters across a full spectrum of sectors including financial services, construction, infrastructure, and energy & resources.
  
  Clients have praised Paul as being "at the top of his game - among the best in the region and indeed globally” (Chambers Asia Pacific) and having "tremendous attention to detail, understanding the complexities of both construction and engineering issues and compelling presentation before tribunals” (Who’s Who Legal Southeast Asia 2022). Paul is recognised as a Global Thought Leader for Construction by Who's Who Legal.

• Nish Shetty, who specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international arbitration, restructuring & insolvency and regulatory work. He regularly advises on complex cross-jurisdictional disputes and is widely recognised as a global leader in the field of dispute resolution.
  
  Nish is recognised as a Thought Leader for Arbitration globally by Who’s Who Legal 2023 and is ranked in the Hall of Fame for International Arbitration in Singapore by The Legal 500 2023. He is also named as a leading individual by other major legal directories including Chambers & Partners and IFLR 1000.

• Janice Goh, who has extensive experience in a wide range of contentious and advisory matters with a particular emphasis on financial regulatory and corporate investigations and enforcement matters, including regulatory compliance and corporate governance. Her expertise in white-collar crime includes market misconduct, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering. She also regularly advises on employment law, particularly in employment disputes in the context of wider internal or regulatory investigations.
  
  Janice has been recognised by Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a "Next Generation Partner" in the category of Financial Services Regulatory. She has also been recognised by the Singapore Business Review as one of "Singapore's most influential lawyers aged 40 and under".

Our firm also contributes actively to the wider community through legal training and professional development for Singapore-based legal talent and by providing financial and pro bono support to local and regional organisations.