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Samuel R. Sharpe is a Director and head of the Corporate Crime Investigations Practice Group of Duane Morris & Selvam LLP in Asia and is also a member of the
firm's dispute resolution department. Mr. Sharpe advises clients on corporate crime investigation (particularly in cases of alleged bribery) and compliance and
commercial dispute resolution. Mr. Sharpe is also an experienced arbitration practitioner in Singapore and has advised on a number of high profile international
arbitrations for clients in the construction, energy, insurance and hospitality sectors among others.
Mr. Sharpe has previously worked at leading international firms based in London and Singapore.
Mr. Sharpe is an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a solicitor in England and Wales.
Areas of Practice
+ Corporate Criminal Defence (anti-bribery investigation and compliance)
+ International Arbitration
+ Litigation in Singapore and England and Wales
+ General Commercial Dispute Resolution
Representative Matters
+ Leading an internal investigation into alleged bribery of public officials for a major hotel and leisure company in respect of its hotels in Southeast Asia.
+ Conducting an investigation into a Vietnamese target company for an MNC client and advising on liabilities under the UK Bribery Act and UK anti-money laundering legislation.
+ Advising a major international investment bank in carrying out a bribery risk assessment and drafting FCPA and UK Bribery Act compliant policies and procedures for a JV real estate holding company in China.
+ Advising a UK JV property development company in carrying out a bribery risk assessment of its business and drafting FCPA and UK Bribery compliant anti-bribery policies and procedures.
+ Advising a MNC property development company in carrying out a bribery risk assessment of its business and drafting FCPA and UK Bribery Act compliant anti-bribery policies and procedures.
+ Advising a P&I Club in relation to the long running litigation surrounding the sinking of the Hyundai 105 Car Carrier in the Singapore Straits on 22 May 2004.
+ Advising a major hospitality company in respect of a multi-million US dollar negligence claim against a major international law firm who had acted for them in Thailand.
+ Advising a major engineering and design company on their liabilities in relation to a high profile infrastructure project in Singapore.
+ Advising a major Mongolian conglomerate in relation to disputes with a contractor arising out of the design and construction of power plant.
+ Advising a major international hospitality company in a Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) administered arbitration in relation to an action against their architect regarding the design of a landmark building in the region.
+ Advising a major Philippine Bank (a member of a consortium of creditor banks) in a SIAC administered arbitration concerning the liquidation of a large company in the Philippines.
+ Advising a major Singapore listed mining company in a SIAC arbitration concerning a US$50 million claim against the company's insurers.
+ Advising a firm of architects in a Singapore Institute of Architects administered arbitration defending a multi-million Singapore Dollar negligence claim by a developer.
+ Defending insurers in an arbitration under the SIAC rules relating to an insured's multimillion US$ claim under a Construction All Risk Policy for an indemnity for costs arising from damage to a major highway project in the Philippines.
+ Defending a multi-million pound sterling claim against contractors in relation to the construction of the London Fire Brigade's training centre in Southwark (London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority v. Halcrow Gilbert Associates Ltd [2007] EWHC 2546 (TCC)).
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+ Advising a major middle-eastern oil company in relation to an adverse judgment on liability Masri v. Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and others (No 2)[2007] EWHC 3010 (Comm)).
+ Acting on behalf of an insurance company in seeking a court order compelling its coverholder to allow it to inspect documents relevant to that company's book of business.
+ Bringing a claim against a firm of engineers in relation to the poor design of foundations to a printing press.
+ Advising the Government of Barbados on Barbados' maritime boundary dispute with Trinidad and Tobago before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, constituted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
+ Advising Telekom Malaysia Berhad in its dispute with the Government of Ghana in relation to a multi-million US$ telecom investment under a bilateral investment treaty.
Pro Bono
+ Advising the international Federation of the Red Cross on the legal rights of migrants under local and international law in three jurisdictions in Asia.
+ Advising that ATT Legal Response Network (a network of pro-bono lawyers established by Oxfam, the Control Arms alliance and the International Senior Lawyers Project) during the negotiations for the Arms Trade Treaty and the UN in 2012 and 2013.
+ Advising on the Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative: developing, testing and delivering a legal education curriculum and materials for use in law schools in Southeast Asia.
Admissions
+ England and Wales
+ Singapore
Education
+ National University of Singapore, Singapore Bar Examination Part A, 2013
+ BPP Law School, London, Legal Practice Course, 2003
+ College of Law, London, PgDL, 2002
+ London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc, 2000
+ London School of Economics and Political Science, BSc, 1999
Experience
+ Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
- Director, 2014-present
+ DLA Piper Singapore Pte Ltd, 2009-2014
+ Dewey & LeBoeuf, 2005-2008
+ Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (formerly Herbert Smith), 2003-2005
Professional Activities
+ Member of the Law Society of Singapore
+ Member of the Law Society of England and Wales
+ Member of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education
+ Member of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore)
Selected Publications
+ "India Reins in the Courts: Bharat Aluminium v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Services," Singapore LawWatch, 6 December 2012
+ Author, "An ASEAN Way to Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia," The Pacific Review of International Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, 2003
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