Jaikanth Shankar
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 5 : Dispute Resolution: Litigation
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Band 5
About
Provided by Jaikanth Shankar
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration
Career
Jaikanth is the CEO of Davinder Singh Chambers. He undertakes a broad range of work in the areas of international commercial arbitration, commercial litigation and insolvency. He also has an active investigations practice.
He regularly appears before the Singapore Courts and has been involved in arbitrations under various institutions.
Jaikanth has handled joint venture and shareholder disputes, claims involving fraud, breaches of directors’ duties, complex contractual and commercial disputes, employment disputes, cases involving white-collar crime and well as insolvency-related disputes. He has also acted for high-profile clients in defamation suits.
Jaikanth has been consistently recognised for his counsel work in notable publications. He has been described as “a star in his own right”, has “a great attitude and delivers a strong work product”, is “extremely thorough, knows the market well and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Singapore law”, “a top-notch lawyer” and “highly sought after for his extensive experience handling high-profile white-collar disputes and investigations in the domestic market”.
He was also listed as one of 40 “Asia’s Brightest Young Legal Minds” under the age of 40 by Asian Legal Business and one of 40 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under by Singapore Business Review.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Jaikanth Shankar deals with a range of complex and high-profile commercial disputes in Singapore, including shareholder and joint venture cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mr Shankar has a strong ability in managing complex legal matters. He is very analytical and has a clear logical thought process. He is patient in explaining his advice and is very courteous."
"He is a very good litigator with a depth of analytical thinking and excellent client management skills. He is able to anticipate issues beforehand and is highly focused on the points on which the case will turn. In cross-examination, he is forceful and able to extract the truth."
"Mr Shankar has a strong ability in managing complex legal matters. He is very analytical and has a clear logical thought process. He is patient in explaining his advice and is very courteous."
"He is a very good litigator with a depth of analytical thinking and excellent client management skills. He is able to anticipate issues beforehand and is highly focused on the points on which the case will turn. In cross-examination, he is forceful and able to extract the truth."