Wendell Wong

Practice Areas

Wendell is a highly respected civil, commercial and criminal lawyer with over 20 years experience. His civil and commercial practice include business and commercial disputes, shareholder and director disputes, asset recovery, medical negligence, product liability and cross-border arbitration work. His criminal practice focuses on commercial and business crime, fraud, securities, corruption, corporate governance-related offences and investigation work.

Wendell regularly engages in regulatory and compliance advisory work including anti-fraud and anti-bribery investigations work for multinational and listed companies. He is an experienced arbitration counsel who has acted as lead counsel in numerous disputes and international arbitrations.

Prominent legal publications have recognised Wendell as a leading practitioner in dispute resolution, business crime defence, and investigations.

Career

Wendell was formerly a Deputy Public Prosecutor before joining Drew & Napier in 2000.

Professional Memberships

Wendell is the immediate past Chairman of the Criminal Practice Committee and a mentor with the Criminal Legal Aid Fellowship, Law Society of Singapore. He is the Treasurer of the International Bar Association, Anti-Corruption Committee.

Wendell was appointed as a member of the Penal Code Review Committee by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law and member of the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee chaired by The Honourable Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon.