Aaron Lee

Aaron Lee is a Partner at Allen & Gledhill and Co-Head of the Firm's White Collar & Investigations Practice, specialising in white collar crime, corporate investigations, and dispute resolution. He regularly advises on fraud, insider trading, money‑laundering, corruption, securities, market misconduct, sanctions, import/export, and mutual legal assistance matters, as well as corporate investigations and inquiries relating to employee misconduct, fraud, and corporate governance‑related issues.

Aaron has acted in major and high‑profile fraud and corporate governance‑related disputes, including the claim by the National Kidney Foundation against its former Chairman, CEO, and Directors for breaches of fiduciary duties and conspiracy; the inquiry into Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare under the Charities Act concerning misconduct on the part of Venerable Shi Ming Yi; the high‑profile prosecution against several members of City Harvest Church; and for a number of international and local financial institutions in relation to the 1MDB scandal which involved investigations by various regulators. He also regularly advises on and acts in contentious employment cases and investigations by authorities involving misconduct and fraud, including advising on internal disciplinary proceedings, defending unfair dismissal claims, pursuing criminal recourse against errant employees, and commencing legal proceedings to obtain injunctive remedies or compensation against former employees.

Aaron holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2006. Prior to joining private practice, he was a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Attorney-General's Chambers, where he advised on and prosecuted serious and white‑collar crimes.

He is recognised in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a key individual in financial regulatory and employment matters, and Chambers Asia‑Pacific notes that he "is a very active practitioner who specialises in regulatory matters, as well as white‑collar criminal compliance". He is described by Who's Who Legal as "a very smart, pragmatic and solution‑oriented individual" who "always achieves the best results for his clients".