Charmaine Chan

Charmaine Chan is a Director in the Dispute Resolution practice at Drew & Napier, specializing in Dispute Resolution. She practices civil and commercial litigation, advising and acting for clients in a broad range of disputes involving contract, trust, tort, insurance, banking and finance, shareholder rights, and professional misconduct.

Charmaine has acted for a Thai hotel in a claim under its insurance policy for business interruption losses following a government‑mandated closure due to the COVID‑19 pandemic; acted for a wholly‑owned subsidiary of a company listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange in a successful application to sanction the restructuring of a US$145 million note; and acted for a company in successfully obtaining a declaration that it was permitted to prepay a term loan and redeem its mortgage (MKY Capital Pte Ltd v MDR Ltd [2022] SGHC 152). She also has experience in family law, representing clients in divorce, annulment, custody, division of assets, maintenance, and personal protection matters, including successfully arguing for the inclusion of a husband's retrenchment benefits in the matrimonial pool (UHG v UHH [2017] SGFC 136), and acting for a father and son in a dispute over a conservation shophouse involving issues of constructive and resulting trusts.

She holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.