Christine Tee

Christine Tee is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department at Allen & Gledhill, specialising in dispute resolution, employment law, and corporate investigations. She has experience at all levels of the Singapore courts and regularly advises companies on employment disputes, including wrongful dismissals, enforcement of restrictive covenants and post‑termination restraints, disciplinary proceedings, work‑health safety incidents, and work injury compensation. She also advises and assists in corporate investigations into employee wrongdoing, including breaches of anti‑harassment and anti‑discrimination policies, disciplinary inquiries relating to corruption, fraud and corporate governance, and work‑health safety incidents.

Christine has extensive experience in healthcare advisory and dispute matters, having acted for prominent healthcare institutions and leading medical and dental professionals in medical and dental negligence claims, disciplinary proceedings, and Coroner's inquiries. She successfully defended a senior surgeon in a landmark case before the High Court and Court of Appeal, culminating in a landmark decision by a five‑judge panel on the standard of care in medical negligence cases, and successfully secured the withdrawal of two charges of professional misconduct by the Singapore Medical Council against a senior surgeon. She also has an active criminal defence practice, having represented both corporate and individual clients in court proceedings arising from criminal and regulatory investigations, including successfully defending the former Director of Technology of the Singapore Civil Defence Force in relation to two charges of criminal breach of trust.

Christine holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2011. She has been with Allen & Gledhill since 2011. In October 2016, she was seconded to the Legal Policy Division in the Ministry of Law for six months to assist the Civil Justice Reform Committee Secretariat with proposed reforms to the Civil Justice System in Singapore. She is currently a co‑opted Board Member of the Home Nursing Foundation, Singapore's leading home healthcare provider, and is described by her clients as "prompt, thorough and thoughtful".