Joy TAN

Joy Tan is the Co-Head of the Commercial & Corporate Disputes, Corporate Governance & Compliance, and Financial Services Regulatory Practices, and leads the Corporate & Regulatory Investigations Practice, specialising in dispute resolution. Her main practice areas are banking, corporate and commercial dispute resolution, and contentious investigations, with expertise in corporate fraud, anti‑money laundering, market misconduct, and financial services regulatory matters.

She is a Fellow and accredited arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), sits on the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators, and is a panel member of The Law Society Disciplinary Tribunals. She is also an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC). She sits on the Singapore Chapter board of ACAMS, chairs the Appeals Board of the Council of Estate Agencies, and is on the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), where she is ranked as a Senior Accredited Board Director. She serves as an independent director on multiple boards.

She was awarded "White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year" at the Euromoney Women in Business Law Asia Awards, listed as one of the Top 30 Corporate Governance lawyers in Singapore by Expert Guides, and recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Investigations by Lexology Index. She has been named in Global Investigations Review’s (GIR) Women in Investigations 2025 list. She is consistently recognised by Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500, and Benchmark Litigation, and is listed in Best Lawyers for Arbitration and Mediation, Corporate Governance, and Litigation. She holds a First Class Honours from Cambridge University, was awarded the UK Council of Legal Education Prize (1992), and is admitted to both the English Bar and the Singapore Bar.