Matthew Saw

Matthew Saw is a Partner | Litigation and Dispute Resolution at Lee & Lee, focusing on Medical Negligence Law. He practises civil litigation including medical and commercial litigation.

Matthew graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1995 and was admitted to the English bar in 1996. He was admitted to the Singapore bar in 1997 and joined Lee & Lee as an Associate in 1998. In 2002, he was seconded for five months to the International Commercial Fraud and Insolvency Litigation group of Lovells, London. He was admitted to the New York State bar in 2004 and was made Partner in 2005.

His medical litigation practice centres on defending medical professionals in disciplinary proceedings and High Court suits. He has defended a dentist charged for making wrong CHAS claims before the Singapore Dental Council; an obstetrician and gynaecologist charged for carrying out a procedure outside acceptable medical practice before the Singapore Medical Council; a general practitioner charged for inappropriate treatment; and general practitioners charged with overprescribing benzodiazepines. He has also defended a surgeon in a $9 million High Court suit over an alleged missed cancer diagnosis, a vascular surgeon in a $4 million claim, and an ENT surgeon and anaesthetist in a $3.7 million claim, among numerous other matters.

His commercial litigation experience includes acting for the majority owners in the $385 million collective sale of Waterfront View and the $297.3 million collective sale of the Futura, both decided in his clients’ favour; acting for Chinese companies in a USD107 million High Court suit against an online payment company; and acting for a bank in a $10 million High Court suit in which he successfully obtained a Mareva injunction.

Matthew is an Adjudicator with FIDReC (the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre Ltd), a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal’s Panel of Advocates & Solicitors, and an Honorary Legal Advisor to the Singapore Medical Association. He holds an MA (Hons) Cantab and is a Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple and an Attorney & Counselor-at-Law of New York.