Melissa Mak

Melissa Mak is a Partner at Allen & Gledhill and Co-Head of the Firm's Technology Disputes Practice, specialising in dispute resolution, commercial litigation, and international arbitration. She has broad experience in complex cross-border, financial, and technology disputes, including banking and shareholders' claims, joint venture and trust disputes, and regularly advises large corporates, internet intermediaries, statutory boards, and regulatory agencies on licensing, financial and technology regulation, and corporate governance.

Melissa has represented a professional trust company in a claim brought by the ex-Prime Minister of Georgia over a trust fund with assets of more than US$1 billion, involving litigation and criminal proceedings across multiple jurisdictions; represented an insurance company in a dispute with a bank arising out of a fraudulent scheme by the company's directors, involving the enforcement of security over approximately US$200 million in assets; represented the majority shareholders in a shareholder dispute over a leading family-owned beverage manufacturer and distributor in Southeast Asia valued at more than S$1 billion; acted in a trust dispute involving shares of a family company worth over S$200 million, leading to a Court of Appeal authority on fiduciary duties; and acted for a subsidiary of a listed healthcare provider in an SIAC arbitration against its joint venture partner concerning a large-scale hospital facility in India.

Melissa holds a B.A. (Hons) (Double First Class) from the University of Cambridge, a B.C.L. (Distinction) from the University of Oxford, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. She was called to the Singapore Bar in 2015. Prior to joining private practice, she was a Justices' Law Clerk and an Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court of Singapore, where she was involved in the establishment of the Singapore International Commercial Court and served as Secretary to the Rules of Court Working Party. She has taught Principles of Property Law at the National University of Singapore and is a facilitator for professional ethics for Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations.