Manoj Nandwani
Manoj was born in 1969 in Singapore. He is married with a child.
Manoj was called to the English Bar in 1996. He is a member of the Middle
Temple Inns of Court, England. He is qualified both under English and Singapore
law.
In 1998 he was called to the Singapore Bar having completed the Practical
Law Course.
Mr Manoj did his pupilage at the firm of Messrs Khattar Wong and Partners
in 1996, which was then the Singapore's largest law firm.
He can write and speak English and Malay. He can speak Hindi and Tagalog.
He presently is learning Mandarin to better serve his clients.
Mr Manoj together with Mr Shankar founded the firm of 'Shankar, Nandwani
and Partners' in 1999.
In a bid to provide greater synergy for clients and to leverage on each other's strengths, the firm of Shankar, Nandwani and Partners was dissolved on the 19th of May 2006 for the entire staff and lawyers to merge with Gabriel Law Corporation.
He is currently a member of the following:-
a) Criminal Legal Aid Scheme since 1999
b) Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO)
c) Insolvency Committee, Law Society
d) Social and Welfare Committee, Law Society
e) Small Firms Committee, Law Society
f) Grass Roots Leader for the Ulu Pandan CC, Holland Bukit Panjang
Constituency. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of State for Community and
Sports is the advisor to this CC. This is a voluntary appointment serving
the residents in the constituency their various personal needs.
Manoj has handled various cases. He started with conveyancing and civil
litigation. He has represented a government-linked company in the legal
documentation in a property restructuring transaction. The assets involved
almost SD$1.2 billion. The work was successfully handled and completed in
2004.
In conveyancing matters he has acted for most local banks such as DBS, OCBC,
Standard Chartered, UOB, OUB and Singapura Finance. The services entailed
advising the bank in the mortgage and security documentation.
He has represented clients in various matters such as drug possession, drug
trafficking, traffic related offences, molest, rape (investigation stage),
assault, forgery, tax fraud (evasion of Goods and Services Tax which is
quasi criminal), immigration related offences (harbouring, overstaying,
false declarations, human trafficking) and more recently in a high profile
murder case. He has acted for the Philippine Embassy, Sri Lanka Embassy,
China Embassy and Indian Embassy.
Manoj has also handled divorce cases involving custody disputes, maintenance
disputes, division of matrimonial assets and jurisdictional issues involving
foreign parties. Some of these decisions have been reported in the Singapore
Law Reports.
Manoj has also handled immigration work such as assisting in applications
for permanent residence, employment pass, dependent pass, entrepass, liaising
with the Economic Development Board to obtain multiple entry passes for
investing individuals and corporations.
He has also assisted/advised on matters involving information technology
contracts, telecommunication contracts and employment contracts. Where specialist
counsel is required, Manoj has worked with leading lawyers in their field
to offer clients the best legal advice. He has undertaken trademark registration
in Singapore and has co-ordinated trademark registration overseas such as
in China.