Rajaram
Rajaram graduated from the University of Singapore in 1978. He holds an MBA from Maastricht. He is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and was the Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation, and council member of ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Mali for Singapore. Raja is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb) as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He has been in active practice since 1980. He started his professional career as a litigator in criminal and civil proceedings. He now actively practices in the areas of Banking and Transactional Work, Merger and Acquisitions, Cross Border Work, particularly India related transactions, Real Estate, insolvency and corporate restructuring.
Rajaram is actively involved in social work at the grassroots level and is a Patron of the Taman Jurong Citizenship Consultative Committee, having served as a member of the Taman Jurong CCC for many years.
For his contributions to Society and to the business community, during his tenure as Chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Rajaram was bestowed the PBM (Pingkat Bakti Masyarakat - The Public Service Medal) by the President of the Republic of Singapore.
Rajaram can be contacted at 6514 1218 / rajaram@straitslaw.com.sg
Practice Group
- Banking & Finance
- Compliance & Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisition
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Support Services
- Infrastructure & Project Financing ( Energy & Natural resources)
- Corporate Tenancy
- Sale & Purchase, Mortgage & Real Estate Financing
- International and Domestic Arbitration
- Cross Border Transactional Work
- India Practice Group
Most Significant Legal Cases to Date
"An Indian National, in Singapore for the first time, was caught with marijuana at Changi International Airport. He faced a capital charge and we were assigned by the Registrar of the Supreme Court to act for the accused. In the course of interviewing the Accused, we found out that he had never, prior to this visit, left his village and that he was recruited by a labour agent to work in Singapore. He was asked to carry a briefcase that was to be handed over to the person who will receive him at the airport. A thorough research with a lawyer contact in India confirmed that the Accused, who comes from a well-regarded family, had never left his village before. Our contact also confirmed that the Agent who had recruited him had disappeared. Armed with this information, we made representations to the AG Chambers, who after causing an inquiry into the case, withdrew the charge against the Accused."
