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LLB,
National University of Singapore
Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
Called to the Bar : 1982
Email:
peterm@jtjb.com
Contact: (65) 6534 9983
Mobile : (65) 9736 8733
Practice areas:
Dato’
Peter Madhavan formed the firm that evolved into
Madhavan Partnership with two others 27 years ago,
in 1983. His firm merged with Joseph Tan Jude Benny
LLP in 2010. Dato’ Peter’s practice focuses on
civil, commercial, insurance litigation and
corporate law. As managing partner of Madhavan
Partnership he had an overview of the firm’s entire
practice which included banking and finance,
insurance, corporate, conveyancing and general
administration.
Dato’ Peter was closely involved in the Advoc Asia,
Advoc Europe and Advoc Latin America global legal
networks fostering regional and cross border
cooperation between independent firms, such as
assisting in cases emanating from the UK and
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Dato’ Peter plays an active role in the profession
and community. He served as a council member of the
Law Society for several years and chaired
sub-committees including the Compulsory Professional
Insurance Sub-Committee. Under his guidance, this
committee made professional indemnity insurance
compulsory across the profession. Their model policy
remains substantively unchanged by the Law Society
to this day as the policy required for Compulsory
Professional Insurance. Dato’ Peter also served as a
panel member for the Law Society’s Inquiry Committee
and was a member of the Singapore Academy of Law’s
Special Task Force. The Department of Foreign
Affairs appointed Dato’ Peter honorary consul for
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Singapore in
2000, a post he held until retiring in July 2009.
He is formerly a
long standing member of the Singapore Cricket Club,
Captain of the Laguna National Golf and Country
Club, and a former Honorary Racing Steward of the
Singapore Turf Club.
In his spare time Dato’ Peter now
enjoys playing golf.
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