Siraj Shaik Aziz
Director
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Singapore Management University
Siraj co-leads the firm’s Dispute Resolution team and spearheads its Criminal Defence practice which have both been acknowledged in the Straits Times’ List of Singapore’s Best Law Firms from 2023 to 2025.
Siraj is a tenacious litigator who has defended clients in over 150 criminal matters, including complex white-collar crimes, regulatory offences, money laundering, and corruption. He also has successfully acted as lead counsel at all levels of the Singapore Courts in high-stakes civil & commercial litigation matters involving employment, investor and shareholder disputes as well as contractual, tortious and intellectual property infringement claims.
Siraj has been recognised by LexisNexis as an honouree for Under-40 awards for 3 years running, by Asian Legal Business as one of Singapore’s Rising Stars, and named among Singapore’s Best Criminal Lawyers by Singapore Legal Advice 3 years in a row. Siraj is a formidable courtroom presence and a committed client ally.
What it means to have Siraj fight for you.
When the stakes are real and the margin for error is narrow, this is where Siraj does his best work. Before anything else, he ensures clients know exactly where they stand, the risks, the options, and what each decision actually means. A proper understanding of the situation is the foundation every strategy is built on.
Those who work with him describe a lawyer who is composed under pressure, direct without being abrasive, and steady when it matters most. He listens with intent, forms his views carefully, and moves with quiet confidence. He does not inflate situations or add unnecessary complexity.
He approaches each matter with careful consideration of when to press forward, when to engage in discussion, and when restraint is the better course. In commercial disputes, he keeps sight of what lies beyond the courtroom, including business relationships, control structures, and consequences that continue after the case. In criminal matters, he focuses on handling each stage properly, so early decisions do not create further issues.
From the first conversation to the final outcome, Siraj brings diligence, a strong sense of responsibility, and the resolve to see the matter through properly.
Shareholders & Directors Disputes
Commercial Litigation
Business Advisory, Transactions & Commercial Agreements
Criminal Defense
Silvester Legal LLC awarded Straits Times Best Law Firms Singapore 2025, 2024 & 2023 for the criminal defence practice of the firm headed by Mr. Siraj Shaik Aziz
Conferred the LexisNexis 40 Under 40 Southeast Asia Award 2024 by LexisNexis
Recognised as one of Asian Legal Business Singapore's Rising Stars 2023
Conferred the LexisNexis Under 40 National Recognition (Singapore) Award 2023 by LexisNexis
Listed by Singapore Legal Advice website as one of the "Best and Highly Rated Criminal Lawyers in Singapore" in 2023, 2024 and 2025
Awardee of the Global Lex-Falcon Award 2022 ("Under 10 years" Category) for positive impact on the legal industry
Successfully acted as lead counsel for a minority shareholder (a dormitory operator) in a minority oppression claim against a joint venture company worth S$20 million set up to operate dormitories and its majority shareholder in the High Court the latter whom were presented by a team headed by a Senior Counsel. The Court ordered a buy-out of the minority shareholder's 30% shareholding after reversing the dilution of his shares to 15% .: H8 Holdings Pte Ltd v RIC Dormitory Pte Ltd & 3 Othrs.[2024] SGHC 177.
Successfully acted as lead counsel for a minority shareholder in a minority oppression claim against a successful security services company and its directors in the High Court. The client's shares were bought out for $1.5 million.
Successfully invoked, as lead counsel, an indemnity clause to fully indemnify a subcontractor involved in mechanical engineering works in the oil & gas sector from any sums payable for the death of a worker in an industrial accident on a sea vessel: Chin Guang Jiunn, Deric and another v Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd and other(Generco Industrial Pte Ltd and another, third party[2024] SGDC 38.
Successfully defended against a minority oppression claim for a buyout before the Singapore High Court as lead counsel: Gui Chien Cheong Martin v Facilit8te Pte Ltd and another[2021] 4 SLR 1449.
Successfully defended against a $250,000 claim in damages or statutory damages in the alternative for copyright infringement against two furniture retailers before the Singapore State Court in Ng Wee Chong v HDDoor Pte Ltd and another matter[2021] SGDC 168 as lead counsel acting for both defendants. Successfully defended against an appeal of the State Court decision that same year.
Presently acting as lead counsel for the Claimant in a minority oppression claim before the High Court seeking a buy-out of the minority shareholder's 50% shareholding in a cybersecurity software company valued at approximately S$40 million.
Presently acting as lead counsel for a group of investors making a High Court claim, through a special purpose vehicle in misrepresentation and breach of directors and escrow agent duties and who are seeking the recovery of escrow funds of the sums of USD5,010,000 and SGD720,000 and damages in the sums of in the sums of USD1,002,000 and SGD144,000.
Presently acting as lead counsel for a family office in a multi-million dollar claim in the High Court against an ex-employee for breaches of an employment agreement and various tortious acts including defamation and interference with trade.
Presently acting as lead counsel for the appellants in an appeal before the Appellate Division of the High Court in a $4 million claim in misrepresentation in relation to the purchase of a property.
Presently acting as lead counsel for a variable capital company in a $4 million claim against an investor for misrepresentation and breaches of an investment agreement
Acted as lead counsel representing close to 150 accused persons at the State Courts and Supreme Court for Penal Code and other regulatory offences. Successfully secured conditional warnings, community-based sentences, and acquittals for serious property, violent and sexual offences (including money laundering, motor insurance fraud, rioting, causing grievous hurt and outrage of modesty amongst others) involving young and adult clients at both pre-and post-trial stages.
Acted as instructed for a medical doctor facing a charge for causing death by rash act in relation to a botched liposuction procedure and successfully obtained a reduction in the charge from death by rash act to death by negligent act; resulting in a reduction of an 8-month jail term her co-accused was sentenced to under the original charge to 6 weeks' imprisonment.
Successfully obtained a non-custodial sentence for a co-accused person in an illegal online gambling ring that earned S$100m in revenue. Prosecution had initially communicated a Plead Guilty Offer of an 8-month imprisonment term before acceding to representations by counsel for a non-custodial sentence.
Successfully obtained a community sentence with no criminal record for the regulatory offence of false declaration of employee's salaries for which a custodial term is a judicially prescribed norm. Prosecution, who had sought 4 weeks imprisonment, did not appeal the judgment.
Successfully mediated an investment dispute where the investor had claimed for a sum of $1.3 million. Siraj spearheaded the collective mediation effort of the Defendants as lead counsel of one of the Defendants. The claim was settled at $400,000 split between 3 Defendants.
Successfully mediated a settlement of a negligence lawsuit relating to death caused by an industrial accident where a half a million- dollar claim was settled at $162,000.
Ng Wee Chong v HDDoor Pte Ltd and another matter [2021] SGDC 168 and District Court
Registrar’s Appeals 71 and 72 of 2021 (DC/RA 72/2021 and DC/RA 72/2021)
Public Prosecutor v: Lim Zhaoming Edwin (SC-911403-2018)
Gui Chien Cheong Martin v Facilit8te Pte Ltd and another [2021] 4 SLR 1449
Public Prosecutor v Zhu Xiu Chun alias Myint Myint Kyi-SC-900216-2020
[Public Prosecutor v. Ewe Ai Zhen, Eileen (SC-907321-2020)
Maximum Wellness v Dan-Z Fitness Pte Ltd [MC/MC 13233/2020]
YT vs Raizzin Pte Ltd
Seelahudeen Dean Mohamad Kamal v Tiger Hong Security Services & Consultants Pte Ltd HC/S 378/2021
Deniyal bin Kamis v Mapo Engineering Pte Ltd and others [2023] SGHC 183
H8 Holdings Pte Ltd v RIC Dormitory (SG) Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 177 (High Court)
POP Holdings Pte Ltd v Teo Ban Lim and others [2025] SGCA 51
Thia Tiong Siong v POP Holdings Pte Ltd [2025] SGHC(A) 9 (Appellate Division)
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Member, Criminal Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore
Member, Criminal Legal Aid Scheme ("CLAS") Committee of the Singapore Law Society Pro Bono Services
Member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (MSIArb)
Co-authored the following book chapter with a third-party funder Ingrid Coinquet & Siraj Shaik Aziz: "Third Party Funding in Asia- Perspectives on Best Practices" in The Asian Turn in Foreign Investment. (2021) M. Mohan & C. Brown (Eds.), Cambridge University Press. (Published on 4 August 2021). This work, which examines the introduction of third-party funding in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Co-authored "Construing a Treaty against State Parties' Expressed Intentions ?: Sanum Investments Ltd v Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic [2016] 5 SLR 536", Mahdev Mohan & Siraj Shaik Aziz (2018) 30 SAcLJ 384, Singapore Academy of Law Journal . Mar 2, 2018
Co-authored "Parity and Proportionality in Adduction of Fresh Evidence in Criminal Appeals: Ladd v Marshall Revisited: Parity and Proportionality in Adduction of Fresh Evidence in Criminal Appeals: Ladd v Marshall Revisited", The Singapore Law Gazette . May 1, 2018
Authored "The Investment Protection Chapter of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: A Model for Post-Brexit UK IIAs", Vol.10 No.1, 2017, Journal of East Asia and International Law which was selected for republication in ASEAN International Law (Springer)(2022 edition) Eric Yong Joong Lee (Ed.)
A Quest for Ethical Regulation in Arbitration, Singapore Law Blog . Nov 1, 2017
Channel NewsAsia Interview on road rage offences
Interview with Tamil Murasu (Tamil Language Newspaper) on pro bono work
Singapore passes bill allowing indefinite prison time after jail sentence for 'dangerous offenders'
Woman fined S$6,000 for using firm's debit card to shop online, get meals and Grab rides
Youth gets 7 years' jail, 15 strokes for 'brutal, violent' rape, robbery of prostitute in his flat
Jail, caning for former construction worker who tried to rob Boon Lay pawnshop
Nearly 1,600 helped by Criminal Legal Aid Scheme last year | The Straits Times
Money-changer employee jailed for absconding with almost $500,000
Ill and broke, 59-year-old fugitive wanted for armed robbery surrendered after over 20 years
Drug offender admits to slashing ex-girlfriend's face with penknife while out on bail
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