Premjit Dass

Premjit is a Chartered Accountant and has over 25 years of accountancy experience. He has been involved in a number of complex and high-profile disputes. He has acted as an expert witness on several occasions and has testified in SIAC arbitrations and before the Singapore courts.

Premjit’s expertise includes construction-related disputes, breach of contract disputes, loss of profits assessments, transaction-related disputes, and breach of warranty claims. He has been involved in accounting investigations, pricing and regulatory reviews, and accounting manipulation claims.

Premjit’s experience covers disputes in a number of different industries including shipping, oil and gas, construction, retail, manufacturing, and financial services. He has worked in a variety of jurisdictions including Asia, the UK, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and India.

Premjit’s professional experience includes:

• Expert witness on behalf of a Malaysian organization that was concerned that a number of financial irregularities and/or improprieties had occurred in connection with the application of the funds transferred by it to its subsidiary organizations.
• Expert witness services on behalf of a Malaysian construction company, in relation to a Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration matter regarding lost profits suffered by a tank farm near Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
• Assessing the damages suffered by a Malaysian port caused by an oil spill operation.
• Expert witness services in the context of a post-acquisition dispute of a Chinese company in an HKIAC arbitration.
• Assessing the evidence on a loss of profits/business opportunity in a SIAC arbitration brought on by a developer against a government body in respect to a property development.
• Assessing the valuation of a company and the purchase price of shares of a 50% JV partner in a SIAC arbitration.
• Expert witness in a SIAC arbitration on behalf of the investor in casinos in proceedings brought by the government of an Asian country. Gave oral testimony before the tribunal.
• Expert witness in a Singapore SIAC arbitration in respect to the alleged wrongful termination of a contract.
• Expert witness services on behalf of a distributor of industrial steel products in relation to allegations of the breach of fiduciary duties on the part of the directors in connection with related party transactions.
• Expert witness services in the context of an LCIA arbitration on behalf of a Cypriot bank against an Indonesian bank in respect to the legitimacy of certain loan arrangements.
• Expert witness services in a London arbitration in respect to a breached distribution agreement for luxury sportswear.
• Expert witness services in an Australian arbitration when a construction project overran by $800 million.
• The forensic review of accounting practices and governance framework for a manufacturing organization in Saudi Arabia.
• An investigation into allegations of financial irregularities and improprieties in the Ethiopian operations of a leading U.S. charity.
• An investigation on behalf of a UK-based company supplying goods to the U.S. military.
• An investigation on behalf of a major UK-based aeronautical manufacturer into allegations of financial irregularities at its Indian operations.
• An investigation into allegations of bribes paid by a leading manufacturer of industrial machinery to government officials in order to obtain business.
• An investigation into alleged bribes by the Indian subsidiary of a medical technology company to officials of the Indian Ministry of Health to obtain an import license.
• An engagement on behalf of a leading U.S.-based conglomerate to conduct a global post-acquisition risk assessment on a company that it had acquired.
• An FCPA investigation on behalf of a global medical devices company. Conducted an investigation on behalf of a JV with the Turkish government into allegations of embezzlement and fraud raised by a whistleblower.
• Co-led an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption in an oil major’s shipping department.
• An FCPA investigation on behalf of a global freight forwarder. The engagement involved reviews across a number of the client’s locations.
• Anti-bribery and corruption review of the Indonesian operations of a leading U.S. chemical manufacturer of industrial chemicals.
• Anti-bribery and corruption investigation into the Indian operations of a U.S.-based software services company.