Later that year, he left to join the formal law alliance between Cavenagh Law LLP and Clifford Chance Pte Ltd as a founding partner.
In December 2018, he stepped down as managing partner of Cavenagh Law. He retired from the partnership of Clifford Chance in June 2019, and in July that year, he co-founded Audent Chambers LLC with Jordan Tan. The chambers focuses on arbitration and civil and commercial litigation. It conducts advocacy only and receives instructions from solicitor firms.[8][9][10][11]
Tan Seng Kee v Attorney-General [2022] SGCA 16 in which the Court of Appeal held that Section 377A of the Penal Code was unenforceable in its entirety in light of a political compromise struck by the Singapore Government in 2007 and Attorney-General Lucien Wong's representations in 2018 that the Public Prosecutor would not prosecute sexual acts between two consenting adult men in private.
Other appointments
From 2019 to 2023, Singh was appointed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to the Appeal Advisory Panels under the Business Trusts Act, Financial Advisers Act, Insurance Act, Securities and Futures Act and Trust Companies Act. He served as a reviewer in the investigation of an international bank in relation to a corruption scandal. He also sits on the Disciplinary and Appeals Committees for the SGX.[15]
Political career
Singh started volunteering with Workers' Party (WP) in 2021 and became a member in 2023.[16] In November 2023, it was reported that Harpreet had been spotted with members at walkabouts and house visits, wearing the party's light-blue t-shirt with the party logo and selling the party's newspaper alongside party members.[17]
On 20 April 2025, Singh was announced as a Workers' Party candidate for the 2025 Singaporean general election.[18][19] Prior to nomination day, Singh was seen walking on the ground within Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC.[20][21] Eventually on Nomination Day, 23 April 2025, a WP team led by him was officially nominated to contest in Punggol GRC and proceeded to lose with 44.83% of the vote.[22][23]
In 2023, Singh's criticism of the Singapore authorities' decision not to prosecute senior management of Keppel Offshore & Marine in respect of bribes paid to Brazilian officials was published by the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL). His commentary was subsequently taken down by the SAL.[25][26]
Singh had also commented on the leasing of government-owned bungalows on Ridout Road by Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. In his commentary, published by the online magazine, Jom, he emphasised the importance that the government's review of the leases involve full disclosure of all material facts and be conducted by respected and independent third parties so that it is perceived to be transparent and unbiased.[27][28]
Personal life
Singh is divorced with four adult children.[4] He speaks Teochew due to his childhood and is learning Mandarin.[29]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
