Peter Doraisamy
Managing Partner | Litigation & Arbitration Counsel | Arbitrator | Mediator
“Peter is highly intelligent, with a keen awareness for issues. He often proposes simple, practical solutions for seemingly complex issues.” -Chambers & Partners – Asia Pacific 2024
Peter Doraisamy
Managing Partner | Litigation & Arbitration Counsel | Arbitrator | Mediator
“Peter is highly intelligent, with a keen awareness for issues. He often proposes simple, practical solutions for seemingly complex issues.” -Chambers & Partners – Asia Pacific 2024
Peter Doraisamy is the Founder and Managing Partner of PDLegal LLC, an award winning mid-sized full-service law firm based in Singapore. The Firm also maintains an office in Bangkok, Thailand.
With 25 years of practice experience, Peter is widely recognised as a leading advocate. He regularly acts as counsel in complex commercial litigation matters and international arbitration. He is frequently instructed on contentious matters in the areas of Maritime and Shipping, International Trade, Commodities, Restructuring and Insolvency, Insurance, Shareholders’ Dispute, Employment, Corporate Governance, and Fraud and Asset recovery.
Peter serves a diverse clientele across a wide array of industries. His clients include high net worth individuals, corporations, ranging from multi-national to publicly listed entities as well as international and local law firms who instruct him as counsel.
For non-contentious matters, clients look to Peter as a trusted business advisor and strategist in relation to joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring exercises.
Peter has also been invited to sit on committees, sub-committees, and advisory boards of various organisations, such as, the Law Society of Singapore, Maritime Law Association of Singapore, Singapore Shipping Association, National University of Singapore Centre for Maritime Law, and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.
Peter read Law at the University of Nottingham and received an LL.M. (Maritime Law) from the National University of Singapore. Peter was admitted to the Middle Temple as a Barrister-at-Law in 1997 and became an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1999.
Peter’s practice has received recognition in various leading independent legal directories including the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Benchmark Litigation, and Asialaw.
Selected Quotes:
Chambers & Partners:
“Peter is highly intelligent, with a keen awareness for issues. He often proposes simple, practical solutions for seemingly complex issues.”
“He is very good at understanding the case matter easily. During trial, his way of handling witnesses is impressive.”
“Peter Doraisamy of PDLegal in Singapore is a noted shipping lawyer in the market. He handles a wide range of disputes, including ship grounding, cargo and fraud-related cases”
“He is excellent in litigation. He has very good control of the case, collecting the right evidence and putting this into a very successful trial.”
Legal500 Asia Pacific:
“PDLegal LLC continues to have a major focus on shipping and admiralty matters. Peter Doraisamy is an experienced name in this area…”
Asialaw Profiles Asia Pacific 2021 – Distinguished Practitioner:
Peter is “Personable, professional and responsive”
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© PD Legal LLC is a limited liability company registered in Thailand. The Firm is regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Thailand. All rights reserved 2021.
© PD Legal LLC is a limited liability company registered in Thailand. The Firm is regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Thailand. All rights reserved 2021.
