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Peter Brabant is a leading investigations and disputes/international arbitration lawyer with expertise acting for multinational clients across Asia. He advises clients on a broad range of contentious matters, including across the energy, construction, projects and infrastructure, and financial services sectors. He has particular experience in acting for Fortune 500 companies on investigations relating to matters as diverse as anti-bribery/corruption, incident response, cybersecurity, anti-trust, tax, environmental and fraud.

Peter advises clients on international arbitrations, including ICC, UNCITRAL and SIAC, with expertise in construction and energy disputes, including decommissioning and energy transition. He has acted on some of the most contentious and complex investigations and disputes in Asia and Australia, and has a detailed knowledge of the region’s regulatory environment and clients’ commercial operations and business drivers.

Peter also has particular expertise with respect to investigations and disputes relating to cybersecurity. As a member of the firm's Data, Privacy and Security (DPS) team, he advises clients on matters including data breaches, incident response and compliance.

Peter has over 15 years’ experience practising in Australia and Singapore, including a recent secondment at an oil and gas major in Singapore where he managed disputes and investigations across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

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Credentials

B. Com, University of New South Wales

LL.B., University of New South Wales

High Court of Australia

Supreme Court of New South Wales

White Collar, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

Band 2, Construction – Singapore (International Firms)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2023

Construction, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

GIR 30 - world’s top 30 firms for investigations matters


Global Investigations Review 2022

Number 1 Arbitration Practice Worldwide (King & Spalding)


Global Arbitration Review 2022

Band 1, International Arbitration - Global (King & Spalding)


Chambers Global 2022

Band 1, Energy — Singapore (Foreign Firms), King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

Band 1, Arbitration — Singapore, King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

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Recognition

White Collar, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

Band 2, Construction – Singapore (International Firms)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2023

Construction, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

GIR 30 - world’s top 30 firms for investigations matters


Global Investigations Review 2022

Number 1 Arbitration Practice Worldwide (King & Spalding)


Global Arbitration Review 2022

Band 1, International Arbitration - Global (King & Spalding)


Chambers Global 2022

Band 1, Energy — Singapore (Foreign Firms), King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

Band 1, Arbitration — Singapore, King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

Matters

Investigations
Acting for a Fortune 500 company on an anti-bribery/corruption investigation arising from engineering projects across multiple jurisdictions in South East Asia. This included self-reporting to numerous national, regional and global regulatory authorities and negotiating a successful resolution.

Acting for an oil and gas major on a tax-related criminal investigation targeting senior officers and relating to its most significant projects.

Acting for one of the world’s largest technology companies on a high profile cybersecurity incident with global and political ramifications.

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Investigations
Acting for a Fortune 500 company on an anti-bribery/corruption investigation arising from engineering projects across multiple jurisdictions in South East Asia. This included self-reporting to numerous national, regional and global regulatory authorities and negotiating a successful resolution.

Acting for an oil and gas major on a tax-related criminal investigation targeting senior officers and relating to its most significant projects.

Acting for one of the world’s largest technology companies on a high profile cybersecurity incident with global and political ramifications.

Acting for a Fortune 500 company on coordinated anti-trust investigations across Asia and the Middle East.

Acting for a Fortune 500 company on numerous investigations across Asia relating to matters as diverse as anti-bribery/corruption, cybersecurity, anti-trust, environmental and fraud.

Acting for a Fortune 500 company on numerous investigations across Asia Pacific and Middle East relating to matters as diverse as anti-bribery/corruption, cybersecurity, employee misconduct and fraud.

Conducting incident response on matters including environmental, health and safety, dawn raids and other regulatory actions across Asia and Australia for global energy, construction and media and technology companies.

Conducting pre-investment and pre-acquisition anti-corruption and compliance due diligence for U.S, Europe and Asia-based multinational companies in numerous transactions.

Conducting various other investigations in Asia (over 15 countries, including China and India), Middle East, Africa, Europe and U.S.

Acting for companies and high profile individuals that have been the subject of various high profile, government-initiated commissions of inquiry, including corruption inquiries and Royal Commissions.

Disputes
Acting for one of the world's largest chemical companies in an international arbitration on a multi-billion dollar construction dispute in the Middle East.

Acting for a global chemical company in an international arbitration relating to the construction of an ammonia plant in Australia.

Acting for a global energy company in an international arbitration on a multi-billion dollar dispute relating to decommissioning obligations and liability.

Acting for a global energy company in an international arbitration relating to a payments system.

Acting in a host of arbitrations across Asia, Australia and the UK to resolve commercial disputes for clients across the energy and resources, projects and infrastructure, and construction sectors.

Acting for the parent company in one of the most significant financial collapses in history by managing the book of contentious and litigious bankruptcy matters across Australia and Asia.

Acting for a private individual to protect her shareholding in multi-tiered, complex bankruptcy proceedings; one of the largest claims ever heard before that State’s Court.

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Investigations
Acting for a Fortune 500 company on an anti-bribery/corruption investigation arising from engineering projects across multiple jurisdictions in South East Asia. This included self-reporting to numerous national, regional and global regulatory authorities and negotiating a successful resolution.

Acting for an oil and gas major on a tax-related criminal investigation targeting senior officers and relating to its most significant projects.

Acting for one of the world’s largest technology companies on a high profile cybersecurity incident with global and political ramifications.

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Matters

Investigations
Acting for a Fortune 500 company on an anti-bribery/corruption investigation arising from engineering projects across multiple jurisdictions in South East Asia. This included self-reporting to numerous national, regional and global regulatory authorities and negotiating a successful resolution.

Acting for an oil and gas major on a tax-related criminal investigation targeting senior officers and relating to its most significant projects.

Acting for one of the world’s largest technology companies on a high profile cybersecurity incident with global and political ramifications.

Acting for a Fortune 500 company on coordinated anti-trust investigations across Asia and the Middle East.

Acting for a Fortune 500 company on numerous investigations across Asia relating to matters as diverse as anti-bribery/corruption, cybersecurity, anti-trust, environmental and fraud.

Acting for a Fortune 500 company on numerous investigations across Asia Pacific and Middle East relating to matters as diverse as anti-bribery/corruption, cybersecurity, employee misconduct and fraud.

Conducting incident response on matters including environmental, health and safety, dawn raids and other regulatory actions across Asia and Australia for global energy, construction and media and technology companies.

Conducting pre-investment and pre-acquisition anti-corruption and compliance due diligence for U.S, Europe and Asia-based multinational companies in numerous transactions.

Conducting various other investigations in Asia (over 15 countries, including China and India), Middle East, Africa, Europe and U.S.

Acting for companies and high profile individuals that have been the subject of various high profile, government-initiated commissions of inquiry, including corruption inquiries and Royal Commissions.

Disputes
Acting for one of the world's largest chemical companies in an international arbitration on a multi-billion dollar construction dispute in the Middle East.

Acting for a global chemical company in an international arbitration relating to the construction of an ammonia plant in Australia.

Acting for a global energy company in an international arbitration on a multi-billion dollar dispute relating to decommissioning obligations and liability.

Acting for a global energy company in an international arbitration relating to a payments system.

Acting in a host of arbitrations across Asia, Australia and the UK to resolve commercial disputes for clients across the energy and resources, projects and infrastructure, and construction sectors.

Acting for the parent company in one of the most significant financial collapses in history by managing the book of contentious and litigious bankruptcy matters across Australia and Asia.

Acting for a private individual to protect her shareholding in multi-tiered, complex bankruptcy proceedings; one of the largest claims ever heard before that State’s Court.

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Credentials

B. Com, University of New South Wales

LL.B., University of New South Wales

High Court of Australia

Supreme Court of New South Wales

White Collar, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

Band 2, Construction – Singapore (International Firms)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2023

Construction, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

GIR 30 - world’s top 30 firms for investigations matters


Global Investigations Review 2022

Number 1 Arbitration Practice Worldwide (King & Spalding)


Global Arbitration Review 2022

Band 1, International Arbitration - Global (King & Spalding)


Chambers Global 2022

Band 1, Energy — Singapore (Foreign Firms), King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

Band 1, Arbitration — Singapore, King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

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Recognition

White Collar, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

Band 2, Construction – Singapore (International Firms)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2023

Construction, Practice Group of the Year


Law 360 2022

GIR 30 - world’s top 30 firms for investigations matters


Global Investigations Review 2022

Number 1 Arbitration Practice Worldwide (King & Spalding)


Global Arbitration Review 2022

Band 1, International Arbitration - Global (King & Spalding)


Chambers Global 2022

Band 1, Energy — Singapore (Foreign Firms), King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022

Band 1, Arbitration — Singapore, King & Spalding (Singapore)


Chambers Asia Pacific 2022