Biography
Roshan Singh Chopra is a Director in Selvam LLC's dispute resolution practice and handles a wide range of commercial and criminal matters. Roshan has acted in matters before all tiers of Singapore Courts. He also acted in one of the first 3 cases before the Singapore International Commercial Court. Roshan's litigation experience covers a spectrum of practice areas including shareholder disputes, carriage of goods, defamation, international arbitration and insolvency. Roshan also regularly acts in criminal matters defending persons charged with various offences.
A client in an extremely high stakes dispute has said that Roshan “has completely dedicated himself to the matter. He has listened attentively to our concerns and has aggressively pursued our rights at every step. Clients have also described Roshan as “hardworking, very dedicated to the client’s cause and excellent to work with” and an "an exceptional lawyer who delivers prompt and decisive actions in the face of complex legal challenges”.
Roshan was identified by Asian Legal Business as one of Singapore most promising legal talents and named as one of the Rising Stars of 2024.
Roshan graduated from Murdoch University with an LLB (Hons) in 2013 and from the Australian National University with a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 2015. Roshan was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 2016.
Admissions
- Singapore
Education
- Australian National University, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.
- Murdoch University, Bachelor of Laws (Honours 2nd Class, Division A)
Experience
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Selvam LLC
- Director, 2025 - present- Associate Director, 2023 - 2024
- Senior Associate, 2021 - 2023
- Associate, 2016 - 2020
- Trainee, 2014 - 2016
Publication
- Author, "Drunk and Disorderly: Voluntary Intoxication in Sentencing in Singapore," April 2, 2018
- Convicting an Accused Person Solely on the Basis of a Co-Accused's Statement, March 28, 2017
- The right to a fair trial: A critical analysis. (2013) Honours thesis, Murdoch University.
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