Practice Expertise

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Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance Litigation
  • Civil and Family Disputes
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Disputes
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • Fraud and Asset Tracing
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Trust Litigation
  • Trusts and Private Wealth
  • Wills and Inheritance
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Profile

Kate is counsel in the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. Her main area of practice includes commercial and shareholders’ disputes, trust and estate disputes, and insolvency and restructuring matters. She is qualified to practise in Singapore, England & Wales, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands.



Kate has extensive experience advising clients across a broad spectrum of cross-border litigation and international arbitration matters. She has been appointed as arbitrator by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and is a member of SIAC’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators. She is also the first offshore lawyer to be invited to serve on the APAC regional committee of the Young Singapore International Arbitration Centre (YSIAC) Council.



In addition to her work as a disputes practitioner, Kate is part of the core team who is involved in putting together a textbook on "Commercial Litigation and Enforcement" which is published by The Global Legal Post. She is also a contributing author to two editions of Arbitration in Singapore: A Practical Guide (edited by The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon), and the first reference guide to investment protection in the ASEAN region – Investment Protection in Southeast Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties.



Kate is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese and conversant in basic Bahasa Indonesia and Japanese. She is also an active member of INSOL, IWIRC, YSIAC and Arbitral Women.


Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance Litigation
  • Civil and Family Disputes
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Disputes
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • Fraud and Asset Tracing
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Trust Litigation
  • Trusts and Private Wealth
  • Wills and Inheritance

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Recent Experience Litigate or arbitrate: The continuing debateCarey Olsen trio recognised amongst Asian Legal Business' top offshore lawyers Carey Olsen's Kate Lan to serve as first offshore lawyer on YSIAC CouncilCarey Olsen attending Asset Recovery Asia Carey Olsen attending SIAC Symposium 2023Carey Olsen attending OffshoreAlert Bangkok 2024Carey Olsen Singapore ranked Tier 1 for third consecutive year by The Legal 500



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