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EDMOND AVETHAS PEREIRA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Edmond graduated from the University of Singapore in 1976 with an LLB (Hons). His illustrious legal career spans more than 40 years and includes work experience in the Singapore Legal Service as well as in private practice.
Edmond was a former Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers. He was also a District Judge in the then Subordinate Courts. Edmond joined private practice in 1988 and is a senior member of the criminal bar. He has served as a Council Member in the Law Society of Singapore and was the Chairman of the Law Society’s Criminal Practice Committee from 2000 to 2005. He was a member of the Law Society’s Inquiry Panel from 2001 to July 2004 and a member of the Board of Legal Education (now known as the Singapore Institute of Legal Education) from 2006 to September 2008.
Edmond has an active practice in Civil and Criminal Litigation. He has been involved in several high profile civil and criminal cases. He handles a broad spectrum of cases ranging from Administrative Law, Sports Law, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Conveyancing and maritime related work for large business and public listed companies. He has also represented several parties in disciplinary hearings in the Singapore Law Society, Singapore Medical Council, and the Board of Architects Singapore.
He is appointed as Lead Counsel under the Legal Assistance for Capital Offences (LASCO) panel of the Supreme Court of Singapore and Assigned Counsel under the Legal Aid Bureau (LAB). As a veteran lawyer, the Courtroom is where Edmond truly shines and his stellar advocacy and precise understanding of matters often deliver the results our clients expect.
Edmond was awarded The 1st Legal Eagle Award winner by The Law Society of Singapore in 1998. He has also been recognised in Legal Who’s Who Singapore for Criminal Law by Asian Legal Business (ALB).
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
1976
Graduated from the University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
Joined the Singapore Legal Service
1976 – 1978
Legal Officer in the Ministry of Defence
1979
Admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
1979 – 1986
Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers
1986
Magistrate, Subordinate Courts
1986 – 1988
District Judge, Subordinate Courts
1988 – 1992
Partner, Messrs Assomull Pereira & Partners
1992 – 2012
Managing Partner, Messrs Edmond Pereira & Partners
2012 – Present
Executive Director, Messrs Edmond Pereira Law Corporation
Other Appointments/ Memberships
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Maj (NS) in the Singapore Armed Forces
1981 - Present
President, Flash Athletic Club
1984 - 1986
Tutor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
1987 - 2010
Lecturer on Criminal Procedure at the Post Graduate Law Course, Board of Legal Education
1990 - 1994
President, Patrician Society
1991 - 1993
Aide-De-Camp to the President of Republic of Singapore
1991 - 1993
Judge-Advocate, Singapore Armed Forces Military Court Martial
1993
Member of the Advisory Committee – Publication, Ministry of Information and The Arts
1998
Chairman, The Street-Kids Task Force, Youth Challenge Legal Advisor, Youth Challenge
1998 – 2000
Chairman, Board of Management, St. Patrick’s School
2000 – 2002
Member, Board of Trustees, IT Services Co-operative Ltd
2000 – 2005
Chairman, Criminal Practice Committee, The Law Society of Singapore
2001 - 2004
Member, Inquiry Panel, The Law Society of Singapore
2002 - 2004
Member, Disciplinary Committee, The Law Society of Singapore
2005 - 2007
Member, Council Member, The Law Society of Singapore
2006 - 2008
Member, Board of Legal Education
2009 - 2019
Member, Institutional Review Board, Republic Polytechnic
2010 - Present
Co-ordinator (Criminal Litigation Practice Course), Singapore Institute of Legal Education
Present
Member, Singapore High Performance Sports (HPS) Steering Committee
Present
Vice President, Chiam See Tong Sports Fund
Present
Vice President, Chiam See Tong Sports Fund
Public Lectures
August 17-18, 2001
“Law and Sleep Disorders” at the 8th Singapore General Hospital – Stanford University Medical Centre Joint Update, Singapore
September 27, 2001
“Offences against Person” at the Housing Development Board – Annual Legal Seminar, Singapore
October, 2001
“The Business Of Sport” at The Law Society of Singapore – The Sports Law Seminar, Singapore
October 10,
2003
“Pleading Guilty” at The Law Society of Singapore - A Criminal Procedure Evening Seminar, Singapore
December 12, 2003
“Criminal Law & Procedure” at the Lexis Nexis – Practical Legal Skills Series, Singapore
May 27, 2005
“The Art of Family Lawyering” by The Law Society of Singapore, Official Launch of the Best Practices Guide
July 27-28,
2005
Children & The Law Conference at Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel, Singapore
July 7, 2007
“Epilepsy and the Law” at The Singapore Epilepsy Foundation – Symposium for People with Epilepsy and their Careers, Singapore
March 14, 2008
SAL Law Debate “Litigation: A Man’s Domain?” at Supreme Court Auditorium, Singapore
May 10, 2012
“Criminal Procedure and Practice Series 2012, Topic 3: Making Sense of Sentencing” by The Law Society of Singapore
October 15,
2013
Conference on "Drugs & the Death Penalty in South East Asia" at Melbourne Law School
November 6, 2014
Legal Leadership Development Programme (“L-Leap”) “Starting, Building and Sustaining a Small Law Firm Practice?” at Singapore Management University, Singapore
May 26, 2016
Singapore Judicial College “Grounds of Decision, the Dreaded and Desired: Through the Practitioners’ Lenses” at Viewing Gallery, Supreme Court, Singapore
July 14 – 15,
2016
3rd Criminal Law Conference at Supreme Court Auditorium, Singapore
March 10, 2017
“Psychiatry and the Law: The Court or the Patient – Duty of the Psychiatrist in Criminal Proceedings” at the Medico-Legal Forum – Supreme Court Auditorium, Singapore