Bio

Rajeev Duggal is the head of Skadden’s Singapore office. He concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets and financial institutions representations. In recognition of his work, Mr. Duggal was named Best Lawyers’ 2024 Singapore Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year. Over his 20-plus year career, Mr. Duggal has worked on transactions in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He also has experience advising on sensitive internal and cross-border investigations, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and whistleblower investigations, for corporations, boards and audit committees. He serves on the firm’s Client Engagement, Anti-Money Laundering and International Visiting Attorneys committees. Under Mr. Duggal’s leadership, the Singapore office has been lauded by industry publications, including by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which has described the Singapore team as a “market leader” with a “deep bench of experts working on M&A deals” and “the cream of the crop that you would go to for the most complex, or the most prestigious deals ... exceptional for its output quality, hard work and solution-oriented approach.” The publication also described the team as “one of the crème de la crème” and “the gold standard” when handling challenging, high-risk or high-profile M&A projects, in addition to praising “their ability to leverage the different offices around the world to provide seamless service.” Mr. Duggal has been recognized as a “leading lawyer” or “expert” for M&A and capital markets in several publications and surveys, including IFLR1000, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. These publications have quoted clients as saying he has a “calm demeanour in negotiations,” “is a really constructive guy to have on a deal, he really knows what he’s doing,” “is extremely responsive and provides excellent advice” and “is well equipped to deal with issues concerning a range of industries, from oil and gas and infrastructure to real estate and telecoms.” Clients also have described him as “a ‘very hands-on’ practitioner who is valued by clients as someone they can ‘bounce questions off for several different markets’” and has “an ability to handle difficult client topics with the right balance between courtesy and tenacity.”