Raeza often jests that he is the friend who hopes you will never need him; but he’s there if you do. More than a dozen years’ worth of high-value, complex dispute resolution has seen him plunge headfirst into the mathematics of maritime satellite telecommunications, the engineering of hydroelectricity dams and coal mining, and the opacity of smoke on the Ringelmann Chart for a boiler situated on a Palm Oil plantation.

Since 2018, Raeza has further specialised in shareholder and corporate disputes, trust disputes, and white-collar crime.

Equally effective in the hearing room or the board room, Raeza’s firm but conversational advocacy style is relied on by his clients to find commercially beneficial outcomes in the trickiest situations. As a trained mediator, he brings flexibility and creativity to solutioning with adversaries.

Raeza’s promise as an advocate was spotted early-on; he argued his first application days after being called to the bar and conducted his first cross-examination in international arbitration 11 weeks later. Soon after, he became a founding member of a prominent boutique disputes firm.

Grateful for the guidance from his own mentors, Raeza places great emphasis on providing meaningful training to his juniors daily, while also serving in leadership positions since 2013 at the Law Society of Singapore and Singapore Academy of Law on committees related to professional training.

As a genuine proponent of being “paperless”, Raeza has an almost allergic reaction to hard copies, and will happily talk your ear off about the successes and gripes of modern AI and legal technology. He unwinds with strength training, scuba diving, cooking and singing a song at the live music bar he co-owns.