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Derek Kang is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP's Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group.

Derek formerly served as Deputy Public Prosecutor with the Attorney-General's Chambers for 5 years after he had been awarded the Public Service Commission Merit Scholarship to study law. During that time, he conducted dozens of trials and appeals on a wide range of offences covering insider trading and market manipulation under the Securities and Futures Act, breaches of directors' duties and fraudulent trading under the Companies Act, corruption, money-laundering, cheating and criminal breach of trust.

Currently, Derek represents and advises companies and individuals in a broad range of litigation cases. These include shareholders and directors' disputes, international trade disputes, contractual and employment disputes, intellectual property disputes and cases involving fraud.

Derek advises statutory boards on legal implications of strategic initiatives and proposed policies. He also handles criminal defence work, including corruption offences and securities offences such as insider trading and market rigging and manipulation. Derek, an experienced litigator has handled dozens of trials, including a number of lengthy and complicated ones. He has particular expertise in criminal prosecutions and defence work, as well as disputes between shareholders and directors, legislative and contractual advice and cases of fraud. As a defence lawyer, he has handled numerous criminal cases, including trials and appeals.

Derek acted for a Fortune 50 MNC by representing its Asia-wide management in respect of global internal audit investigations into alleged misstatements of more than US$100 million in earnings. He represented the victim of a S$10 million fraud case involving cross-border money laundering, and advised a market-leading European MNC in the marine supply industry in respect of its commercial and contractual dealings in Asia. Derek is representing the minority shareholders/directors of the world's leading manufacturer of a hard disk drive component in their dispute against the majority shareholders/directors and senior management of the company.

Derek is the chief facilitator of the Criminal Procedure Case Management (CPCM) component of the Practical Law Course Criminal Procedure subject. In 2004, he was responsible for the set up of this practical coursework component for the Criminal Procedure subject. The practical coursework is now entrenched as a significant part of grading worth 30% of the marks awarded for the subject and Derek chairs the annual revision of the syllabus.

Derek has also been teaching Criminal Procedure at the Postgraduate Practical Law Course since 2004. The tutorials prepare law graduates for the 70% of the subject graded by examination.