Follow the Money

Forensic Accounting in Singapore’s High-Stakes Legal Battles

SPEAKERS

Wan Yew Fai

Forensic Accounting Expert and
Founder & Principal of Strix Strategies

Shirley Tay

Forensic Accountant & Director, 10.10 Consultants Pte Ltd

Practice Area

Professional Skills

Training Level

General

SILE Public CPD Points

TBC

Date

Fri, 13 January 2027

Time

2.30pm to 5.15pm

Venue / Format

Online (via Zoom)

Registration Fee

SGD S$185

SGD S$157.25 early bird rate (register before 15 December 2026)

SGD S$148 for PracticeForte Affiliates only

Your client says the money is gone. The other side’s accounts say it never moved. One afternoon with two forensic accountants shows you how to prove which is true.

About This Workshop:

When millions are unaccounted for, shareholders are at war, or corporate assets vanish overnight, the case turns on the numbers. Counsel who can read a financial trail, and who know what to ask the expert holding it, enter the room with an advantage. Most lawyers are trained on the law, not on the ledgers that decide the outcome.

This webinar starts with behind-the-scenes breakdowns of real Singapore court cases where forensic evidence proved pivotal. It then moves to practical techniques for spotting asset dissipation, hidden liabilities and falsified accounts before litigation begins. A second presentation covers how to work with financial professionals and expert witnesses so their testimony holds up under rigorous cross-examination. You then work through an interactive case study: you analyse a simulated dispute, reconstruct altered financial trails and debate strategy with fellow participants. A moderated Q&A closes the session.

You will learn from two forensic accounting practitioners: Wan Yew Fai, appointed as an expert in over 40 litigation matters, and Shirley Tay, whose expert report in a commercial litigation helped her client secure a settlement of almost twice what the attorney had hoped to achieve. Whether you act in commercial, shareholder or matrimonial disputes, you will leave with techniques you can apply to your next file.

What You’ll Learn:

Read the case law through the numbers: Explain how forensic evidence decided real Singapore disputes, and apply those lessons to your own matters.
Spot asset dissipation early: Recognise the financial patterns that suggest assets are being moved before litigation begins.
Uncover hidden liabilities: Identify obligations that a counterparty’s accounts leave out or understate.
Detect falsified accounts: Flag irregularities in financial records that warrant a forensic review.
Work effectively with financial professionals: Brief forensic accountants and other financial experts so their work supports your case theory.
Prepare expert testimony for cross-examination: Structure and test expert evidence so it withstands rigorous questioning.
Reconstruct altered financial trails: Trace changed or disguised transactions back to a coherent picture, using a simulated dispute as practice.
Build strategy from financial evidence: Test and defend your approach to a financial-evidence problem against the views of fellow practitioners.

Who Should Attend:

Litigation and dispute resolution counsel handling commercial or shareholder disputes where financial evidence is contested
Family lawyers and matrimonial practitioners advising clients on asset identification, valuation and suspected dissipation
Corporate and commercial lawyers who advise on shareholder conflicts, disputed liabilities or the valuation of closely held businesses
Associates and senior associates who instruct or review expert reports and prepare witnesses for cross-examination
In-house counsel who manage disputes involving financial irregularities
Any practising lawyer who wants non-legal specialist knowledge relevant to their practice

Meet Your Trainer:

Wan Yew Fai is the Founder and Principal of Strix Strategies, with more than 30 years of experience in forensic accounting, business valuation, and complex financial investigations. He has been appointed as an expert in over 40 litigation matters, preparing expert reports that have been scrutinised and frequently preferred by Singapore and Malaysia Courts, including the High Court and Court of Appeal.

A Fellow Chartered Accountant (Singapore), ASEAN CPA, and CPA (Australia), Yew Fai’s work spans matrimonial disputes, shareholder and commercial conflicts, valuation of closely held businesses, disputed liabilities, and cryptocurrency-linked assets. His analyses are recognised for their clarity, logical consistency, and practical grounding in judicial expectations.

Beyond litigation, he has advised on mergers and acquisitions, investigations, and corporate restructurings, and previously served as Financial Controller of HBO Asia and as a regional auditor with USAID. As a PracticeForte trainer, he brings courtroom-tested insight to help professionals critically assess financial evidence and expert opinions with confidence.

Shirley Tay is an ISCA Financial Forensic Professional who also holds an MBA. She enjoys the challenges that forensic accounting, business advisory and working with clients bring. She has collected over 20 years of experience in retail, merchandise trading, legal services and the F&B trade.

Shirley’s areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, tax issues, financial management, business strategy and planning, financial controls and systems development. She has worked with lawyers and clients on the quantification of economic losses and damages, fraud detection as well as asset identification, dissipation and valuation.

Besides forensics, Shirley also relishes the challenge of working with clients to find solutions to their financial issues, compelling her to share her experience with enterprising business owners to grow their businesses with adequate planning and loss-mitigating strategies. Her work earned her the accreditation as a Professional Singapore Certified Management Consultant under the SPRING Singapore standard.

Financial evidence often decides a dispute, yet few lawyers are trained to test it. This webinar gives you the techniques to examine a financial trail, work with forensic experts and prepare their evidence for cross-examination. Join us on 13 January 2027 for a practical session built around real Singapore cases and a live case study. Places are capped at 150.