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Shaun Paulian

Managing Partner

Shaun is a legal maverick.

Shaun is the Managing Partner of D&P Law Group and is co-head of both the Disputes and Corporate department. He has mixed practice expertise in dispute resolution, corporate advisory and project advisory, where he regularly acts as lead counsel and/or principal advisor in respect of cross-border disputes, transactions and projects. Shaun is a Founding Partner of D&P Law Group.

Through the course of his management, Shaun has grown D&P Law Group’s partner-base by 100% and lawyer-base, by department, by 500% in 3 years. He has also architected the growth in commercial value of the Firm by 5x in this time – with sights on expanding the Firm’s presence in strategic jurisdictions.

Outside of practice, Shaun is an avid investor in businesses and capital markets. He is the father of 2 boys – spending most free time balancing between his love of problem solving and family.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • LL.B (Hons) Law & Criminology / Aberystwyth University
  • Grad Dip. Law / University of Western England
  • Barrister-At-Law / Middle Temple
  • Mediator / ADR Group
  • Dip.Law / University of Sydney
  • Practical Legal Training / College of Law
  • Solicitor of NSW / NSW
  • Advocate & Solicitor / Malaya

 

ACCOLADES

  • Asian Legal Business Asia / 40 under 40 in Asia
  • Asian Legal Business Law Awards 2021 – 2024 / Managing Partner of the Year

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Comparative Review of the Companies Act, Lexis Nexis / 2017
  • Insolvency and Commercial Contracts, Practical Guidance, Lexis Nexis