Alexander is a Singapore-qualified lawyer whose practice focuses on criminal law and law and technology. He is Provost’s Chair and Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, School of Law. He is the course leader for the criminal law course, and also for the law and emerging technologies course. Alexander was previously also Programme Director of Singapore Management University Academy’s Graduate Certificate in Law and Technology.
Alexander was previously a Deputy Public Prosecutor/State Counsel with the Attorney-General’s Chambers (“AGC”), Financial and Technology Crime Division, concurrently appointed to the Technology Crime Unit. He prosecuted a wide variety of crimes including corruption, white collar crime, technology crime, maid abuse, intellectual property crime, and homicide. He also advised the Singapore Government on a variety of legal issues related to criminal law. He specialises in white-collar and technology crime, having received specialised training in these fields, including training by international legal experts and INTERPOL.
Alexander has appeared as lead counsel in the High Court and State Courts, and as assisting counsel in the Court of Appeal. He worked on several landmark criminal cases, including PP v P Mageswaran [2019] SGCA 22, in which the Court of Appeal considered sentencing principles for homicide offences, and PP v Tay Wee Kiat & Chia Yun Ling [2018] SGHC 42, in which the High Court set out sentencing benchmarks for maid abuse cases. He was also part of the AGC team that led evidence before the Committee of Inquiry into the SingHealth Cyberattack in 2018.
Subsequently, as Deputy Director of the Office of Transformation and Innovation (Judiciary), Alexander was part of the team overseeing transformation efforts across Singapore’s judiciary, comprising the Supreme Court, State Courts and Family Justice Courts. He was involved in legal strategy and law reform initiatives, culture and capacity building for legal innovation, and development of LegalTech products – including the Authentic Court Orders website, the SG Courts mobile app, and the Singapore Courts integrated website. After leaving the Singapore Legal Service, he co-founded Elefant, a legaltech start-up.
Alexander is a President’s Scholar and read law at the University of Cambridge. He subsequently also obtained a Master of Laws degree (Distinction, Dean’s List) from Georgetown University Law Center. He was one of Singapore Business Review’s 18 Most Influential Lawyers under 40 in 2021, and a recipient of the Singapore University of Social Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award in 2024.
Case Highlights
- Advised a major international company on investigations into possible corruption by a senior executive and successfully convinced the Singapore Police Force to open a criminal investigation after they had previously declined to do so.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Cyberattack on SingHealth – Appeared as part of team of State Counsel led by then-Solicitor General Kwek Mean Luck which led evidence before the COI to unravel the largest data breach in Singapore’s history. Undertook extensive research into cybersecurity issues, conducted interviews and investigations into the facts of the breach, led evidence from witnesses in court, and was heavily involved writing of the recommendations and report.
- PP v P Mageswaran [2019] SGCA 22 – Court of Appeal case in which the Prosecution appealed against the sentence of a man who had brutally strangled an elderly lady to death and made away with her valuables.
- PP v Tay Wee Kiat & Chia Yun Ling [2018] SGHC 42 – High Court set out sentencing benchmarks for maid abuse cases and guidance on compensation orders.
- PP v Zhou Haiming & Luo Jianguo [2017] 4 SLR 247 – High Court allowed Prosecution appeal and enhanced sentence for two foreigners who stole over $100,000 from the casinos.
- ST Marine Corruption Cases (PP v Ong Teck Liam, PP v Tan Mong Seng, PP v See Leong Teck) – A series of cases in which senior officials of ST Marine were prosecuted for paying out bribes (approximately SGD $24.9 million between 2000 – 2011) and covering up the bribes by falsifying entertainment expense claims.
Appointments
- Provost’s Chair, Singapore University of Social Sciences, School of Law
- Member, Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law
- Member, Singapore Law Reports Selection Panel, Singapore Academy of Law
- Member, LawNet Content Advisory Committee, Singapore Academy of Law (2023 – 2025)
- Member, Ministry of Defence Pro Bono Panel
- Affiliate Faculty, Singapore Management University Academy
- Director, VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer
- Director, IMPART
- Co-Founder, Elefant
Education
- BA(Law), University of Cambridge
- LLM (International Legal Studies), Georgetown University Law Center (Distinction, Dean’s List, won 3 CALI Awards for being top student in Law of Armed Conflict, International Civil Litigation, and Global Cybercrime Law)
- Part A of the Singapore Bar Exam (2 Distinctions for Company Law and Evidence Law)
- Graduate Certificate in Legal Technology, Singapore Management University
Publications
- Essential Criminal Law (Sweet & Maxwell, 2025)
- Information Integrity Issues: A Strategic Framework for Legal and Policy Responses (forthcoming publication)
- Criminal Law in the Metaverse: Defining Wrongdoing in a Virtual World, book chapter in Global Pe7rspectives in the Metaverse: Law, Economics & Finance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
- Cancel Culture: Definitions, Effects, and the Way Forward (Singapore University of Social Sciences, Centre for Applied Research, 2023)
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