Aurill Kam – Director, Legal Clinic LLC
Aurill Kam is a Director at LEGAL CLINIC LLC and a senior litigator who has acted in a wide range of complex civil commercial, regulatory enforcement and public law matters. She has argued numerous cases involving significant questions of law at both first instance and appellate stages. Her notable cases include AXY and ors v Comptroller of Income Tax [2018] SGCA 23 where she successfully defended the decision of the Comptroller under an international exchange- of- information arrangement. She also acted for the plaintiffs in Attorney-General & Anor v Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council [2016] 1 SLR 915 and successfully obtained a court order under the Town Councils Act (the first of its kind in Singapore) to compel an errant town council to perform its statutory obligations.
Aurill started her litigation career with Rajah & Tann in 1992 and headed its Banking & Financial Services Litigation Practice in 1999. She was headhunted to join the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 2002 as MAS’ first Director of Enforcement. In this capacity, Aurill was responsible for securities market enforcement and personally worked on many of MAS’ early high- profile enforcement cases. Aurill returned to Rajah & Tann in 2007 to establish and co-lead its Appeals & Issues Practice. From 2012 -2017, she spent a second stint in public service as Deputy Chief Counsel (Litigation) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers before returning to private practice in 2018.
Aurill is a member of the Singapore Rules of Court Working Party and also served as a member of the Civil Justice Commission appointed by the Supreme Court of Singapore. Aurill is a Board Member of PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. She also serves as a volunteer lawyer with Legal Aid Bureau.