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no, but came away feeling that he must have impressed his principal very much to have earned such a remark. The idea stuck in Singh's head that he had a talent for argument. Singh's focus in law school was not academic. He described his view of university as "a great opportunity to experience varsity life", and treated the study of law as incidental to the experience.
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By the end of law school, Singh had decided not to join DBS Bank as in-house counsel. He applied to various law firms for pupillage, but received rejections in various forms. Some of the reasons given included that he spoke no languages other than
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would make his mother proud and would have made his late father proud too. Singh was himself an admirer of Lee. Once, when asked by
Grimberg what he wanted to be in fifteen years, Singh replied, "I'd like to be Lee Kuan Yew's lawyer", to which Grimberg replied, "You will be." He also felt that
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and Jimmy Yim. The team became the first from the
National University of Singapore to win the prestigious moot, and Singh was named the Best Oralist in the Championship round. Singh decided that he enjoyed advocacy, and charted his career accordingly.
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of its clients and the firm did not want to displease them by offering a job to one of their bond-breakers. Singh ended up without alternatives, and approached one of his lecturers in banking law with his difficulty. This lecturer recommended him to
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for 37 years, spending 17 years as its chief executive officer, and the last two as executive chairman. In 2019, Singh left Drew & Napier to start his own law firm, Davinder Singh
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Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
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