NOTABLE BRIEFS

• Advising and acting for a Japanese conglomerate in an SIAC-administered arbitration in relation to a joint venture dispute and involving a commercial development in Singapore valued at around S$600 million.
• Acting for a Singapore-listed logistics and commodities company in an AUD40 million dispute relating to the acquisition of an Australia-listed group of companies and involving cross-border issues of fraud and breach of directors’ duty
• Successfully acted for a contractor in a construction adjudication and subsequent court winding up proceedings, followed by an SIAC-administered arbitration against a major Indian main contractor to successfully recover under a parent company guarantee.
• Successfully acted for DBS Bank in court proceedings against defaulting debtors, guarantors and mortgagors in respect of shipbuilding loans and guarantees in excess of US$8 million.
• Advising and acting for a major Korean main contractor in disputes relating to the construction of a Singapore hospital, including construction adjudication proceedings and neutral evaluation.
• Successfully acted for Motion Insurance Agency Pte Ltd in Ong Han Ling and another v American International Assurance Co Ltd and others [2018] 5 SLR 549 in insurance-related disputes involving claims of fraud and negligence, among others.
• Acted for a major Japanese main contractor in an SIAC-administered arbitration relating to the construction of a major international airport, with claims of over S$90 million.
• Advised a major Japanese consortium on claims in excess of US$2 billion involving South African power plants.
• Advised an Asian state-owned entity in relation to a multi-billion dollar dispute against another Asian state-owned entity relating to a major infrastructure project.
• Successfully acted for both claimants and respondents in construction adjudications and enforcement proceedings.