Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1990
• Postgraduate Practical Law Course (awarded the Tan Ah Tah Book Prize), 1990
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1989

Areas of Practice

• Litigation and arbitration
• Company law
• Land law
• Defamation law
• Family law
• Employment law

Experience

Marina is one of the senior and founding partners of the firm. With more than 27 years of experience, Marina has advised market participants on disputes and general business matters across a broad spectrum of industry sectors in Asia.

Marina also writes on a wide variety of litigation and arbitration law related topics. Upon invitation, she has contributed to three important Singapore publications for litigators:

• The Singapore Court Practice
• Singapore Precedents of Pleadings
• Commercial Litigation in Singapore.

Marina is the recipient of the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2016 – Best in Dispute Resolution award. She is also ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for dispute resolution by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017.

Marina's experience includes:

• acting for a major foreign bank to claim S$54 million as well as to assert the bank’s rights over equipment purchased for S$52 million and used in a major infrastructure project;
• acting for a major international hotel chain in relation to claims in excess of US$30 million arising from the aborted acquisition of a hotel in Bangkok;
• acting for a major export and import bank in relation to its claim against a Singapore listed company;
• acting for one of the largest shipping companies in its claim against fraudulent employees of its Singapore subsidiary; including securing a worldwide Mareva Injunction to freeze assets up to the value of US$30 million as well as an Anton Piller order to preserve evidence;
• acting for a Singapore listed company in respect of fraud committed in relation to its Indonesian subsidiary;
• acting for majority shareholders of a Singapore listed company in its dispute with the minority;
• acting in a complex case where there was a dispute on whether the fire broke out in the plaintiff’s or the defendant’s property, and the cause of the fire was unknown. Following a nine-day trial in which many witnesses including fire experts and personnel from the Singapore Civil Defence Force were cross-examined, Marina and her team obtained a favourable judgment for 100% of the quantum claimed by the plaintiff: see Te Deum Engineering Pte Ltd v Grace Electrical Engineering Pte Ltd [2016] SGHC 232;
• acting for an international group of manufacturing companies against a former director and CEO. Following a trial that spanned five weeks over issues of bribery and corruption, conspiracy, diversion of a multi-million business and serious breaches of fiduciary duties, Marina and her team have obtained a favourable judgment in excess of US$8 million: see Beyonics Technology Ltd and another v Goh Chan Peng and others [2016] SGHC 120;
• acting for liquidators in relation to a major fraud and conspiracy involving subsidiaries in various jurisdictions in South East Asia and tax havens;
• acting for a minority shareholder in a derivative action for the benefit of the company based on a multi-million fraud involving the timber industry operated through numerous subsidiaries;
• acting in a dispute between partners of a venture as to the division of profits after the sale of properties in excess of S$60 million;
• appointed by the Court of Appeal of Singapore as the independent legal adviser to representatives of a substantial estate;
• acting in numerous matters involving property law including landmark cases;
• acting in landmark cases on issues of defamation law;
• acting in a landmark case on matrimonial assets under family law;
• acting in matters involving competition law; and
• acting for the Public Trustee (in her capacity as litigation representative) to make submissions before the Court of Appeal for appointment of deputies under the Mental Capacity Act on behalf of an elderly member of a prominent and wealthy family.

Appointments / Membership

• Notary Public
• Commissioner for Oaths
• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

Christopher is a Partner in the Insurance Litigation Department.

Christopher was called into the English Bar in 1995. In February 1996, he was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury Claims
• Medical Negligence Claims
• Workmen's Compensation
• Property Damage Claims
• Professional Indemnity Claims
• Disputes Arising from Insurance Guarantees
• Insurance Policy Disputes
• Criminal Proceeding under the Road Traffic Act

Experience

Christopher’s main areas of practice are in matters relating to Insurance Law and Workmen's Compensation. Christopher brings to Tan Kok Quan Partnership a wealth of experience in these highly specialized fields of practice.

His clientele include some of the largest insurance companies in Singapore.

Appointments / Membership

Christopher is a member of the Law Society of Singapore.

Qualification

• Solicitor, England and Wales, 2005
• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1983
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore), 1982

Areas of Practice

Infrastructure and projects

Experience

Amy specialises in infrastructure developments and government advisory work. Prior to joining our firm, Amy was with an international law firm for eight years.

Amy's experience includes:

• advising GIC Special Investments on its €1 billion investment in Sintonia, the Benetton family’s infrastructure holding company;
• advising Energy Market Authority of Singapore (working with Tokyo Gas Engineering and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) on a feasibility study relating to the development of a LNG refinery and associated infrastructure in Singapore;
• advising JTC Corporation on its development of a hydrocarbon rock cavern storage facility in Singapore;
• advising Sport Singapore (previously Singapore Sports Council) and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports on the redevelopment of the Singapore National Stadium – the flagship and demonstration project under the Singapore government's PPP initiative and the world's largest sports infrastructure PPP project. This project garnered numerous international awards including Project Finance Magazine's Global Deal of the Year;
• advising one of the largest municipal state-owned enterprises in China on all aspects of the first successful state-owned toll road divestment in China – the first time a foreign investor gains a foothold in the China toll road sector; the first Indian company to enter into the China toll road business; and the first transaction in China to have a structure designed to allow for the sale of a key state-owned toll road asset from a China government entity to a foreign investor;
• advising Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (working alongside World Bank, Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and its Risk Management Unit, the municipal government of Bandar Lampung and local PDAM) on the development of the Bandar Lampung water treatment and distribution PPP project – the first water PPP project under the PPP supporting legal and regulatory framework in Indonesia;
• advising Keppel Merlimau Cogen Pte Ltd on all aspects, including financing of its 500MW greenfield merchant power project in Singapore and all land, planning and permitting aspects, including negotiations with JTC Corporation;
• advising the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) on the enabling legislation and contractual arrangements for the Sungai Liang Industrial Park, a US$4.5 billion project in Brunei;
• working with the master planners, in conjunction with the BEDB on finalising draft Proponent Agreements for the provision of shared infrastructure services (water, power, road and jetty) for the Sungai Liang Industrial Park in Brunei;
• advising the Government of Brunei on the preparation of the country's privatisation masterplan;
• advising Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indonesian Ministry of Finance on the enabling framework required to allow PPP transactions to be implemented at the sub-sovereign level in Indonesia; and
• advising ADB on the enabling legislation and supporting regulatory framework to establish an effective PPP procurement regime in Thailand.

Appointments / Membership

• Advisory Council Member, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law
• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1997
• Postgraduate Practical Law Course, National University of Singapore, 1996
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1996

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Infrastructure and projects

Experience

Eddee has acted for international clientele in a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial litigation cases ranging from fields as diverse as banking, telecommunications, hospitality and wealth management. He has also engaged in some of the most significant cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters in Singapore, notably acting for a US bank creditor in the restructuring of Asia Pulp & Paper in 2000 and for the Drydocks group of companies (subsidiaries of Dubai Ports World) in applying for a scheme of arrangement in 2012.

Eddee has been named as one of the leading lawyers in the fields of banking law and litigation in Singapore by the Best Lawyers since 2014. He is also ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for dispute resolution, and restructuring and insolvency by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017. In addition, he was shortlisted for Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Disputes Star of the Year award.

Eddee is a member of the prestigious, invitation-only International Association of Defense Counsel. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a member of INSOL International and the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore.

Eddee's experience includes:

• representing one of Singapore’s largest banks, United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOB) in a widely reported multi-million dollar intellectual property dispute involving a currency conversion system – Dynamic Currency Conversion for Card Payment Systems, which spans more than a decade;
• acting for UOB in its claims for fraud against, amongst others, a property developer company within the Lippo group, relating to UOB’s grant of mortgage loans amounting to an aggregate sum of S$181 million for the sale and purchase of luxury condominium units at The Marina Collection at Sentosa Cove developed by the Lippo entity. This case included an interlocutory application involving a complex area of law pertaining to whether the fraud exception applies to prevent attribution of the knowledge of an employee who had been fraudulent and/or who had committed a breach of duty to the employer. Eddee also successfully argued against an appeal by the defendants before the High Court;
• advising and acting for a government ministry in relation to numerous issues arising out of the construction of a government complex;
• advising and acting for a state-linked entity in China in respect of a dispute arising out of the sale of soy beans from an international commodity conglomerate to the state-linked entity in China;
• acting for a telecommunications company in a dispute arising from the procurement of a marquee sports program;
• acting for a telecommunications company in claims arising from the unauthorised tapping off of its cable network;
• acting for a regional education chain in a dispute with its private equity investor in respect of investments in Dubai, Kuwait and Vietnam;
• acting for a major international hotel chain in respect of their dispute with a Singapore landlord;
• acting for the Silverlink Holdings Limited (Silverlink), the holding company of Amanresorts, a major luxury resort chain in a dispute between Silverlink and one of its shareholders and in a second related dispute involving the directors of Silverlink;
• acting for Starwood Asia Pacific in relation to a claim arising from the acquisition of the Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok;
• acting for a local Singapore bank in claims against a property developer and other defendants for alleged fraud/conspiracy;
• acting for a Middle Eastern bank in relation to fraud committed by a bank employee where funds were transferred to Singapore;
• acting for a BVI company in claims amounting to US$88 million against a major US bank for misrepresentation and mis-selling of currency derivatives;
• acting for a Philippines client in claims for unauthorised trading against a German bank;
• acting for an Indonesian client in claims for unauthorised trading, failure to advise and misrepresentation against a major US bank;
• Acting for Malaysian clients in claims for misrepresentation against a major Swiss bank;
• acting for Drydocks World SEA in respect of its scheme of arrangement and its subsidiaries as regards liabilities of US$2.2 billion;
• advising and acting for a Singapore listed company in respect of fraud committed by employees in respect of the company’s Mexican subsidiary;
• advising a major US bank in relation to the debt standstill of Asia Pulp & Paper Ltd;
• advising and acting for a major coal producing company in Indonesia in respect of disputes arising from the supply of coal to a Hong Kong-based entity;
• acting for majority shareholders in relation to an application for an injunction to restrain the payment of an interim dividend of S$90 million;
• assisting PricewaterhouseCoopers with the investigations into the oil trading losses of China Aviation Oil which amounted to US$550 million and which has been described as the second Barings in Singapore – Asian Legal Business’ South East Asia Deal of the Year 2005;
• acting for the Singapore Diamond Exchange in a passing off dispute;
• advising SGX on infringements of stock market regulations; and
• acting for a Hong Kong client in claims made against the Marina Bay Sands for breach of contract and in the tort of conversion in respect of gambling chips.

Publications

• Contributor to Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency (13th edition) published by the World Bank Group
• Singapore chapter of The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review published by Law Business Research Ltd in 2015
• Singapore Civil Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell) – author of chapter on Affidavits
• Commercial Litigation in Singapore (Sweet & Maxwell) – author of chapter on Summary Judgment, Striking out and Preliminary Determination

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
• INSOL International
• Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore
• SIAC Users Council

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1994
• Barrister, England and Wales, 1992
• Master of Science in Construction Law and Arbitration, King’s College, University of London, 1997
• Postgraduate Practical Law Course, Singapore, 1994
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of London, 1991
• Bachelor of Engineering, Civil (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1988

Areas of Practice

• Infrastructure and projects
• Litigation and arbitration

Experience

Karam is one of the firm’s founding partners and heads its building and construction practice. He is currently the firm’s administration partner.

Karam generally practises civil and commercial litigation. While a significant part of his area of practice involves building and construction law, the nature of the commercial disputes that he handles is diverse and covers a wide area of the law.

On the non-contentious front, Karam regularly advises clients on various legal and regulatory issues, and on documentation such as bonds, letters of intent, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, deeds of assignment, insurance policies, the various types of building and consultancy agreements, PPP projects and numerous types of commercial contracts. The contentious side of Karam’s practice regularly sees him appearing in the courts of law, before arbitral tribunals or in adjudications. Karam is also active in promoting non-confrontational dispute resolution procedures where he negotiates settlements on behalf of clients and/or represents them in mediations.

Karam is ranked as a market-leading lawyer for Dispute Resolution & Litigation by Asialaw Profiles, 2017. This builds upon Asialaw Profiles‘ recognition of Karam’s expertise in 2016. He has also been recognised as one of the leading lawyers in the fields of construction law, arbitration and mediation in Singapore by the Best Lawyers since 2014.

Karam's experience includes:

• acting for a large Singapore fitting-out contractor in an arbitration against a main contractor in relation to disputes over quality and payment issues;
• advising Singapore project managers in a dispute with developers of a multi-storey development in Malaysia;
• advising and drafting contracts for a developer of an island resort in the Republic of Maldives;
• advising and acting for a government body in respect of unforeseen conditions and delay claims arising out of tunnelling works for Singapore’s mass rapid transit system;
• acting for a Korean specialist geotechnical contractor in an arbitration against a foreign main contractor in connection with claims arising out of sub-structure works;
• acting for a Singapore contractor against a ready mix concrete supplier for failing to supply concrete during the period of a ban by the Indonesian government on the export of sand to Singapore;
• acting for minority residents of a prestigious residential development in Singapore opposing an en bloc sale;
• advising an Indonesian developer on a PPP to develop a township in Papua New Guinea;
• advising and drafting contractual documents for a Singapore developer of a commercial complex in Lao PDR;
• acting for a Singapore-listed construction company in a claim by the MCST of a prestigious development on Singapore’s Sentosa island;
• advising and acting for various parties in connection with disputes arising out of construction projects including developers, main contractors, consultants, MCSTs, sub-contractors and/or third parties;
• acting in numerous adjudications for various parties in claims made pursuant to Singapore’s Building and Construction Security of Payment Act;
• advising an international container survey bureau against a German systems provider in respect of disputes arising out of a joint venture software development agreement;
• advising and acting for a global hedge fund in respect of investigations into unauthorised trading losses;
• advising and acting for investigators into the collapse of a Singapore listed entity;
• acting for an India-linked insurance entity operating in Singapore in an arbitration in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in a contractual dispute;
• advising and acting for a multi-national insurance company in respect of a fraudulent policy claim;
• advising a subsidiary of a US oil and gas services provider in a matter involving criminal breach of trust by an employee;
• advising and acting in an arbitration for a major Indian exporter of iron ore against a Singapore entity; and
• advising and acting for a container leasing company in a dispute with one of the largest Singapore container depot.

Appointments / Membership

• Notary Public
• Commissioner for Oaths

Qualification

Angeline is a Partner in the Insurance Litigation department. Angeline was called to the English Bar in 1994 and admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in July 1995. Since her admission, Angeline practices in the field of general litigation; primarily dealing with the defence and recovery of insurance related claims in the field of insurance law.

Areas of Practice

Motor accidents and personal injury arising from motor accidents; Including negotiations between insurance companies over claims; Damage to property arising from fire, construction and/or renovation works Professional Indemnity Insurance

Experience

• Motor accidents and personal injury arising from motor accidents; including negotiations between insurance companies over claims
• Damage to property arising from fire, construction and/or renovation works
• Professional Indemnity Insurance

Appointments / Membership

Angeline is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Qualification

Narayanan is a Partner in the Insurance Litigation Department.

Narayanan graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore in 1993 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1994.

He was a partner in an established law firm prior to joining Tan Kok Quan Partnership in 2011.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury Claims
• Insurance Policy Disputes
• General Insurance (Non-Marine) Litigation
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Matrimonial Matters
• Probate

Experience

Since 1994, Nara has been predominantly involved in litigation.

He has acted for multi national corporations as well as private individuals in civil and commercial litigation suits at both the High Court and Subordinate Courts of Singapore.

He has had conduct of trials, assessment(s) of damages and appeal(s) in the Subordinate Courts, High Court and the Court of Appeal in respect of personal/bodily injury matters, representing the interest of insurance companies.

Nara has also acted as an instructed counsel for claimants in personal injury claims as well as commercial matters.

He has acquired a good measure of corporate experience in his work as an in-house counsel for PSA Corporation Limited and has been retained to advise companies and individual clients on corporate matters ranging from franchise agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, shareholders’ agreements to corporate guarantees and loans, deeds of settlement, distributorship and agency agreements.

He has acted for banks, corporations and individuals in the sale and purchase of properties in Singapore, giving him the requisite experience in conveyancing matters.

In August 2011, he joined Tan Kok Quan Partnership as a Senior Associate in the Insurance Litigation Department.

Nara has conducted seminars for insurance companies in the area of personal injuries practice.

Appointments / Membership

Nara is a member of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Hearing), under the purview of the Minister for Home Affairs.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2006
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2005

Areas of Practice

• Civil and commercial litigation
• Arbitration
• Restructuring and insolvency

Experience

Paul’s main area of practice is in civil and commercial disputes, where he has represented clients in some of the highest profile cases in Singapore in recent years. He also has a speciality in insolvency and restructuring work, where he advises Singapore’s leading accounting firms and financial institutions.

Paul was recognised by the Asian Legal Business as one of “40 Under 40 – Asia’s Brightest Young Legal Minds” in 2015. In 2014, Singapore Business Review ranked him as one of Singapore’s “20 Most Influential Lawyers 40 and Under”. Paul is also ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for dispute resolution, and restructuring and insolvency by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017.

Outside of legal practice, Paul is an Advocacy Trainer for the Singapore Bar exams at the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

Paul's experience includes:

• in Bouvier, Yves Charles Edgar and anor v Accent Delight International and anors [2015] SGCA 45, Paul acts for one of the Defendants accused of defrauding Mr Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian Oligarch and owner of AS Monaco Football Club, of some US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. Paul and his team successfully obtained the discharge of a worldwide Mareva or freezing injunction that had been previously obtained against their client. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is now the leading case on worldwide freezing injunctions. This complex cross-border dispute has been publicised and followed all over the world. This matter has garnered the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Matter of the Year award;
• in the City Harvest Church matter, Paul acts for a Defendant in one of the largest and longest running white-collar crime trials in Singapore’s history. The matter, which was the subject of front-page news coverage in Singapore for weeks, is now on appeal before a rare 3-man bench of the High Court;
• in the Afro-Asia Shipping appeals, Paul represented Mdm Ng Giok Oh in various appeals and cross-appeals before the Court of Appeal of Singapore in a S$200 million dispute over Afro-Asia Shipping Pte Ltd’s shares and assets;
• in Suit no. 490 of 2013, Paul represents Mdm Kwik Poh Leng, the matriarch of the Thio family, in a minority oppression action in the High Court of Singapore. The Thio family owns one of the largest dairy products businesses in South-East Asia through their company, Malaysia Dairy Industries Pte Ltd, which produces well-known brands such as Vitagen, Marigold, HL Milk, Peel Fresh, Cowbell, Lady General, King of Kings and Double Happiness;
• in Kit Wei Zheng and Ors v Prince Abdul Hakeem Jefri, Paul acted for a group of investors who sued one of the Princes of Brunei in a dispute over a failed investment. Judgment was entered against the Prince for the full sum of the claim with costs to the plaintiffs;
• paul represented Freddie Koh in a highly publicised case involving a claim on an indemnity resolution passed by the management committee of the Singapore Swimming Club. See Freddie Koh Sin Chong v Singapore Swimming Club [2014] SGHC 276. The Court of Appeal has recently overturned the original judgment after hearing lengthy arguments from both parties;
• in the Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) Pte Ltd matter, Paul acted for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in a disposal inquiry into the seized assets of Chia Teck Leng in what remains one of the largest corporate fraud cases ever presented in the High Court of Singapore;
• paul also represented SATS Ltd, a large publically listed company, in a highly publicised dispute involving Resorts World Sentosa and one of its patrons. Paul successfully litigated SATS’s case before the High Court and, recently, struck out the counterparty’s appeal before the Court of Appeal.

• Acting for the Judicial Managers of Indian construction firm, Punj Lloyd Ltd’s Singapore unit and Sembawang Engineers & Constructors in the high-profile judicial management of these two companies;
• Acted for the liquidators of a company on a claim for fraudulent trading and preferential payments by the company’s former directors. The case is now commonly cited as the leading decision in Singapore on numerous insolvency issues, such as fraudulent trading, preferential payments and the question of when a company is deemed to be insolvent. Paul also successfully argued against an appeal by the defendants before the Court of Appeal. See Kon Yin Tong v Leow Boon Cher [2011] SGHC 228;
• Successfully acted for one of Singapore’s largest banks, United Overseas Bank Ltd against a construction company in judicial management for the wrongful re-routing of monies away from the bank. This case is of significant importance to the banking industry as one of the first cases in Singapore that analysed in detail the test for determining the nature of assignments and, fixed and floating charges over assets. This required an in-depth review of the leading decisions from the House of Lords and Privy Council; and
• Representing financial institutions in various insolvency matters including (i) a scheme of arrangement of a listed construction company; and (ii) a proposed scheme of arrangement of a listed interior fit-out company.

Paul also has substantial experience working on various disputes involving directors’ duties, employment disputes and representing private banking customers against major financial institutions.

Publications

• Singapore Civil Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell) – author of chapter on Affidavits
• Commercial Litigation in Singapore (Sweet & Maxwell) – author of chapter on Summary Judgment, Striking out and Preliminary Determination

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law
• INSOL International
• Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore
• Volunteers at the Community Legal Clinic organised by the Law Society Pro Bono Services

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1995
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University College London, University of London, UK, 1994

Areas of Practice

• Real estate

Experience

Su Ean read law in University College London, University of London. She passed the Trinity Bar Examinations in 1994 as the top Lincoln’s Inn student and was awarded the Joan Denning Prize.

Su Ean’s diverse practice in real estate transactions includes the sale and purchase of buildings by corporations, the purchase of state/government land parcels, acting for management corporations and handling retail property transactions which involve acting for the CPF Board in the members’ withdrawal of monies in connection with the property purchase.

Su Ean has conducted property due diligence and handled advisory work and applications to government and statutory authorities on stamp duty and approvals for subleasing and subdivision. She has represented foreign corporations in the purchase and financing of investment property in Singapore.

Su Ean's experience includes:

• advising a real estate holding company in the portfolio and corporate restructuring of its assets of approximately S$100 million;
• advising corporations in the disposal and leaseback of multi-tenanted office/industrial buildings;
• representing developers in the purchase of all units in strata-titled developments from individual owners and handling the documentation relating to the project financing;
• being involved in the collective sale of units in residential developments;
• representing developers in the sale of units in licensed and unlicensed housing development projects;
• handling the lease documentation for landlords in the tenancy of the units in their building; and
• acting for financial institutions in the mortgagee sale of residential, commercial, JTC and HDB properties.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

Weng Kie is the head of the Firm’s Insurance Practice Group.

He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree in 1989 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1990.

Areas of Practice

Weng Kie regularly handles claims involving various classes of insurance such as Public Liability, Professional Indemnity, Fidelity Guarantees, Errors & Omissions, Contractors’ All-Risk, Workmen Compensation, Motor Insurance and Material Damage/Business Interruption.

Experience

In the course of his work, he has had the opportunity of arguing important points of law on behalf of insurers, such as the privilege from disclosure of the insurance loss adjusters’ reports, disclosure of secret trade information and formulae in the litigation context and the right of an insurer to seek medical re-examination of the Plaintiff for personal injury claims.

His expertise is as varied as the nature of the practice. Weng Kie has represented underwriters in many large claims most notably in the area of insurance fraud litigation. He has successfully defended several fire insurance claims where underwriters raised a defence of arson and fraud. He often works with forensic accountants and scientists, handwriting experts and investigators on such matters.

Weng Kie also regularly handles material damage/business interruption claims. For instance he was involved in an intensive litigation of a large business interruption claim arising from the well publicized Pan Pharmaceuticals debacle in Australia.

Weng Kie also specializes in road traffic and industrial accident claims and has acted in some of Singapore’s largest personal injury claims.

In the area of property and liability insurance, he successfully argued the policy position on behalf of underwriters as respects bailees’ liability for goods in their custody, care and control, or held by them on trust and commission. Until today, the judgment in the case of Siu Brothers v Norwich Winterthur Insurance remains the only locally reported one on this question.

He has also been entrusted with various professional indemnity policy claims. For instance he led a team of solicitors in handling a S$27 million claim against a professional engineer involving a cement silo failure. He has also provided advice to professional indemnity insurers for doctors, lawyers, accountants, building managing agents and insurance brokers. In the course of his professional indemnity work he has had the opportunity to advise on a myriad of policy issues such as multiple excess questions, limit of insurance, defence costs clauses, duty of disclosure, non-reporting, claims-made basis and retroactive clauses, limitation periods and others.

He has conducted numerous seminars for insurance companies. He takes special interest in advocacy skills and has trained in advocacy under the guidance of Australian Queen’s Counsel. He presently teaches advocacy to lawyers and postgraduate law pupils under the aegis of the Law Society of Singapore.

Appointments / Membership

• Weng Kie sits on the Law Society Disciplinary Committee's Panel and is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1989
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1988

Areas of Practice

• Real estate

Experience

Peck Chin specialises in real estate law, advising both corporate and individual clients on acquisitions and disposals of real estate, regulatory matters, government land sales, housing developments and leasing matters. She handles financing matters for financial institutions, corporate and high net worth clients.

Peck Chin began her legal practice in 1989 at Lee & Lee, where she did her pupillage. She was in the litigation department for a year before she joined the real estate department.

In 2005, she joined Wong Partnership LLP as a partner in their Corporate Real Estate practice group. She retired from the partnership in 2009.

Peck Chin has also taught in the Practice Law Course managed by the Board of Legal Education for about 10 years.

Peck Chin's experience includes acting for:

• the owners of en-bloc sales of Vermont 1 and 2, Peck Hay Mansions, Newton Meadows and The Parisian with a total transaction value of over S$400 million;
• the purchasers in the en-bloc purchase of Parry Gardens, Chez Bright Apartments, Carlton Terrace, houses at Paterson and Lengkok Angsa, Asimont @ Barker and Grand Tower with a total transaction value of approximately S$350 million;
• leading Singapore and regional developers in their commercial and residential developments; and
• financial institutions in the enforcement and realisation of secured assets.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1992
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1991

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Family law and matrimonial
• Probate, trusts and estate planning

Experience

Kanya’s practice covers a wide range and includes commercial litigation with particular emphasis on banking litigation. She heads our matrimonial department, advising clients on all aspects of family law. She has litigated numerous contentious cases and was involved in a high profile case involving the treatment of stock options under Singapore law as matrimonial assets.

Kanya also leads our mortgage recovery team and advises clients on all aspects of banking litigation including commencement of proceedings, enforcement and execution proceedings. Her area of practice also includes landlord and tenancy matters, drafting of and advising on commercial contracts, real estate litigation, contentious probate litigation, drafting of wills and various aspects of debt recovery.

Kanya is also a member of the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society of Singapore.

Kanya regularly advises clients on the financial aspects of divorce especially the effect of divorce on the division of matrimonial assets. She has also handled numerous highly contentious cases relating to the custody care and control of minor children. She has extensive experience in adoption and other family-related matters. Many of the divorces handled by her involve jurisdictional and cross-border issues.

Kanya works closely with management corporations of strata developments, advising them on litigation, day-to-day affairs and disputes. She has given talks on the amendments to the Land Titles Strata Act and the effect of new legislation, for example, the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2013
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2012

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Alcina has assisted in various civil and commercial matters covering a wide spectrum of industry sectors such as private banking, securities, hospitality, and clubs and societies.

Alcina's experience includes:

• acting in a complex case where there was a dispute on whether the fire broke out in the plaintiff’s or the defendant’s property, and the cause of the fire was unknown. Following a nine-day trial in which many witnesses including fire experts and personnel from the Singapore Civil Defence Force were cross-examined, the team obtained a favourable judgment for 100% of the quantum claimed by the plaintiff: see Te Deum Engineering Pte Ltd v Grace Electrical Engineering Pte Ltd [2016] SGHC 232;
• acting for an international group of manufacturing companies against a former director and CEO. Following a trial that spanned five weeks over issues of bribery and corruption, conspiracy, diversion of a multi-million business and serious breaches of fiduciary duties, the team has obtained a favourable judgment in excess of US$8 million: see Beyonics Technology Ltd and another v Goh Chan Peng and others [2016] SGHC 120;
• acting for United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) in its claims for fraud against, amongst others, a property developer company within the Lippo group, relating to UOB’s grant of mortgage loans amounting to an aggregate sum of S$181 million for the sale and purchase of luxury condominium units at The Marina Collection at Sentosa Cove developed by the Lippo entity. This case included an interlocutory application involving a complex area of law pertaining to whether the fraud exception applies to prevent attribution of the knowledge of an employee who had been fraudulent and/or who had committed a breach of duty to the employer. The team also successfully argued against an appeal by the defendants before the High Court;
• acting for a prominent hotel management company in disputes before the Singapore High Court involving contractual interpretation and claims of infringement of intellectual property and defamation;
• advising and acting for a major international hotel chain in respect of their dispute with a Singapore landlord;
• advising and acting for a leading Asia-Pacific hotel chain in a dispute with the Singapore subsidiary of an international provider of membership programmes, which was appointed as their agent;
• advising and acting for Malaysian clients in claims for misrepresentation against a major Swiss bank;
• advising and acting for an Indonesian client in claims for unauthorized trading, failure to advise and misrepresentation against a major US bank;
• advising and acting for Indian clients in claims for fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of trust against their former private banker;
• advising and acting for a local stockbroking firm against its remisier for contra losses suffered as a result of the collapse of Sky One share prices;
• advising and acting for a former President of a club in relation to a dispute arising out of the suspension and removal of a committee member of the club; and
• advising and acting for a founding director and shareholder of a leading dairy and beverage company in respect of a dispute with the company’s minority shareholders.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2014
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2013

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution

Experience

Imran’s practice includes primarily commercial litigation and dispute resolution.

While in school, Imran was on the Final Year Dean’s List. Imran was also a prize winning mooter.

Imran was the champion and best speaker in the Rodyk Challenge 2011 – NUS Finals, a moot competition. He was also the first runner up in the B.A. Mallal Moots 2010, one of Singapore’s most prestigious and oldest mooting competitions. In addition, he was a semi-finalist in the Red Cross International Humanitarian Moot 2013 where he was singled out for being an “excellent advocate” by a Senior Counsel from Hong Kong who was on the panel of judges.

Imran is fluent in English, Malay, and Bahasa Indonesia.

Imran's experience includes:

• successfully obtained interlocutory judgment for the plaintiff in a high profile defamation suit in the High Court (awarded S$100,000 in general damages and S$50,000 in aggravated damages);
• successfully defended a Government-linked company in a high profile judicial review challenge in the High Court;
• successfully mediated a claim concerning the purported wrongful termination of a lease, on behalf of the defendant;
• represented the plaintiff in a S$30 million dispute concerning misrepresentations that induced the plaintiff to enter into contracts for the purchase of shares;
• represented an Indonesian coal-mining conglomerate against its former Australian joint venture partner in a US$700 million dispute concerning the operation of a coal briquetting plant in Indonesia – the first case litigated in the Singapore International Commercial Court;
• represented a building owner in a S$20 million construction dispute;
• representing a court-appointed judicial manager in an application for an inquiry into a company’s dealings under section 227W of the Companies Act (Cap 50, 2006 Rev Ed);
• advising in the restructuring of a company involved in the distribution of electronic components internationally;
• advised a foreign Government on a potential dispute arising from a joint venture with a major international oil and gas company;
• advised a foreign Government on the extension of concession agreements awarded to a major international oil and gas company;
• advised a client on a potential dispute regarding a joint venture project in Singapore;
• advised a company on a potential high-profile contractual dispute concerning a key public-private partnership project in Singapore;
• advised a company in a potential US$33 million arbitral claim for compensation against a government in connection with the development of an international airport on a design, build, own, operate, and transfer basis;
• advised a high net-worth client on a potential defamation suit;
• advised a public listed global commodities group on a potential defamation suit; and
• advised a client on the consequences of the Organised Crime Bill and the Remote Gambling Act.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2014
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Bristol, 2012

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Infrastructure and projects

Experience

Geraint has assisted in various civil and commercial matters, including matters relating to banking law, insolvency and restructuring, and building and construction law. He is also a contributor to the Singapore chapter of The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review published by Law Business Research Ltd in 2015.

Geraint's experience includes:

• acting for the Judicial Managers of Punj Lloyd Pte Ltd and Sembawang Engineers & Constructors in the high-profile judicial management of these two companies;
• acting for United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB), one of Singapore’s largest banks in an ongoing scheme of arrangement of a listed construction company;
• acting for a group of private investors against a global investment bank in relation to the wrongful retrospective repricing of Forex trades;
• acted for UOB against a construction company in judicial management for the wrongful re-routing of monies away from the bank. This case is of significant importance to the banking industry as one of the first cases in Singapore that analysed in detail the test for determining the nature of assignments and, fixed and floating charges over assets. This required an in-depth review of the leading decisions from the House of Lords and Privy Council;
• acting for a major property developer against a government-linked contractor and architect in relation to numerous issues arising out of the construction of a biomedical business park;
• acting for one of Singapore’s largest concrete suppliers in relation to a dispute arising from the supply of concrete;
• advising the developers of a private hospital in relation to various disputes with the main contractor;
• representing SATS Ltd, a large publically listed company, in a highly publicised dispute involving Resorts World Sentosa and one of its patrons. The team successfully litigated SATS’s case before the High Court and, recently, struck out the counterparty’s appeal before the Court of Appeal;
• acting as an independent legal adviser to the employee of a major international bank in relation to worldwide regulatory investigations into rate fixings and trading practices; and
• acting for a private sector individual charged for corruption by facilitating one of the largest illegal “U-turn” schemes where Singapore immigration officers received bribes in exchange for extending the social visit passes of foreign performance artists. This case involved novel points of law on the interaction between private sector and public sector corruption.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law
• INSOL International

Qualification

Tina is an associate with the Insurance Litigation department.

Tina graduated from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Laws in 2013. She was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2014.

Areas of Practice

Tina’s main area of practice is in Insurance. She also handles some commercial and corporate matters.

Experience

Tina completed her pupillage at Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership with the Insurance Department from January 2014 to July 2014, where she assisted in various insurance and commercial matters.

Appointments / Membership

Tina is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Qualification

She graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore in 2010 was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2011.

Areas of Practice

Ling Wei’s main area of practice is in Insurance. She also handles some commercial and corporate matters.

Experience

Ling Wei completed her pupilage at Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership with the Insurance Department from January 2011 to June 2011 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2011.

In the course of her practice, she has acted for insurance companies and handled motor insurance, personal injury and workmen’s compensation claims. She has also assisted in advising Insurers on a range of general insurance matters pertaining to public liability, contractors’ all risk, business interruption as well as accident and health policies. Some contested matters she has worked on include a dependency claim and a dispute on policy interpretation and contribution between Insurers.

Appointments / Membership

Ling Wei is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law. She also volunteers at the Community Legal Clinic organised by the Law Society Pro Bono Services.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2014
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2013

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Restructuring and insolvency

Experience

Eugene has assisted clients in a wide spectrum of civil and commercial matters including insolvency, fraud and asset recovery, probate and administration, defamation and contractual disputes. Eugene also acts pro bono in criminal matters under the Law Society’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme. He is also a contributor to the Singapore chapter of The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review published by Law Business Research Ltd in 2015.

Prior to joining the firm, Eugene was a prize winning mooter and also worked as an associate editor of the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies – the first and leading legal journal in Singapore and one of the longest-publishing legal journals in the British Commonwealth.

Fluent in both English and Mandarin, Eugene has also spent half a year reading Chinese law in the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, China.

Eugene's experience includes:

• acting for two out of thirteen defendants in a suit commenced by a mainboard-listed investment holding firm and its subsidiary, an investment firm comprising a group of companies in the hostel and service residences business. Claims have been brought in respect of alleged breaches of fiduciary and/or statutory duties, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, and conspiracy;
• advising and acting for a leading hire-purchase company specialising in the hire-purchase of commercial and private vehicles in numerous debt collection and insolvency matters;
• acting for a telecommunications company in claims arising from the unauthorised tapping off of its cable network;
• acting for a major telecommunications company in the resolution of disputes arising out of a planned consolidation exercise;
• acting for an international group of manufacturing companies against a former director and CEO. Following a trial that spanned five weeks over issues of bribery and corruption, conspiracy, diversion of a multi-million business and serious breaches of fiduciary duties, the team has obtained a favourable judgment in excess of US$8 million: see Beyonics Technology Ltd and another v Goh Chan Peng and others [2016] SGHC 120;
• acting for a Singapore listed company in a defamation suit against an international media group;
• acting for one of the defendants accused of defrauding Mr Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian Oligarch and owner of AS Monaco Football Club, of some US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. The team successfully obtained the discharge of a worldwide Mareva or freezing injunction that had been previously obtained against their client. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is now the leading case on worldwide freezing injunctions: see Bouvier, Yves Charles Edgar and anor v Accent Delight International and anors [2015] SGCA 45. This complex cross-border dispute has been publicised and followed all over the world. This matter has garnered the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Matter of the Year award;
• acting for a UK-based art gallery in the recovery of US$2.5 million of art works;
• acting for a leading brokerage firm in fraud recovery claims and insolvency proceedings against the firm’s former brokers in the wake of the 2013 Sky One shares crash;
• advising and acting for one of the largest creditors in the insolvency of the Singapore Flyer;
• acting for the principal non-institutional financier in a contractual dispute arising out of the purchase and proposed development of plots of land at River Valley Road;
• acting for the executors in long-running dispute over the administration of an estate; and
• advising and acting for accused persons in various criminal law matters.

Publications

• Recent Changes to the Singapore Bankruptcy Regime, TKQP client note, August 2016
• Singapore chapter of The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review published by Law Business Research Ltd in 2015

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law
• INSOL International

Qualification

• Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003
• LPC – Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Commendation), BPP Law School, UK, 2001
• CPE – Graduate Diploma in Law, City Law School, City University, UK, 2000
• Masters of Research in Environmental Sciences, University College London, UK, 1996
• Bachelor of Science in Human Sciences (Hons), University College London, UK, 1995

Areas of Practice

• Banking and finance
• Infrastructure and project finance

Experience

Lawrence has more than 16 years of experience advising public and private participants on banking and finance transactions in Asia, the Middle East and the UK, with a particular focus on project finance, acquisition finance, trade finance and syndicated finance.

Lawrence has also been directly involved with the development of several fintech projects relating to blockchain based payment settlement systems and trade and receivables financing platforms whilst on a secondment to Standard Chartered Bank in 2016.

• Advising DBS as agent and a syndicate of more than 20 local and international lenders on the financing and refinancing facility for Genting International's development of US$4.4 billion integrated resort and casino in Singapore, Resorts World at Sentosa – Project Finance Magazine’s Asia Pacific Leisure Deal of the Year.
• Advising BNP Paribas, Calyon, DBS, Fortis Bank, OCBC and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as the arrangers on the financing of China Huaneng Group’s S$4.2 billion acquisition of shares in Tuas Power Ltd.
• Advising Sembcorp Utilities as sponsor on the US$1 billion financing of an independent water and power project in Salalah, Oman – Asian-MENA Counsel’s Deal of the Year.
• Advising BTMU as agent and a syndicate of banks on the development and financing of one of the largest independent crude oil and petroleum product storage terminals in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates — Project Finance Magazine’s Middle Eastern Oil & Gas Deal of the Year and Global Transport Finance’s Port Finance Law Firm of the Year.
• Advising International Finance Corporation (IFC) on its:
  • first debt and equity investment in a concession based water treatment and distribution project in Indonesia;
  • first loan in Myanmar (since the lifting of sanctions) for the development of a hotel and other business enabling infrastructure in Yangon; and
  • debt and equity investment relating to a Singaporean company’s acquisition of pharmaceutical assets in India, Canada, USA and Belgium.

• Advising HSBC as agent and the bank syndicate on a S$660 million guarantee facility to a joint venture (involving German and Korean sponsors) in relation to the financing of a silicon wafer fabrication plant.
• Advising RedMart Limited, an e-grocery service in Singapore, in relation to the acquisition of all of its issued share capital by Lazada, an Alibaba-backed online shopping and selling platform.
• Advising Standard Chartered Bank on its:
  • US$43 million external commercial borrowing financing to an Indian sponsor for an annuity based project to fund the development of a tunnel and extension and rehabilitation of a road in Jammu and Kashmir states in northern India;
  • US$270 million receivables purchase facility to the Indonesian subsidiary of a mobile telecoms company; and
  • US$35 million loan to a Vietnamese company for acquisitions, capital expenditure and investment in rice production.

• Advising a consortium of lenders on their financing to GNPower Mariveles for a 600MW greenfield power plant in the Philippines.
• Advising IFC, DEG, FMO and PROPARCO on the US$264 million facilities to a joint venture (involving French and Indian sponsors) for the financing of a cement plant in India.
• Advising Scotiabank, BTMU, HSBC and Westpac as the arrangers on a US$300 million syndicated loan to an Indian oil corporate.
• Advising a lender on the restructuring of its US$1 billion loan to an Indonesian coal mine operator.
• Advising Asian Development Bank on its:
  • loans to Mongolian finance companies to provide loans and leases to micro, small and medium sized enterprises;
  • US$200 million loan to an Indian bank to strengthen its rural financial inclusion programme and extend finance to low-income smallholder farmers in India; and
  • financing to a Cambodian company for a university campus in Cambodia.

• Advising Westpac on a US$100 million loan for the development of a milk product plant in New Zealand.
• Advising a Malaysian conglomerate on its numerous acquisitions in the Mongolian mining, manufacturing and hospitality sectors.
• Advising ANZ in connection with a corporate loan to an Indonesian mining company.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of England and Wales

Qualification

Hui Yun is an associate with the Insurance Litigation department.

Hui Yun graduated from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Laws in 2013. She was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2014.

Areas of Practice

Hui Yun’s main area of practice is in Insurance. She also handles some commercial and corporate matters.

Experience

Hui Yun completed her pupillage at Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership with the Insurance Department from January 2014 to July 2014, where she assisted in various insurance and commercial matters.

Appointments / Membership

Hui Yun is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2014
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Liverpool, 2012

Areas of Practice

• Litigation and arbitration

Experience

Muslim has assisted in a range of litigation and investigations matters.

Muslim is fluent in English, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia and Arabic.

• Successfully defended against charges of dishonest receipt and money-laundering taking place over an online social networking medium in Public Prosecutor v Hergobind s/o Arjandas Goklani [2014] SGDC 398.
• Secured the first acquittal in a long-running series of online vice ring cases – of which the preceding 40 cases resulted in convictions.
• Represented the accused person in Singapore’s first case of money-laundering involving a company’s bank accounts in the High Court appeal of Abdul Ghani Bin Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 125.
• Successfully resisted two striking out applications at the High Court stage in Antariksa Logistics Pte Ltd and others v Nurdian Cuaca and others [2016] SGHCR 10.
• Advised a foreign trust company on judicial review proceedings in Singapore.
• Advised a foreign Government institution on asset recovery measures against the former owners and directors of a foreign bank.
• Advised a client on potential contractual and criminal liability in an information and communications technology services agreement.
• Advised a client in a shareholders’ dispute concerning the unauthorised transfer of company shares.
• Assisted high-profile listed companies in conducting internal inquiries in relation to cross-border corruption investigations.
• Advised several reputable companies in respect of disclosure obligations under the Corruption, Drug-trafficking and other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap 65A, Rev Edn 2000).

Publications

• “Cracking the Whip on Financial Crimes” and “Anti-Corruption Enforcement in Singapore”, Asian Financial Centres’ Development and Regulation – Comparative Study from Singapore, Hong Kong and Mainland China at the Asian Law Centre Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, November 2014
• “Updates on Anti-Corruption Enforcement in Singapore”, International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee quarterly publications, April 2014 and September 2014
• “Singapore: Enforcement in Corruption, Fraud and Moneylaundering”, Expert Guides’ White Collar Crime Lawyers, 2014

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law
• Volunteers at the Law Society’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme

Qualification

She graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the University of Manchester in 2011 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in July 2013.

Areas of Practice

Insurance Litigation

Experience

Shahira completed her pupillage at Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership with the Insurance Department from December 2012 to June 2013 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in July 2013.

She has assisted in various insurance and corporate matters.

Appointments / Membership

Shahira is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2011
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2010

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Restructuring and insolvency

Experience

Keith has assisted clients in civil and commercial litigation matters covering a wide spectrum of industry sectors. He also handles insolvency and restructuring matters.

In 2016, Singapore Business Review ranked Keith as one of Singapore’s “70 Most Influential Lawyers 40 and Under”.

Keith's experience includes:

• acting for Mdm Kwik Poh Leng, the matriarch of the Thio family, in a minority oppression action in the High Court of Singapore. The Thio family owns one of the largest dairy products businesses in South-East Asia through their company, Malaysia Dairy Industries Pte Ltd, which produces well-known brands such as Vitagen, Marigold, HL Milk, Peel Fresh, Cowbell, Lady General, King of Kings and Double Happiness;
• representing Mdm Ng Giok Oh, the matriarch of the Tan family, in various appeals/cross-appeals in the Court of Appeal of Singapore in a S$200 million dispute over Afro-Asia Shipping Pte Ltd’s shares and assets;
• acting in a multi-million dollar arbitration claim brought by an Indonesian businessman against a major American investment bank over the sale of speculative financial derivatives;
• acting for a regional educational company in a dispute involving its private equity investor in respect of investments in Southeast Asia and the Middle-East;
• acting for Freddie Koh in a highly publicised case involving a claim on an indemnity resolution passed by the management committee of the Singapore Swimming Club. See Freddie Koh Sin Chong v Singapore Swimming Club [2014] SGHC 276 and Singapore Swimming Club v Koh Sin Chong Freddie [2016] SGCA 28;
• acting for and advising the developer of a major part-commercial, part-medical development project in central Singapore in an on-going dispute with its main contractor;
• acting for the Singapore subsidiary of a multi-national concrete supplier in its claim against the main contractor of a major medical development project;

• assisting Drydocks World SEA in respect of its scheme of arrangement and its subsidiaries as regards liabilities of US$2.2 billion;
• acting for the Judicial Managers of Indian construction firm, Punj Lloyd Ltd’s Singapore unit and Sembawang Engineers & Constructors in the high-profile judicial management of these two companies;
• advising in the restructuring of a company involved in the distribution of electronic components internationally;
• acting for and advising the liquidators of Marinteknik Shipbuilders (S) Pte Ltd in the winding up and sale of the company, which ultimately resulted in a successful application to set aside the winding up order and “resuscitate” the company;
• acting for the liquidators of Dovechem Holdings Pte Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) in the winding up of the company and in one of the most heavily-contested applications for the taxation of the liquidators’ fees; and
• assisting in the preparation of an expert opinion on Singapore agency law and principles for a matter before the English Commercial Court.

Publications

• Contributor to the Singapore chapter of The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review published by Law Business Research Ltd in 2015
• Contributor to the chapter on Summary Judgment, Striking Out and Preliminary Determination of Commercial Litigation in Singapore published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2015

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law
• Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore
• INSOL International

Qualification

Nan Shee graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree in 1993. She was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1994.

Nan Shee is presently a Senior Associate with the Firm’s Banking and Insolvency Practice Group.

Areas of Practice

Nan Shee’s area of practice is in banking litigation with an emphasis on debt recovery in credit facilities and tenancy matters.

Experience

Nan Shee commenced practice as a general litigation lawyer dealing with accident and insurance matters as well as personal injury claims.

Nan Shee also dealt with debt recovery matters when acting for the former American Express Bank Ltd.

In addition, Nan Shee advised clients in tenancy disputes while acting for Hong Leong Singapore Finance Limited. Nan Shee had also advised Far East Organisation Pte Ltd in matters pertaining to various Management Corporation Strata Titles portfolios.

Nan Shee has experience in matrimonial and probate matters. Nan Shee had also drafted wills and assisted in conveyancing matters. In addition, Nan Shee has experience in the criminal and traffic courts.

Furthermore, Nan Shee previously acted for Singapore Sports Council in the drafting of corporate agreements. Nan Shee also has experience in construction law, civil commercial litigation and arbitration matters.

In practice, Nan Shee has appeared frequently in the Subordinate Courts, High Court, Criminal Courts and Family Court. Nan Shee has also assisted in Court of Appeal matters.

Appointments / Membership

• Nan Shee is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.
• She also volunteers at the Community Legal Clinic organised by the Law Society Pro Bono Services.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2015
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2014

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Yi Zhang has assisted clients in various contentious matters, covering a wide range of areas such as contract, personal data protection, intellectual property, defamation, insolvency, private banking, real estate, and tort.

Yi Zhang's experience includes:

• acting in a case before the Singapore Court of Appeal involving claims, amounting to more than US$7.8 million, for unauthorised trading, failure to advise, and misrepresentation against a major US bank;
• representing Freddie Koh in a highly publicised case involving a claim on an indemnity resolution passed by the management committee of the Singapore Swimming Club. See Freddie Koh Sin Chong v Singapore Swimming Club [2014] SGHC 276;
• assisting in a case before the Singapore High Court involving claims, amounting to more than S$34 million, by a telecommunications company relating to the widespread trespass of its cable network;
• acting for the Public Trustee (acting as litigation representative) before the Singapore Court of Appeal on the appointment of deputies under the Mental Capacity Act for an elderly member of a prominent and wealthy Singapore family;
• assisting the representatives of a substantial estate in keeping intact the vast estate, and making applications in Singapore and other jurisdictions to set aside wrongful transactions and to claim what is due to the estate;
• acting for a major Singapore bank in an insolvency matter before the Singapore High Court involving a claim of more than S$8 million against a company in the offshore marine and engineering supplies industry and successfully obtaining a judicial management order;
• acting in a case before the Singapore High Court involving claims, amounting to more than US$3.7 million for fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of trust in a private banking matter;
• acting for an India-linked insurance entity operating in Singapore in an arbitration in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in a contractual dispute;
• acting for receivers and managers of a company in a case before the Singapore High Court involving claims of breach of director’s duties and unlawful means conspiracy;
• acting for a UK-based art gallery in the Singapore High Court for the recovery of art works worth more than US$2.5 million;
• acting for a prominent hotel management company in disputes before the Singapore High Court involving contractual interpretation and claims of infringement of intellectual property and defamation;
• assisting in the investigations on the Singapore branch of a major US bank, specifically on matters relating to the Personal Data Protection Act and the Banking Act;
• providing expert opinion on a matter before the English High Court on agency laws;
• advising a US company on their contractual negotiations with the Singapore branch of a major Hong Kong bank, specifically on matters relating to the Personal Data Protection Act, the Banking Act, and MAS guidelines;
• advising a liquidator on possible fraudulent trading and breaches of duties by former directors of the company;
• acting for a victim of online harassment and cyber-bullying and successfully obtaining protection order under the Protection from Harassment Act 2014. It is noteworthy that the team was granted leave by the State Courts of Singapore to effect service of Court papers via Instagram instant messages on the respondents; and
• acting for a prominent corporate group in Singapore in various real estate and construction matters.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

Daniel is an associate with the Insurance Litigation department.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore in 2014 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2015.

Areas of Practice

Daniel’s main area of practice is in Insurance. He also handles some commercial and corporate matters.

Experience

Daniel undertook his pupillage at Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership. He was a pupil with the Insurance Department from January 2015 to July 2015 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2015. Daniel has assisted in various insurance and commercial matters.

Appointments / Membership

• Daniel is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2015
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Singapore Management University, 2014

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Rachel has assisted in various contentious matters, covering a wide range of areas such as contract, commercial law, tort, real estate, probate, construction, and insurance.

Rachel's experience includes:

• acting for a victim of online harassment and cyber-bullying and successfully obtaining protection order under the Protection from Harassment Act 2014. It is noteworthy that the team was granted leave by the State Courts of Singapore to effect service of Court papers via Instagram instant messages on the respondents;
• acting for one of the defendants accused of defrauding Mr Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian Oligarch and owner of AS Monaco Football Club, of some US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. The team successfully obtained the discharge of a worldwide Mareva or freezing injunction that had been previously obtained against their client. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is now the leading case on worldwide freezing injunctions: see Bouvier, Yves Charles Edgar and anor v Accent Delight International and anors [2015] SGCA 45. This complex cross-border dispute has been publicised and followed all over the world. This matter has garnered the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Matter of the Year award;
• acting for United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) in its claims for fraud against, amongst others, a property developer company within the Lippo group, relating to UOB’s grant of mortgage loans amounting to an aggregate sum of S$181 million for the sale and purchase of luxury condominium units at The Marina Collection at Sentosa Cove developed by the Lippo entity. This case included an interlocutory application involving a complex area of law pertaining to whether the fraud exception applies to prevent attribution of the knowledge of an employee who had been fraudulent and/or who had committed a breach of duty to the employer. The team also successfully argued against an appeal by the defendants before the High Court;
• representing SATS Ltd, a large publically listed company, in a highly publicised dispute involving Resorts World Sentosa and one of its patrons. The team successfully litigated SATS’s case before the High Court and, recently, struck out the counterparty’s appeal before the Court of Appeal;
• representing Mdm Kwik Poh Leng, the matriarch of the Thio family, in a minority oppression action in the High Court of Singapore. The Thio family owns one of the largest dairy products businesses in South-East Asia through their company, Malaysia Dairy Industries Pte Ltd, which produces well-known brands such as Vitagen, Marigold, HL Milk, Peel Fresh, Cowbell, Lady General, King of Kings and Double Happiness;
• acting for the Judicial Managers of Indian construction firm, Punj Loyld Ltd’s Singapore unit and Sembawang Engineers & Constructors in the high-profile judicial management of these two companies; and
• advising a prominent tertiary institution in a contractual dispute.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2016
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Nottingham, 2014

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Sherlene has assisted clients in various contentious matters, covering a wide range of areas such as contract, tort, commercial law and construction.

Sherlene’s experience includes:

• acting for United Overseas Bank Limited in its claims for fraud against a property developer company in relation to the bank’s grant of mortgage loans amounting to an aggregate sum of S$181 million for the sale and purchase of luxury condominium units;
• assisted in a criminal appeal hearing in the High Court concerning novel points of law on the Prosecution’s disclosure obligations;
• assisted in a high-profile defamation suit in the High Court;
• provided legal opinion on issues concerning cross-border criminal and civil liability between Singapore and Indonesia; and
• provided legal advice on issues concerning potential criminal liability under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2016
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2015

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Amanda has assisted in a wide range of matters across various practice areas such as dispute resolution, criminal law, defamation, debt collection and insolvency, family law and construction.

Amanda’s experience includes:

• being part of the team acting for one of the defendants accused of defrauding Mr Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian Oligarch and owner of AS Monaco Football Club, of some US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. The team successfully obtained the discharge of a worldwide Mareva or freezing injunction that had been previously obtained against their client. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is now the leading case on worldwide freezing injunctions. This complex cross-border dispute has been publicised and followed all over the world. This matter has garnered the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Matter of the Year award; and
• assisting in advising a leading hire-purchase company specialising in the hire-purchase of commercial and private vehicles in numerous debt collection and insolvency matters.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2015
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2014

Areas of Practice

• Infrastructure and projects
• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Family law and matrimonial practice

Experience

Leonard has advised and represented clients in various contentious and non-contentious matters, covering a wide spectrum of the law including building and construction law, contract law, tort law and family law.

Leonard's experience includes:

• acting in a complex case where there was a dispute on whether the fire broke out in the plaintiff’s or the defendant’s property, and the cause of the fire was unknown. Following a nine-day trial in which many witnesses including fire experts and personnel from the Singapore Civil Defence Force were cross-examined, the team obtained a favourable judgment for 100% of the quantum claimed by the plaintiff: see Te Deum Engineering Pte Ltd v Grace Electrical Engineering Pte Ltd [2016] SGHC 232;
• acting for one of the world’s largest suppliers of cement, concrete and aggregate solutions in the world in a contractual dispute with the Singapore arm of an international construction company before the Singapore High Court;
• acting for a leading local bank in an intellectual property dispute with an international technology company before the Singapore High Court;
• acting for a local property developer in a building and construction dispute with an MCST before the Singapore High Court;
• acting for a group of investors in a contractual dispute with the Singapore arm of an international investment bank that involved the re-pricing of online FX trades before the Singapore High Court;
• acting for a local engineering SME in a fire-related tortious dispute with an engineering firm before the Singapore High Court;
• acting for a Hong Kong client in claims made against the Marina Bay Sands for breach of contract and in the tort of conversion in respect of gambling chips;
• acting for a local property developer in a Singapore High Court application by a local construction company to appeal and/or set aside an arbitral award;
• acting and advising a leading securities firm in a contractual dispute with a customer regarding fraudulent trades;
• acting and advising a prominent securities firm on various matters such as debt recovery and bankruptcy;
• acting and advising various individuals on contentious matrimonial matters such as divorce, ancillary matters and post-divorce financial arrangements;
• advising a senior fund manager in an employment dispute with the Singapore arm of an international asset management company; and
• advising a healthcare and hospitality company on building and construction issues.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2016
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2014

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Stephanie focuses primarily on commercial litigation and dispute resolution.

While in school, Stephanie was one of the selected few to represent the National University of Singapore in the Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot 2014, where her team won 1st Runner-Up for its memorial submissions. She also co-authored a pro-bono practitioner’s manual on migrant worker rights with Justice Without Borders.

Prior to joining the firm, Stephanie completed a legal internship at the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific.

Stephanie’s experience includes being:

• part of the team acting for one of the defendants accused of defrauding Mr Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian Oligarch and owner of AS Monaco Football Club, of some US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. The team successfully obtained the discharge of a worldwide Mareva or freezing injunction that had been previously obtained against their client. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is now the leading case on worldwide freezing injunctions. This complex cross-border dispute has been publicised and followed all over the world. This matter has garnered Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Matter of the Year award; and
• part of the team acting for an Indonesian client in claims for unauthorised trading, failure to advise and misrepresentation against a major US bank.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2015
• Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2014

Areas of Practice

• Commercial litigation and arbitration

Experience

Kristy has assisted clients in various civil, criminal, and commercial matters, covering a wide range of areas such as contract, tort, and fraud.

Kristy also serves at the National University of Singapore (Faculty of Law) as a Moot Coach to students competing in international mooting competitions.

Kristy's experience includes:

• acting for one of the defendants accused of defrauding Mr Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian Oligarch and owner of AS Monaco Football Club, of some US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. The team successfully obtained the discharge of a worldwide Mareva or freezing injunction that had been previously obtained against their client. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is now the leading case on worldwide freezing injunctions: see Bouvier, Yves Charles Edgar and anor v Accent Delight International and anors [2015] SGCA 45. This complex cross-border dispute has been publicised and followed all over the world. This matter has garnered the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016’s Matter of the Year award;
• acting for United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) in its claims for fraud against, amongst others, a property developer company within the Lippo group, relating to UOB’s grant of mortgage loans amounting to an aggregate sum of S$181 million for the sale and purchase of luxury condominium units at The Marina Collection at Sentosa Cove developed by the Lippo entity. This case included an interlocutory application involving a complex area of law pertaining to whether the fraud exception applies to prevent attribution of the knowledge of an employee who had been fraudulent and/or who had committed a breach of duty to the employer. The team also successfully argued against an appeal by the defendants before the High Court;
• acting for an international group of manufacturing companies in claims, amounting to more than US$12 million, against a former director for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties and diversion of business. Following a trial that spanned five weeks over issues of bribery and corruption, conspiracy, diversion of a multi-million business and serious breaches of fiduciary duties, the team has obtained a favourable judgment in excess of US$8 million: see Beyonics Technology Ltd and another v Goh Chan Peng and others [2016] SGHC 120;
• assisting the representatives of a substantial estate in keeping intact the vast estate, and making applications in Singapore and other jurisdictions to set aside wrongful transactions and to claim what is due to the estate;
• acting for two out of thirteen defendants in a suit commenced by a mainboard-listed investment holding firm and its subsidiary, an investment firm comprising a group of companies in the hostel and service residences business. Claims have been brought in respect of alleged breaches of fiduciary and/or statutory duties, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, and conspiracy;
• acting for a victim of online harassment and cyber-bullying and successfully obtaining protection order under the Protection from Harassment Act 2014. It is noteworthy that the team was granted leave by the State Courts of Singapore to effect service of Court papers via Instagram instant messages on the respondents;
• acting for a telecommunications company in claims arising from the unauthorised tapping off of its cable network; and
• assisting accused persons in various criminal law matters before the State Courts and High Court of Singapore.

Appointments / Membership

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

Qualification

• Javier is an associate with the Insurance Litigation department.
• He graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the University of Leeds in 2013 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2015.

Areas of Practice

Javier’s main area of practice is in Insurance. He also handles some commercial and corporate matters.

Experience

Javier undertook his pupillage at Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership. He was a pupil with the Insurance Department from January 2015 to July 2015 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2015. Javier has assisted in various insurance and commercial matters.

Appointments / Membership

Javier is a member of the Law Society and the Singapore Academy of Law.