Singapore

Appellate and arbitral award challenges

• Represented an Indian client before the Singapore Court of Appeal in seeking to set aside an SIAC arbitral award made in favour of a foreign state entity.
• Represented a Singapore jeweller before the Singapore Court of Appeal in a conversion claim brought by New York and Paris-based jewellers.

International arbitration

• Advised an Indian party regarding an SIAC arbitration concerning a ship financing dispute.

Commercial litigation

• Represented a Singapore client with operations in Vietnam in Singapore High Court proceedings against its shareholder.
• Represented a Singapore-based air charter broker in a breach of contract claim against another Southeast Asian government.
• Represented a Singapore wholesaler of industrial machinery against a Japanese counterparty for breach of an exclusive distributorship agreement, and against the wholesaler’s former employee for breach of fiduciary duty.

Corporate, shareholder and partnership disputes

• Acted for the managing director of the Singapore branch of one of the world’s largest insurance brokers and reinsurers in connection with his removal from office.
• Represented a Singapore director concerning the relinquishment of their seat on a hospital’s board.
• Represented an Indonesian client with interests in Southeast Asia, China and Eastern Europe against claims arising from a partnership dispute and an associated share transfer agreement.

Banking and securities

• Represented an investor facing a claim of several million dollars brought by the securities arm of one of Singapore’s major banks.

Construction and engineering

• Represented a main contractor in a claim by the employer, with the architects joined as third parties, following damage to a building façade.
• Acted for a Japanese construction firm facing claims for defective works; settled before proceedings were commenced.

London

High Court and commercial litigation

• Represented Indian investors before the English High Court in connection with their investment in an English hospitality business.
• Represented a private equity client facing a potential £10 million claim in a dispute with a limited partner.
• Represented a private equity client in a dispute over his shares in various funds that went before the Court of Appeal.
• Represented a Lebanese investor in establishing and recovering her share in an English care home business.

International arbitration

• Advised a client in an LCIA arbitration defending claims of breach of contract, misrepresentation and conspiracy to injure, valued in excess of USD 17 million.
• Advised an India telecommunications client in an ICC arbitration over the cancellation of its mobile network contract in Malawi.
• Advised an Indian corporate client seeking to challenge an award in an ICDR arbitration.
• Advised a UAE oil and gas engineering firm in a dispute concerning its work on a Libyan oilfield development.

Transnational litigation

• Acted for an Irish company bringing a breach of contract claim in Malaysia, instructing and overseeing Malaysian counsel.