Jeremy Marc Sia

Acted for a Chinese state-owned nuclear energy company in an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration commenced by a French nuclear technology company and its Chinese subsidiary in relation to a joint venture dispute concerning the operations of a nuclear power plant in southwest China.

Acted as defence counsel for a project director and project engineer of a construction company in criminal and regulatory proceedings for alleged breaches of the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 in connection with the collapse of a Pan-Island Expressway viaduct.

Acted as defence counsel for a leading insurance company in a Singapore High Court action commenced by a global shipping company seeking reimbursement under a Contractor's all-risk policy for losses arising from the collapse of a seawall during construction.

Acted for a time charterer in an arbitration administered by the London Maritime Arbitrators' Association against a British public-listed multinational oil and gas company in relation to underperformance claims.

Acted for a major Japanese agricultural group in a dispute against a shipowner and a Saudi Arabian buyer under the Grain and Feed Trade Association rules in relation to a corn contamination case.

Acted for a joint venture company in resisting an application by its minority shareholder before the Singapore International Commercial Court, in which the minority shareholder sought to make the joint venture company jointly and severally liable with the majority shareholder for a buy-out of its shares — one of the largest court-ordered buy-outs before the Singapore Courts, involving several novel points of law — Kiri Industries Ltd v Senda International Capital Ltd and Dystar Global Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 14.

Acted for a global multimedia conglomerate and its Indian corporate arm in applying to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre for an emergency interim injunction restraining India's largest listed media company from pursuing Indian court proceedings to enforce a merger, on the basis of the latter's failure to satisfy pre-conditions to the merger.

Acted for a listed Malaysian company in a SIAC arbitration against a Singapore company and an Indonesian company for breaches of a joint venture agreement pertaining to the development of an oil palm plantation in Indonesia.

Acted for the founder and shareholder of one of the Philippines' largest coffee product distributors in a SIAC arbitration against a global coffee products manufacturer and retailer, concerning the interpretation of put and call options determining the buy-out price of the founder's shares.

Acted for the minority shareholder of a prominent medical group against its majority shareholder in a minority oppression action. The medical group was listed on the stock exchanges of Singapore and Hong Kong, and the matter required consideration of laws from both jurisdictions.

Acted for the minority shareholder of a regional fintech group against its majority shareholder. The parties involved are Chinese commercial parties and institutions.

Acted as lead counsel in obtaining a worldwide Mareva Injunction against the majority shareholder in a minority oppression action before the Singapore High Court.

Successfully acted for a client in her claim before the Singapore High Court for fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation and unlawful conspiracy against multiple real estate developers and their directors in relation to the sale and purchase of a property in Niseko, Japan — Astrawati Aluwi v Lo Yew Seng and another (Infinity Capital Group Ltd and others, third parties) [2025] SGHC 188.

Acted for a supplier of polymer and silicon parts in its claim before the Singapore High Court against its former directors for breaches of fiduciary duties — alleged diversion of valuable business opportunities to the directors' related companies and the siphoning of substantial sums from the supplier.

Successfully acted as defence counsel for a director of a US-incorporated diamond and jewellery supply and retail company in an unlawful conspiracy action commenced against him by a Singapore company before the Singapore High Court.

Acted for a Singapore-listed company in its Singapore High Court action against an Indonesian bank for repudiatory breaches of bank guarantees and counter-guarantees. The client obtained an expeditious and favourable outcome in settlement.

Acted as lead counsel for a global financial technology company in successfully resisting an application for the appointment of interim judicial managers brought by its investors in the General Division of the High Court of Singapore, and subsequently before the Singapore Court of Appeal — Point72 Ventures Investments LLC v FinLync Pte Ltd and others [2023] SGHC 122.

Acted for the liquidators of a Hong Kong-incorporated shipping company (appointed by the Hong Kong courts) in applying to the General Division of the High Court of Singapore for recognition of the winding-up order and the liquidators' appointment in Singapore, pursuant to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency.

Advising and representing a hospital in relation to mass allegations of potential negligent diagnosis.

Acted as defence counsel for a prominent psychiatrist before the Court of 3 Judges of the Supreme Court of Singapore in relation to allegations of medical malpractice — Ang Yong Guan v Singapore Medical Council [2024] SGHC 126.

Acted as defence counsel for medical practitioners against charges brought by the Singapore Medical Council for alleged breaches of the Medical Registration Act 1997.

Acting as pro bono counsel for accused persons charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Acted as defence counsel for a director of a logistics company who was charged with aggravated cheating, conspiracy and bribery.

Acted for a director of a Singapore corporate secretarial company in relation to criminal charges brought against him under section 477A of the Penal Code for the alleged falsification of certain financial documents. The Prosecution alleged that the director was linked to the collapse of Wirecard, the German payment processor and financial services provider.

Advised a director of a Singapore-incorporated bunker supplier and craft operator on potential criminal proceedings for fraudulent trading arising from the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority's discovery, during enforcement checks, that the bunker's mass flow meter had been tampered with. Also advised the director (who was then based in Hong Kong) on the potential exposure to extradition to Singapore to face criminal proceedings.

Retained counsel for one of the largest construction companies in Singapore.

Regularly advising institutions and multinational companies on risk and regulatory compliance issues.

Advising an international bank in relation to its finance of a bareboat charter to a transnational shipping company.