Commercial Litigation

Notable Matters

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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

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  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.

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  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.