International Arbitration

Notable Matters

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  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.

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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 as transaction counsel for the seller in a US$20 million cross-border sale of shares in a Singapore-based process automation and systems integration provider, conducted against the backdrop of a multi-party shareholder dispute and concurrent arbitration in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre commenced by a minority co-shareholder, and structured a resolution via an arbitral consent award enabling the client to acquire full ownership of the target and complete the sale.