- Successfully defended a client in the oil and gas industry from a claim by his joint venture partner. The claim was an application for leave to commence a derivative action against the ship manager that was owned by the client for alleged breaches of the ship management agreement. The claim raises a novel point of law at trial as to the calculation of time for the purposes of the Limitation Act.
- Advised a Chinese State Owned Enterprise and coordinated litigations across several jurisdictions to seek recovery of the loss of about US$80 million in connection with a series of contracts for the international sale of goods. The claim arose due to a fraud committed on the clients. The various claims include instructing foreign counsel to claim against the carriers for delivery without presentation of the original bills of lading, as well as claims against the rouge counterparts and seeking to trace their assets internationally.
- Successfully represented the Singapore subsidiary of a listed Chinese commodity trader as counsel in an arbitration in Hong Kong against another Chinese State Owned Enterprise before a tribunal of 3 arbitrators. The claim arose due to the default of the other party in fulfilling a sale contract for a cargo of coal, and we successfully obtained a Final Award in favour of client notwithstanding the fact that the client failed to establish a letter of credit within the time stipulated in the contract.
- Defended the Singapore subsidiary of an Indian commodity trading house in the High Court of Singapore for a claim by another international commodity trading house for the sum of US$75 million. The claim arose from an arbitration award made in favour of the Indian commodity trader, and it was alleged that the Indian commodity trader fraudulently transferred its assets to its Singapore subsidiary. This brief involved the detailed examination of a series of complex financial transactions involving a number of legal entities from Singapore, India, Dubai and London.
- Successfully defended the owners of a VLCC in a claim in the High Court of Singapore for personal injuries sustained by a stevedore whilst mooring the vessel. The cable on board the vessel holding the hose snapped and seriously injured the stevedore. However, the stevedore’s job was that of a safety officer and his specific duty was to ensure nobody stood below the cable during the operations and he was injured because he was standing at the exact spot where no one was supposed to be standing.