National University of Singapore

• Advocate & Solicitor (Supreme Court of Singapore) 2004

Advising:

• A client in the Singapore High Court in its claim as jetty operator against owners of the vessel .
• As shipping specialists for the Judicial Managers of a marine transportation services company in the investigations into the practices of the company, taking statements from the relevant parties in relation to alleged claims arising out of contracts of carriages.
• The insurers/shipowners in respect of various major casualties and pollution incidents, including the collision involving the US Naval ship John S. McCain.
• The terminal owners in various significant berth damage claims
• A major Chinese oil and gas company and successfully defending claim by sellers under a contract for the sale of coal in an SIAC arbitration in Singapore.
• The client to defend a claim by buyers under a contract for the sale of steel scrap in a VIAC arbitration in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Several shareholders of a shipping company holding a public towage license in a multi­million dollar shareholder dispute.
• A major global container shipping company in a misdelivery claim.
• A shipowner in setting aside an arrest and successfully obtaining damages for wrongful arrest.
• The client, obtaining a mandatory injunction for the enforcement of an LOI issued for delivery of cargo without presentation of original bills of lading.
• The client, obtaining and maintaining a Mareva injunction in circumstances where forged documents were produced by the respondent to deny liability.
• The liquidators to claw-back unauthorised payments made to third parties.
• A shipowner against managers where significant expenses were incurred in excess of the budget.
• The insurer on cover issues arising from a piracy hijacking of an insured vessel.

Senior Accredited Specialist (Maritime & Shipping Law), SAL

• Law Society of Singapore
• The Maritime Law Association of Singapore

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