LLB., summa cum laude, Singapore Management University

• Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
• Solicitor, Senior Courts of England & Wales

*Note: This list includes matters worked on before joining Gateway 

• Representing two affiliates of a US multinational in an UNCITRAL arbitration in Singapore against an Asian power company, concerning misappropriation of our clients’ technology under a licensing agreement. More than US$27 million is in dispute. 
• Representing a Taiwanese conglomerate in an ongoing ICC arbitration against an Indian listed company in relation to a joint venture dispute in China. The arbitration is seated in Singapore. Singapore law governs. 
• Represented a Japanese energy conglomerate as co-claimant in a Swiss-seated, PCA-administered arbitration against the Kingdom of Thailand concerning a dispute relating to the transfer and decommissioning of oil and gas assets in the Erawan gas field. The dispute was governed by international law and Thai law, and the claim amount exceeds USD 2 billion.  
• Represented a high net-worth Thai business family in an SIAC arbitration to defend a USD 120 million claim by a private equity firm relating to alleged breaches of a bridging loan agreement and the enforcement of related securities.  The principal agreements were governed by English law and Singapore law while related restructuring proceedings in Thailand implicated Thai law.  
• Represented a leading UK-headquartered commodities trading corporation in its disputes with a Singapore-headquartered commodities business. The disputes arose out of the supply of contaminated marine fuel and were the subject of two Singapore-seated SIAC arbitrations. The disputes were governed by Singapore law and the claim amount exceeded USD 100 million.  
• Represented a listed Canadian fashion retail conglomerate against a Korean conglomerate in an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore. Over USD 100 million was in dispute in connection with alleged breaches of a fashion retail distributorship agreement governed by New York law, fraudulent misrepresentation claims and claims arising out of the New York Franchise Sales Act.  The client prevailed in the arbitration and secured dismissal of all claims against it in the final award.   Represented one of Korea’s largest media, entertainment and broadcasting conglomerates in its pursuit of a USD 40 million claim in a dispute concerning a television production and advertising joint venture business in Vietnam.  The Vietnam law-governed dispute was the subject of two consolidated SIAC arbitrations seated in Singapore and parallel litigation in multiple proceedings before the Vietnam courts.  The arbitrations involved claims of breaches of M&A warranties, fraud, breach of contractual non-compete obligations, breach of fiduciary duty and contravention of Vietnam’s company law legislation, the Enterprise Law (2014).   
• Represented one of Asia’s state-owned energy companies as respondent against a Singapore-headquartered commodities trader in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration. The dispute arose out of a long-term agreement for the sale and purchase of diesel cargos, with the claim amount partially quantified at a minimum of USD 12 million. The agreement was governed by English law. The claimant eventually withdrew its claims against the client in the arbitration.   
• Represented a state-owned energy company as claimant against a US energy trading company in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration. The dispute concerns an English law-governed agreement for the spot purchase of LNG cargoes. The claim amount approximated USD 10 million. The client prevailed in the arbitration and all its substantive claims were granted in the final award.    
• Represented a leading Chinese agricultural machinery manufacturer against a Romanian agribusiness in an ICC arbitration seated in Paris.  Approximately EUR 20 million was in dispute in connection with a construction contract governed by French law.  The client prevailed in the arbitration and secured dismissal of all claims against it in the final award.   
• Represented a Singapore-based energy corporation in its disputes with its European customer under a Terminal Services Agreement and its Chinese contractor under an EPC contract. The disputes concern a USD 80 million project for the construction and operation of a LPG terminal. The governing law of the disputes was English law, and the disputes with the contractor and customer were subject to ICC arbitration in Singapore and SIAC arbitration in Singapore respectively.  
• Represented one of the world’s largest, US-headquartered confectionary producer in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration against its exclusive distributor in the Philippines.  The dispute concerned the termination of an exclusive distributorship agreement and involved claims approximating USD 10 million. The agreement was governed by Philippine law.  
• Represented a satellite operator in a claim against a Pacific Islands state in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration. The dispute concerned a Singapore law governed framework services agreement for the provision of satellite broadband services.  
• Represented an Asian energy company in an ICSID arbitration against the Bangladesh Power Development Board concerning a dispute arising under a power purchase agreement.  The dispute involved claims approximating USD 20 million, and was governed by Bangladesh law. The client prevailed in the arbitration and secured all the relief sought in the final award.