Clifford Chance

• Acting for Southeast Asia’s leading luxury goods and retail specialists in a HKIAC arbitration against a prominent business and travel brand in a HKD 289 million dispute arising out of a distributorship agreement.
• Representing one of the world’s largest providers of oil field services in an ad-hoc arbitration against the Indian subsidiary of a globally diversified natural resources company headquartered in the UK in a construction dispute worth over a USD300 million arising out of the termination of two development contracts.
• Defending two group companies of an American international energy technology company in an SIAC arbitration against two subsidiaries of a global leader in manufacturing polyacrylamides headquartered in France in a dispute arising out of the termination of multiple subcontracts brought about by a Covid-19 force majeure event.
• Representing French and Portuguese engineering, procurement companies part of a multinational oilfield services company in an ICC arbitration against an Australian construction company in a dispute arising out of a consortium agreement related to the construction works for a loading jetty and other marine structures.
• Representing one of Japan's largest general trading companies in its dispute with a Russian mining and processing enterprise over a contract for the supply of tires.
• Advising the Cambodian subsidiary of an American energy technology company in its dispute with the subsidiary of a Japanese engineering and construction company on its liability to pay liquidated damages arising out of late delivery under an offshore procurement contract.
• Acting for a global conglomerate involved in a JV with a major Philippines conglomerate. The client holds shares in the JV company. The shares in the company and other assets are subject to a suit in the Philippines Courts where the Govt of Philippines is contending that the shares were obtained by illicit means by the former leader of the country.
• Acted for a Cayman Islands based private equity firm in an SIAC arbitration governed by Dutch law against both Netherlands and Philippines based companies over a USD 1.3 billion dispute arising from a joint venture in the Philippines toll way industry.*
• Advised an American construction and engineering company on the merits of setting aside an SIAC arbitral award in favour of a ministry of a South Asian state.*
• Acted for a Philippine mining and exploration company in resisting the setting aside application of an SIAC award, brought by a Philippine company in the business of contract mining and equipment rental in the Singapore International Commercial Court.*
• Acted for a Singaporean gaming developer in an SIAC arbitration against a Korean video game company regarding the validity of a settlement agreement for alleged copyright infringement.*
• Acted for an Indonesian property investor in an SIAC arbitration against a Singaporean real estate developer over a dispute arising out of a letter of intent for the purchase of two hotels in Singapore.*
• Successfully resisted the setting aside application in the High Court of Singapore against an ICC arbitration award.*
• Represented the subsidiary of an Australian mining exploration company incorporated in the Philippines in an SIAC arbitration against a Philippine company in the business of leasing mining equipment over a dispute arising out of a JVA for a mining project.*
• Defended a Malaysian steel manufacturer against an Italian supplier of physical plants in an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore.*

*Prior to joining Clifford Chance