Andre SOH

Matters of significance in which Andre has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

• A global leader in the manufacturing and supply of turbines and other components used in power-generation applications arising from an EPC contract and service agreement, in parallel arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the ICC and SIAC, against a multi-national corporation specialising in the construction, commissioning and performance-testing of power plants. The substantive law of the dispute was the law of England and Wales.
• The owner of independent power plants in Bangladesh in an ICC arbitration, against a South Korean conglomerate, in relation to disputes arising from the manufacture and supply of diesel engines. The substantive law of the dispute was Swiss law. 
• An employer of a project for the construction of a hydropower plant project in Southeast Asia, in a dispute arising from its termination of the main contract, involving claims for alleged wrongful termination and consequent loss and damages, as well as counterclaims for delays, disruption, breaches of contract valued at approximately S$200 million. The matter also involved advising on the merits of various Dispute Adjudication Board decisions. The substantive law of the dispute was the law of England and Wales.
• The subsidiary of a SGX Mainboard listed company in an SIAC arbitration, arising out of a highly publicised takeover battle between 2 prominent Singapore conglomerates due to the termination of an Implementation Agreement. The substantive law of the dispute was Singapore law.
• A global leader in air transport communications and technology in an SIAC arbitration against a regional technology provider, and related advisory and coordination work for parallel proceedings in the Thailand courts concerning claims of approximately S$300 million. The substantive law of the dispute was Thai law.
• The subsidiary of a global leader in the lift and elevator industry, in an SIAC arbitration against a prominent Singapore contractor. The dispute arose out of a project for the upgrading of lifts in more than a hundred public housing blocks, and concerned delay and variation related claims. The substantive law of the dispute was Singapore law.
   

Related Practices

• Energy, Projects and Construction

• Andre Soh & Vera Anne Poi, “Three Lessons for the Drafting of Employment Agreements in the Wake of Ricardo Leiman v Noble Resources Ltd (Part I)” [2022] SAL Prac 8
• Iris Ng, Melissa Ng, Andre Soh & Chen Siyuan, “Five Recurring Problems in International Arbitration: The Relationship between Courts and Arbitral Tribunals” 8 Indian Journal of Arbitration Law 19 (2019-2000)