Hannah LEE is a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice.
Hannah’s main area of practice is in litigation and arbitration, with a focus on high value and complex commercial and corporate disputes.
Hannah represents a diverse clientele, including States, multi-national corporations and high net-worth individuals, in both court proceedings and in domestic and international arbitrations. Matters handled cover a broad spectrum relating to director and corporate misconduct and minority oppression, as well as investment treaty, energy and construction, employment, and general contractual disputes.
Hannah graduated from the National University of Singapore and is admitted to the Singapore Bar.
Matters of significance in which Hannah has been involved in include advising on / acting for the following:
- Represented the founder of Mustafa Centre, an iconic retail and tourist landmark in Singapore, against various family members in multiple high-profile minority oppression proceedings before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal.
- A State against a multinational automobile manufacturer to challenge a jurisdictional award made pursuant to an investment treaty arbitration relating to a USD 65 billion investment, before the Singapore International Commercial Court.
- Various shareholder and corporate governance disputes, including advising corporations, private equity firms and funds on strategies for effecting shareholding changes and removing of directors and high-level executives, and on breaches of director and fiduciary duties.
- Employment and breach of restrictive covenants disputes, including successfully acting as lead counsel before the Singapore High Court in arguing that there was no breach of confidentiality and non-solicitation obligations in a consultancy agreement, an employment dispute between a leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia and its former employee, and advising a leading telecommunications service provider on the breach of confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition obligations by its former employees.
- Setting aside arbitral awards, including an international arbitral award valued in excess of SGD 80,000,000 obtained in an international arbitration arising out of a share acquisition, and acting for the owner of an infrastructure project (the construction of which was valued in excess of SGD 50,000,000) to challenge an arbitral award arising out of the project before the Singapore Court of Appeal.
- Various disputes in the energy and construction space, including for a leading environmental services provider to bring claims relating to the supply of defective equipment for a SGD 130 million incineration plant, in an ICC international arbitration; and for a leading environmental engineering contractor to bring claims relating to demolition and construction works for an electrical substation and pump house at the Singapore Changi Airport, in an SIAC domestic arbitration and before the Singapore Court of Appeal.
Related Practices
- Commercial & Corporate Disputes
Contact Details
- d+65 6517 3756
- f+65 6532 5722
- eHannah.Lee@wongpartnership.com
Qualifications
National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.)
Singapore Bar