Jill Ann KOH is a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes and International Arbitration Practices. 

She has an active court and international arbitration practice in complex, high-value and multi-jurisdictional shareholder, contractual and fraud and asset recovery disputes, with a particular focus on the sectors of technology, internet businesses, e-commerce, energy, and international sales and investment. She regularly advises Mainboard-listed entities, financial institutions, global investment businesses and funds, and other professional entities on a broad range of legal issues.

Her experience includes a stint with Twenty Essex Chambers in London, where she worked closely with barristers and King’s Counsel on a variety of English law matters.

Jill graduated from the Singapore Management University, which she represented in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot and the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. She also currently serves as legal advisor to the Singapore Disability Sports Council. She is admitted to the Singapore Bar.
 

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

  • A subsidiary of a Mainboard-listed entity in urgent court proceedings against the beneficiary of a standby letter of credit and a local bank to restrain a call on a standby letter of credit issued for the amount of over US$126 million arising out of a contract to assemble a semi-submersible production platform in the north coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
  • A subsidiary of a Mainboard-listed entity in SIAC arbitration proceedings against another Mainboard-listed entity for a claim of over S$34 million in respect of the latter’s breach of an agreement for the former to acquire and privatise the latter pursuant to a scheme of arrangement.   
  • A Cayman Islands hedge fund based in Hong Kong in SIAC arbitration proceedings in successfully rescinding a US$20 million investment in a blockchain / smart contract technology and financial products e-commerce and internet business as a result of a series of false and misleading representations made to it which induced the making of the investment, and in subsequent enforcement proceedings to recover the investment.
  • A leading multinational energy company and its subsidiary against a global energy company (and one of the largest state-owned enterprises in China) in the SICC to set aside an arbitral award valued at almost US$5.5 billion. The quantum of the dispute is possibly one of the highest sums in dispute for a single administered case by the SIAC to date. 
  • A family office and two individuals in complex High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings concerning investments in private equity funds and a hotel development valued at over US$127 million.
     

Related Practices

  • Commercial & Corporate Disputes
  • International Arbitration 

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Singapore Management University (LL.B., Hons.)

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