TIONG Teck Wee

TIONG Teck Wee is a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice and International Arbitration Practice, and is also the Co-Head of the Sustainability & Responsible Business Practice.

His main areas of practice are in complex, high-value, cross-border, multi-jurisdictional commercial and corporate disputes. Teck Wee has represented and acted for global MNCs, State-owned entities, public and private corporations, and high net-worth individuals from various jurisdictions (such as Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, PRC and U.S.) both before the Singapore Courts and in international arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions (such as the SIAC and ICC), and in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules. Teck Wee also has an active practice advising and acting for both investors and State parties in investor-State disputes and investment treaty arbitrations.

Teck Wee has represented and acted for clients in a variety of disputes across a range of industries including contract, shareholders' and joint venture disputes, company fraud and mismanagement and minority oppression claims, and M&A, private equity, banking and finance, commodities trading, energy, and property and infrastructure disputes. Teck Wee also regularly appears before the Singapore Courts to assist clients in the enforcement of arbitral awards, to set aside and/or challenge arbitral awards, obtain interim and injunctive reliefs, and in other arbitration-related matters. 

Teck Wee is fluent in Chinese and is experienced in acting for Chinese-speaking and Chinese clients, as well as in international arbitrations where Chinese is the language of the arbitration.

Teck Wee regularly writes and publishes in various leading global legal publications (such as Chambers, ICLG, Mondaq) and speaks at seminars and conferences organised by various international organisations (such as the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Global Arbitration Review, International Chamber of Commerce, and the International Law Association) on disputes, international commercial arbitration, and investment treaty arbitration related topics. Teck Wee also conducts advocacy workshops for lawyers organised by arbitral institutions such as the SIAC and Delos.

In his capacity as the Co-Head of the Sustainability & Responsible Business Practice, Teck Wee advises clients on a range of ESG and sustainability-related matters such as greenwashing, ESG related disputes and climate-related litigation, directors’ duties and liabilities in the ESG space, and carbon credits and carbon trading. Teck Wee also regularly contributes to publications (such as Mondaq, ICLG, IFLR, the Singapore Institute of Directors bulletin) and speaks at seminars and conferences on ESG and sustainability-related issues.

Teck Wee was recently named as one of ALB’s Rising Stars Singapore 2024, and is also recognised in the Legal 500 as one of the Firm’s key lawyers in dispute resolution. Teck Wee has been described by clients as being “very user-friendly”, “very focused on delivery”, “strong technically”, and having “solid client management skills”. Clients have also praised Teck Wee for being “highly competent and likely one of the best among his peers”. He has also been recognised as having “excellent industry and jurisdiction knowledge” and for his “problem solving, lateral thinking” skills. The Legal 500 says that “Teck Wee is simply one of the brightest and most diligent lawyers at the firm” and remains calm “in the face of an otherwise heated dispute.”

Apart from his practice, Teck Wee is also a tutor with the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore where he teaches International Legal Process, and guest lectures for the module on Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration. Teck Wee also guest lectures on the module for Entrepreneurship in Singapore – From Cradle to Grave, at the Singapore Management University.

Teck Wee graduated from the National University of Singapore and is admitted to the Singapore Bar.