International Arbitration
Our International Arbitration Practice is one of the largest worldwide with more than 170 industry-specialist practitioners handling both commercial and investment arbitrations for a wide variety of clients across a broad range of sectors including energy, infrastructure, financial products and services, pharmaceuticals, gaming, hospitality, technology, transport, commodities, international trade, joint ventures, M&A deals and other commercial investments.
We lead the pack in Asia’s top arbitration hub. Our lawyers have acted in some of the most significant commercial and investment arbitrations in the region and globally, achieved the first-ever win for a Singapore law firm in an ICSID arbitration, and handled almost all investor-state arbitration disputes brought before the Singapore Courts. Our deep familiarity with institutional arbitrations conducted worldwide under all major arbitration rules such as AIAC, CIETAC, DIAC, HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL, is reflected in both counsel and tribunal appointments of our lawyers. Our practice is strengthened by a team of lawyers qualified in various jurisdictions other than Singapore including England and Wales, New York, China, India, Vietnam, and Philippines. We are also the go-to Singapore law firm for arbitration-related Court proceedings and the setting aside and enforcement of arbitral awards, as evident from our involvement in numerous landmark and ground-breaking arbitration decisions by the Singapore Courts.
We continue to shape tomorrow’s arbitration practice through key appointments in prominent organisations, arbitration courts, and thought leadership committees worldwide. These include appointments in the Courts of the ICC, LCIA and SIAC, Swiss Arbitration Association, the IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum, IBA Arb40 Sub-Committee, IPBA Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee, International Law Association, ICDR, Asia Pacific Forum for International Arbitration, ArbitralWomen, CIArb Singapore, and YSIAC Council.
Our deep bench has seen us consistently ranked in various international legal publications. To-date, we remain the only Singapore-headquartered law firm to have been ranked by GAR as one of the top 35 global arbitration practices. Our lawyers are known for their intellect, creativity, tenacity, precision and keen sense of strategy. Clients choose to work with us to solve their most difficult and high-stakes issues and we continue to secure mandates in the most complex and cutting-edge matters. Whichever the industry, jurisdiction, applicable law or arbitral institution, we are the firm of choice.