Allen & Gledhill LLP, Shipping: Domestic | Chambers Asia-Pacific Profile

About

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Our dedicated Maritime Practice routinely acts in multi-jurisdictional, high-profile and complex matters relating to the maritime and aviation industries. We provide a fully integrated 24-hour service, accessing the collaborative expertise of leading lawyers from across our Firm.

Our team’s portfolio comprises contentious and non-contentious work, including the setting up of operations in Singapore, ship sale and purchase, fundraising in the equity and debt capital markets, secured and unsecured vessel lending and leasing, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international litigation, arbitration and mediation relating to international trade and transport, offshore oil and gas, regulatory issues, insurance, casualties, enforcement and repossession, and restructuring and insolvency.

We serve both local and international clientele including leading international financial institutions, equity providers, commodity traders, Protection and Indemnity Clubs, insurers, shipowners, charterers, shipbuilders and repairers.

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Shipping: Domestic - Singapore

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Allen & Gledhill has an outstanding domestic practice in Singapore with a deep bench of lawyers advising on the full range of shipping matters. The team is highly regarded for its transactional and finance work, with expertise in sales and purchases, restructurings and lending and leasing agreements. The firm represents many domestic and international banks, as well as non-banking creditors, shipping companies and port operators. Allen & Gledhill also offers notable litigation and arbitration capabilities covering mortgage enforcements, ship arrests and charter party disputes.

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Work Highlights

Allen & Gledhill represented JSW in a Singapore High Court suit related to a dispute concerning the sale and shipment of a cargo of coal from South Africa to India which was allegedly wrongfully released at the discharge port.

Strengths

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The senior partners are knowledgeable and experienced in the shipping finance field.

Shipping: Domestic respondent
Asia-Pacific

Allen & Gledhill have shown themselves to be responsive and well resourced to meet the demands of challenging deadlines. Additionally, they have repeatedly demonstrated competence.

Shipping: Domestic respondent
Asia-Pacific

The senior partners are knowledgeable and experienced in the shipping finance field.

Shipping: Domestic respondent
Asia-Pacific

Allen & Gledhill have shown themselves to be responsive and well resourced to meet the demands of challenging deadlines. Additionally, they have repeatedly demonstrated competence.

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Notable Practitioners

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Gina Lee-Wan

Senior Statespeople

Gina Lee-Wan is a seasoned lawyer who has a stellar reputation for her work on ship finance matters in Singapore. She has acted for major multinational lenders and ship owners on shipping and offshore finance and high-value restructurings. She also has extensive experience in sale and purchase agreements and ship leasing.

Everyone knows Gina. She's effectively the dragon queen of ship finance.

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Vivian Ang

Senior Statespeople

Vivian Ang is a consultant at Allen & Gledhill and has forged a formidable reputation as one of Singapore’s leading shipping litigators. She has experience advising on a range of matters, including those in relation to collisions.

I love to work with Vivian and her team.

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Yin Chuin Soh

Band 1

Yin Chuin Soh enjoys a strong reputation for his work on sale and leaseback deals in Singapore, as well as ship financing and restructuring matters. He regularly acts for significant lenders, including major banks and non-banking creditors.

He is a sophisticated lawyer who can navigate complex issues quickly.

Yin Chuin is very experienced and is able to provide clear and well-articulated advice.

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Corina Song

Band 3

Corina Song is an established name in Singapore's domestic legal market, regularly representing ship owners and banks in a range of shipping disputes, including cargo disputes.

Corina is a seasoned lawyer with strong expertise and knowledge in shipping litigation.

She's practical, commercial and really an excellent advisor. She's our go-to in Singapore.

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Kenny Yap

Band 3

Kenny Yap is an experienced lawyer with an impressive track record in litigation and arbitration cases in Singapore. He regularly assists a wide variety of shipping clients, including financiers and ship builders.

He's one of the best shipping lawyers that I have dealt with.

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Yin Soon Yap

Band 3

Yin Soon Yap is known in the Singapore domestic legal market as an experienced shipping litigator. He is well versed in handling disputes relating to restructuring processes in various shipping sectors, including offshore oil and gas and commodities, and he frequently represents major banks.

He is very responsive and commercially minded.

Yin Soon is very knowledgeable on shipping matters.

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Jonathan Choo

Up and Coming

Jonathan Choo is active across a range of high-value shipping finance matters, boasting a particularly solid international profile in loan facilities.

He is an amazing lawyer with great technical skills, and he understands the realities of shipping.

Jonathan has deep industry knowledge and is very proactive in providing outside-the-box solutions.

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