Arbitration (International)
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 4
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+65 6416 8000About
Provided by WongPartnership LLP
Our International Arbitration Practice is one of the largest in the region, with capabilities in commercial, financial, and investor-state arbitrations seated anywhere in the world and under all major arbitration rules, including AIAC, CIETAC, DIAC, HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL.
We lead the pack in Asia’s top arbitration hub. Our lawyers have acted in some of the most significant arbitrations in the region, every single investor-state arbitration dispute to have come before the Singapore Courts, and recorded the first ever win for a Singapore law firm in an ICSID arbitration. We continue to shape tomorrow’s arbitration practice through key appointments in prominent organisations, arbitration courts, and thought leadership committees worldwide. These include key appointments in the Courts of the SIAC and ICC, the IBA Arbitration Committee, the IPBA Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee, the Editorial Board of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin and the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages, CIArb Singapore, the YSIAC Committee; as well as Senior Accredited Specialists in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.
We draw on the expertise and experience of our 60 strong arbitration team to conceptualise and develop effective and innovative strategies that are implemented with the highest standards. Our deep bench has seen us consistently ranked in every international legal journal.
Chambers Review
WongPartnership has an impressive regional presence, led from Singapore, extended by offices in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines, and enhanced where appropriate by collaboration with other regional and extra-regional international firms. The practice is regularly engaged by leading regional and global corporates in high-stakes disputes in the energy and resources, construction and general commercial spheres, and noted for regular appearances in India and Korea-related disputes and increasing prominence in investment treaty cases, where the firm's clientele has included both international companies and a number of national governments.
Chou Sean Yu is the deputy managing partner of the firm and head of the dispute resolution group.
Work Highlights
- WongPartnership represented Lao Holdings in its application to resist the enforcement of a BIT award on the basis of fraudulent conduct of the award creditor that came to light in the course of concluded setting-aside proceedings in respect of the same award.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The WongPartnership team are very strong in their technical skills, and their strategy towards dispute resolution is very effective."
"It is a very astute and commercially-oriented team."
"The firm is able to efficiently handle complex legal issues and provide exceptional client service, including prompt responses, personalised solutions and clear communication."
"The WongPartnership team are very strong in their technical skills, and their strategy towards dispute resolution is very effective."
"It is a very astute and commercially-oriented team."
"The firm is able to efficiently handle complex legal issues and provide exceptional client service, including prompt responses, personalised solutions and clear communication."
Members
Provided by WongPartnership LLP
Chee Meng Tan
Christopher Chuah
Melanie Ho
Sean Yu Chou
Wei Lee Lim
Wendy Lin