Blossom Hing, SC SC

Blossom’s recent disputes-related work includes the following:

• Obtained an order to set aside a decision of the General Division of the High Court which had reversed a private trustee in bankruptcy's rejection of a proof of debt totalling S$15,766,460 and US$2,301,767 for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by a director of a company in liquidation. The Appellate Division of the High Court held that the complex disputes of fact and gaps in the evidence warranted a trial, and remitted the matter accordingly (see Yit Chee Wah (as private trustee of the estate of Jannie Chan Siew Lee, a bankrupt) v Fulcrum Distressed Partners Limited [2026] SGHC(A) 1).

• Successfully resisted an application to set aside an Anton Piller order, a related injunction restraining the use or disclosure of confidential materials, and an order requiring the delivery up and destruction of the same materials (Arfat Pannir Selvam and others v Sharad Selvam Ramachandra [2026] SGHC 56).

• Successfully resisted an application for a declaration of mental incapacity in respect of an individual who founded a chemical manufacturing company listed on the Singapore Exchange (see XYF v XYG and XYH [2026] SGFC 9).

• Successfully resisted an application for an injunction to restrain a beneficiary from calling on a standby letter of credit for the sum of over USD 126 million, and the subsequent appeal against the same (see DJY v DJZ [2025] 2 SLR 142 and [2024] SGHC 301).

• Obtained a freezing order and an order for receivers to be appointed over the assets of GSF Capital Pte Ltd and its controlling director on the basis that they had committed a fraud of some EUR560 million against Suntech Power Holding Ltd, a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange and the world’s largest producer of crystalline silicon solar power units.

• Acted for state-owned enterprises involved in the oil and gas industry and obtained an SIAC arbitration award exceeding USD200 million.

• Obtained an SIAC arbitration award in the sum of USD150 million in respect of a breach of agreement.

• Represented a Swiss financial intermediary company in a USD133 million claim filed in the Singapore High Court and successfully obtaining a freezing order for the same amount.

• Obtained an SIAC arbitration award of some USD93 million in favour of one of the largest privately-owned trading companies in the world.

• Obtained landmark decision on determination of the location of a cryptoassset in respect of the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital (see Cheong Jun Yoong v Three Arrows Capital Ltd [20240 SGHC 21 and [2024] SGHC(A) 10).

• Obtained a stay of execution in the High Court of Singapore in favour of Asia Pulp & Paper against JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. from enforcing a US Court judgment of some USD55 million in Singapore.

• Obtained High Court judgment for some USD41.3 million, excluding interest, in respect of a breach of agreement.

• Obtained an HKIAC arbitration award to enforce rights under a HKD400 million agreement.

• Obtained injunction orders from the Singapore High Court prohibiting the Singapore CEO of one of the largest data centre operators in the world from breaching the terms of his employment contract. Thereafter, applied and successfully obtained further injunctions, including springboard injunctions in an Emergency Application from an Emergency Arbitrator appointed by the SIAC.

• Obtained an injunction to restrain BNP Paribas from presenting an application for winding up against a major shipyard (see Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd v BNP Paribas [2008] 4 SLR(R) 33 and BNP Paribas v Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd [2009] 2 SLR(R) 949).

• Acted for companies in the Pacific Andes/China Fishery group of companies to obtain moratorium orders to facilitate a cross-border group restructuring (see Re Pacific Andes Resources Development Ltd and other matters [2018] 5 SLR 125).

• Acted for the judicial managers of Epicentre Holdings Ltd and successfully resisted an application by certain creditors to appeal a rejection of proofs of debt (see Blasco, Martinez Gemma v Ee Meng Yen Angela and another and another matter [2021] 3 SLR 1360).

• Successfully resisted an application by a third party to intervene in an application for derivative action (see Reignwood International Investment (Group) Co Ltd v Opus Tiger 1 Pte Ltd and other matters [2021] SGHC 133 and Shanghai Shipyard Co Ltd v Opus Tiger 1 Pte Ltd and another and other appeals and another matter [2021] SGCA 109).

• Successfully resisted an application for derivative action by founders/minority shareholders of a medical device company (see Jian Li Investments Holding Pte Ltd and others v Healthstats International Pte Ltd and others [2019] 4 SLR 825).

• Successfully resisted claims by a beneficiary of a deceased’s estate for effectively the entirety of the deceased’s assets before the Singapore High Court and the Appellate Division (see Ong Chin Woon v Ong Bee Hah (co-administratrix of the estate of Tan Ah Moi deceased) and others [2022] SGHC 125 and [2023] SGHC(A) 12).

• Successfully resisted an application to set aside an order granting leave to serve court documents outside of Singapore (see Kuswandi Sudarga v Sutatno Sudarga [2022] SGHC 299).

• Acted for an SGX listed company to obtain summary judgment for breach of contract, which was upheld on appeal by the Court of Appeal (KLW Holdings Ltd v Straitsworld Advisory Ltd and Another [2017] SGHC 35).

• Acted for Cargill to enforce forfeiture for competition clauses against an ex-employee (see Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd [2012] 1 SLR 311 and Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd [2012] 4 SLR 371).