Chien Mien Ho

Practice Areas

Construction & Engineering; Energy, Infrastructure & Projects; International Arbitration; Litigation

Career

Chien Mien is Co-Head of the Firm’s Construction & Engineering Practice.

In 2018, he was among the inaugural batch of select practitioners to be recognised as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL).

His contentious work involves litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation work in Singapore, South East Asia and the Middle East relating to power, utilities, desalination, petrochemical and manufacturing plants, water treatment facilities, roads and tunnels, dams and waterways, mass rapid transit projects, sports complexes, aircraft hangars, major office buildings, retail malls, hotels, condominiums and specialised warehouses.

On the non-contentious side, Chien Mien has been involved in some of the largest building and infrastructure projects in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region including airport developments, roads, greenfield developments of data centres, power and utilities plants, oil storage terminals, LNG terminals and regasification plants, petrochemical and pharmaceutical plants, manufacturing facilities, mega-malls and transportation hubs, prime office towers and luxury hotels and condominium developments.

Professional Memberships

Main panel of arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Asian International Arbitration Centre. Member, Singapore Law Society Building and Construction Law Committee. Senior Accredited Adjudicator, Singapore Mediation Centre. Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Accredited Arbitrator, Law Society Arbitration Scheme. Sub-committee member, Singapore Security of Payment Act-Insolvency Law Reform and Singapore Infrastructure Dispute-Management Protocol, both organised by SAL. Member of Gray’s Inn, Inns of Court, UK.

Publications

Singapore chapters of Practical Law’s Construction & Projects Global Guide and Global Legal Group’s The International Comparative Legal Guide to Construction & Engineering Law. Previously editor of the Construction section of Atkin’s Court Forms.

Languages Spoken

English; Malay; Mandarin

Education