Christopher Chong

Chris is a Singapore qualified dispute resolution lawyer with a substantial experience in commercial disputes. He is an experienced lead counsel who has successfully argued cases at all levels of the Singapore Courts (including its highest court, the Court of Appeal), in arbitrations (both international and domestic) and in adjudications.

Over the last two decades, Chris has developed a market reputation as a go-to lawyer for banking, construction and natural resources disputes.

He has an enviable win record for high-net-worth individuals against financial institutions and is involved in some of the largest private banking cases in Singapore. In 2018, Chris represented an ultra-high-net-worth individual in a claim for more than US$250 million in a Singapore High Court trial against a large international bank.

Chris is an accredited Senior Accredited Specialist (Building & Construction) by the Singapore Academy of Law and acts for some of the largest international and domestic players in the construction sector, and works on many of the biggest projects in Singapore. These range from private sector projects such as Resorts World Sentosa, to public sector projects such as the Mass Rapid Transit, the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, and the North-South Corridor. He is an experienced counsel in high value construction arbitrations and has been involved in more than 100 adjudications and adjudication reviews since 2013, with the largest being S$116 million (which remains one of the largest to date). Chris is an accredited adjudicator with the Singapore Mediation Centre, an editor of the Singapore Construction Adjudication Review and a member of the Singapore Mediation Centre’s Training Faculty Committee for adjudicators.

Chris regularly represents resource owners in mining disputes outside Singapore and also acts for traders in supply disputes for a variety of commodities such as coal and sulphur.

• LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1999

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (2000)

• Assessor, Panel of Assessors for COVID-19 Temporary Relief, Ministry of Law

• Senior Accredited Specialist (Building & Construction), Singapore Academy of Law

• Accredited Adjudicator, Singapore Mediation Centre

• Member, Training Faculty Committee, Singapore Mediation Centre

• Member, Law Society of Singapore

• Member, Society of Construction Law (Singapore)