Danny Chua

Practice Areas

> Shipping, International Trade and Logistics

> Dispute Resolution

Career

Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Arts’ 2nd Class Upper Honours Degree in law and upon being called to the English Bar at Gray’s Inn, Danny returned to Singapore where he commenced practice with Messrs Godwin & Co, then the leading Shipping & Maritime law firm in Singapore before joining Messrs Khattar Wong & Partners in 1989 where he was a partner and Head of the Shipping Department.

Danny has been consistently ranked as a Leading Individual in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for ‘Shipping’ practice area, most recently in the 2022 Edition. He was commended by his clients as their “go-to” Singaporean lawyer. He always responds promptly and will supply detailed advice as soon as he is able.” and that he stood out for “[h]is knowledge of the law in this particular field of expertise as well as his in-depth knowledge of the SE Asia markets and pragmatic approach to the matter at hand.”

Danny was also listed in the Euromoney Legal Group Guide to the World’s Leading Shipping & Maritime Lawyers. He was also ranked in Benchmark Litigation’s Asia Pacific Guide 2019 as a “Dispute Resolution Star” in Shipping. He has also been recognized as one of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers in 2019 by Asian Business Law Journal based on industry & peer nominations.

Professional Memberships

Danny has served in the International Bunker Industry Association (Asia) Executive Committee since its establishment in Singapore in 2005 and latterly has been appointed as a director of IBIA (Asia).

Publications

Danny has published the following articles on Corporate Securities Law:

The Common Law Approach To Insider Trading [1983] 1 MLJ cxliv;

Statutory Approach to the Control of Insider Trading [1983] 1 MLJ cxliv;

In 2007, Danny also co-authored the inaugural edition of the Admiralty Practice, Chapter XL VII, Atkin’s Court Forms, Singapore Issue 3, 2007.