Una Khng

Practice Areas

Una heads Helmsman's Commercial Disputes Practice Group and co-heads our Intellectual Property and Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice Group. Her practice covers both domestic and international disputes across a broad spectrum. Her expertise includes complex financial structured products, cryptocurrencies, joint venture and shareholder disputes, breaches of trusts, contract, fraud, misrepresentation, white-collar crime, amongst others. Una has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, having appeared in the Singapore courts and in international arbitrations (including SIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SCMA, etc.). She also advises clients on contentious and non-contentious matters.

Una began her career as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore. After completing her clerkship, she went on to establish a disputes resolution practice at one of the largest law firms in Singapore. Una has held appointments as District Judge and Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court of Singapore – where she presided over civil hearings, and managed cases in the Companies, Insolvency, Trusts and Arbitration division. While she was with the Supreme Court, Una was involved in the Court of Appeal Registry and the Secretariat of the Rules of Court Working Party. She was also an integral member of the team behind the establishment of the Singapore International Commercial Court. In April 2019, Una was appointed Deputy Divisional Registrar of the SICC.

Una read law at the University of Cambridge, graduating with First-Class Honours, and later obtained her MA from the university. She was named valedictorian of her Graduate Diploma of Singapore Law class at the National University of Singapore. She also won the prize for Commercial Practice in the Singapore Bar examinations.

Una is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. She was also a member of the Ethics and Professional Standards Committee. She has taught at the law schools of the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University, and is currently a Principal Examiner for Civil Litigation in Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations.