William Ong

Practice Areas

Cybersecurity & Data Protection; International Arbitration; Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

William is the Co-Head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department. His areas of practice encompass international arbitration, banking litigation, corporate insolvency and restructuring as well as corporate litigation.

William has substantial experience in banking litigation, financial and securities-related disputes, and regularly acts in disputes involving structured products, margin trading, valuations, guarantees and enforcement of security. He is also actively involved in representing clients in corporate disputes, such as shareholder and directors’ disputes as well as joint venture disputes.

He also practises in the field of licensing, distribution and franchise disputes, and they span different industries ranging from computer software to boiler technology to pharmaceutical products. William has special interest in the field of assessment of damages and valuation methodology, as he believes that most disputes would be ultimately concerned with damages and its assessment - he is familiar with the technical and legal aspects of this area which is valued by clients.

William has rendered expert opinions before the English courts and the courts of the People's Republic of China.

William joined the Firm in 2000 after he was called to the Singapore Bar and has been a Partner since 2006.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Fellow, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore.