SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Chou Sean Yu, Wendy Lin, Monica Chong Wan Yee and Frank Oh Sheng Loong, WongPartnership LLP
WongPartnership LLP is a firm headquartered in Singapore that has one of the largest litigation and dispute resolution groups in the world, comprising eight specialist subgroups staffed by more than 160 lawyers and four senior counsels. The firm has ex - pertise across all aspects of enforcement work span - ning the identification, preservation and realisation of assets. It regularly obtains interim and emergency injunctions, freezing, disclosure and search orders as well as other ancillary relief to advance its clients’ en - forcement or resistance aims. The firm leverages its
specialised practices to provide seamless judgment- to-recovery representation in all situations. As a full- service firm, WongPartnership is well positioned to manage complex asset recovery and enforcement challenges (such as blockchain technology and digi - tal currencies). It has acted in numerous high-profile cryptocurrency disputes, restructurings and insol - vencies through close collaboration with its regulato - ry and tax practices to craft holistic and multifaceted strategies tailored for its clients.
Authors
Chou Sean Yu is the managing partner of WongPartnership and head of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution group. Sean Yu’s main practice areas are banking and trade finance disputes, insolvency and
Monica Chong Wan Yee is a partner in WongPartnership’s corporate and commercial disputes and international arbitration practices. She has exten - sive experience as counsel in high- stakes proceedings under ICC, ICSID,
restructuring, corporate fraud, investigations, asset recovery, regulatory matters, shareholder litigation, tort and contractual claims, and arbitration. He is frequently appointed as an arbitrator and serves on panels of major arbitration centres, including the SIAC, AIAC, KCAB, MIAC, JCAA, BICAM, HIAC and RAC. A chartered arbitrator of the Chartered Insti - tute of Arbitrators, Sean Yu is also a Fellow of the IPAS and a specialist mediator with the SIMC.
SIAC and UNCITRAL rules, and has sat as arbitrator in ICC and SIAC proceedings. A key focus of her practice is the cross-border enforcement of judg - ments and arbitral awards. She is an associate mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre, a member of the Executive Committee of the Asia- Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA), and is serving her second term on the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Hearing).
Wendy Lin is the head of WongPart - nership’s asset recovery and interna - tional enforcement practice, deputy head of the commercial and corporate disputes practice, and a partner in the international arbitration practice.
Frank Oh Sheng Loong is a partner in WongPartnership’s banking and financial disputes and international arbitration practices. His main areas are international arbitration, litigation and mediation covering commercial,
Wendy represents clients in complex, high-value and multi-jurisdictional disputes and arbitrations. Her unique expertise spanning arbitration, litigation and enforcement has seen her involved in numerous landmark Singapore court decisions on arbitration- related issues. Wendy also sits as an arbitrator in cases administered by the SIAC, ICC and HKIAC. Wendy is the Co-Chair of the ILA Committee on Conflict-of-Laws Issues, a member of the SAL’s Law Reform Committee and the Regional Representative Southeast Asia of the IBA Asset Recovery Committee.
international sales, energy and investment matters, with a focus on complex, high-value, multi-jurisdic - tional disputes as well as insolvency and restructur - ing. He has advised and acted for global clients in the Singapore courts and in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations (eg, SIAC, ICC, UNCITRAL, AIAC), including investor-State disputes. Frank has extensive experience in arbitration-related court proceedings. He is also an accredited mediator and has acted in mediations as both mediator and counsel.
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