Areas of Practice

Maritime, Aviation & International Trade

• Ship arrest & release
• Cargo loss, damage, and misdelivery
• Freight and hire disputes
• Time bar & limitation
• Personal injury & negligence at sea
• Seaworthiness issues
• Bill of lading / airway bill disputes
• Charterparty disagreements
• General average
• Acting for shipowners, charterers, managers, P&I Clubs, insurers, freight forwarders, shipyards & banks

Civil, Corporate & Commercial Litigation

• Incoterms & risk allocation
• Goods sold & delivered
• Contract of agency / contract for service disputes
• Debt recovery
• Corporate & shareholder litigation
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Winding-up & restructuring
• Contested directors/shareholders’ meetings
• Professional negligence elements

Property, Real Estate & Strata Litigation

• Specific performance of SPAs
• Extension & renewal of caveats
• Tenancy & lease disputes (commercial, retail, residential)
• Strata management / JMB / MC disputes
• Acted in a landmark decision requiring a developer to contribute management funds when transfers were not effected

Partnership Disputes

• Partnership disagreements
• Assessment of partnership interests
• Wrongful removal of partners

Criminal Litigation

• Criminal breach of trust (CBT)
• Robbery & theft
• Forgery & document offences

Conveyancing & Corporate Advisory

• Sale & purchase of land & movable properties
• Industrial land transactions for MNCs
• Tenancies and leases of commercial & residential buildings
• Licensing & distributorship agreements
• Employment & management contracts
• Supply & service agreements
• Joint ventures, land development
• Wills & estate advisory