Asher Chin

Acting for a Samoan company in a multi-jurisdictional and multi-forum shareholders’ dispute with a British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) company and its Chinese shareholders over shares in Chinese state-owned energy enterprise. This dispute involved, among others, a Hong Kong-seated arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, winding-up proceedings in BVI, and Singapore High Court proceedings. 

Acting for a technology services multi-national company in an SIAC arbitration arising out of a dispute with a technology provider in a dispute over the provider’s refusal to execute a subcontract after both parties had successfully partnered to win a project worth more than S$400 million from the Singapore government. 

Acting for a Singapore contractor in an application to set aside an adjudication determination issued under the Singapore Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. This application – which went before the Singapore Court of Appeal – involved among others, issues regarding the adjudicator’s jurisdiction to determine set-off for liquidated damages and breach of the fair hearing rule. 

Acting for a Singaporean contractor in a dispute against a global steel supplier, arising from the steel supplier’s refusal to supply steel when the price of steel abruptly increased. In the High Court, we successful resisted the application for summary judgment and succeeded in our counterclaim for damages due to non-delivery.

Acting for one of Singapore’s largest clan associations in a dispute with a charitable foundation over the clan association’s right to own and occupy a building that both had occupied for more than 50 years. This dispute, which was before the Singapore High Court, not only engaged complex and novel issues of trust, equity and charities law, but also judicial review and negotiations with various governmental and ministerial stakeholders.

Acting for the founder of a major layer one cryptocurrency and associated entities in respect of investigations by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (under the Securities and Futures Act 2001), the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, and South Korean authorities in relation to the cryptocurrency and global events involving it.

Acting for a Singapore insurance broker in respect of investigations by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (under the Insurance Act 1966) in relation to potential fraud and forgery by employees of the broker.

Acting for a banker in a major Singaporean bank in respect of investigations by the Monetary Authority of Singapore concerning potential insider trading by the banker in respect of an acquisition that he had worked on. The investigations concluded with no charges brought.

Acting for the Singapore branch of a foreign LNG company in its successful recovery of money that had been transferred to Timor-Leste as a result of Singapore’s business compromise scam. 

Acting for a Chinese state-owned construction company in respect of corruption charges brought by the Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigations Bureau. The individuals who gave the alleged bribes had fled from Singapore, and we were required to conduct investigations within the company to assess whether any other employee of the company was privy to and/or had approved the giving of the alleged bribes.