John’s practice since being called to the bar in 2004 has primarily been in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on shipping, international trade, and insolvency and restructuring litigation. He has appeared at all levels of the Singapore Courts, and represented clients as lead counsel in arbitration proceedings seated in Singapore, Hong Kong and London. John has worked on the entire spectrum of shipping disputes, including collisions, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, shipyard and repair disputes, shipboard incidents such as fire and personal injury. With the growth of technology usage in the trade finance and shipping industries, John has recently been actively advising the industry on the legal and regulatory issues arising from the industry’s adoption of technology in their trading, client management, operations and technical management functions.
He has acted as lead
Counsel at all levels of the Singapore Courts, and has acted as lead Counsel in
SIAC, SCMA, ICC, HKIAC, LMAA and GAFTA arbitrations. He has also provided
expert evidence on Singapore Arbitration laws and Singapore Admiralty law as an
expert witness in US Court proceedings.
John has also acted and advised creditors as well as distressed companies across the various forms of insolvency and restructuring mechanisms such as moratorium, liquidation, judicial management, schemes of arrangement and Chapter 11 filings. The cases that John has handled include companies involved in marine construction, trading, shipping and Oil & Gas sectors.
John’s other commercial work includes litigation and legal advisory work for Telcos, chemical, commodities and trading companies.