PRACTICE AREAS
Arbitration, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
We protect our clients' commercial interests when cross-border transactions and operations face conflict. Operating across Singapore and Vietnam, our dispute resolution team handles high-stakes commercial disputes, providing strategic counsel from early-stage risk mitigation and negotiation through to formal international arbitration. We focus on delivering pragmatic, cost-effective solutions that safeguard your business assets and reputation.
Our Core Expertise
International & Institutional Arbitration
Advising and representing clients in complex cross-border arbitrations under major regional and international rules, including SIAC, VIAC, ICC, HKIAC, CIETAC, SHIAC, BIAC.
Dispute Avoidance & Risk Mitigation
Analyzing transactional risks during contract drafting to implement robust multi-tiered dispute clauses, liability caps, and clear exit mechanisms.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Guiding clients through structured mediation and strategic settlement negotiations to achieve confidential, commercial solutions without public escalation.
Strategic Coordination of Local Litigation
Managing and coordinating with specialized local litigation attorneys in Singapore and Vietnam, ensuring local tactics align with global business objectives.
Navigating Singapore
Irreversible Arbitral Outcomes
Singapore courts maintain a strict pro-arbitration stance and will rarely intervene in or set aside an arbitral award. Appealing an adverse award faces exceptionally high statutory bars, making flawless case strategy essential from day one.
The Cost of Escalation
While Singapore offers world-class dispute infrastructure, international arbitration can rapidly become resource-intensive. Failing to utilize early-stage mediation frameworks can lead to prolonged and costly proceedings.
The Global Hub for Contractual Enforcement
Singapore is a premier global seat for international arbitration. Utilizing SIAC ensures disputes are handled in a neutral, highly predictable environment, resulting in awards enforceable worldwide under the New York Convention.
Mediation-Arbitration Efficiencies
Singapore allows for highly efficient hybrid dispute resolution mechanisms, enabling parties to pause an active arbitration to attempt mediation, locking in any settlement as a binding consent award.
Navigating Vietnam
Enforcement Hurdles for Foreign Awards
While Vietnam is a signatory to the New York Convention, enforcing a foreign arbitral award through local courts requires a formal recognition process that can encounter local procedural delays or conservative interpretations.
Short Statutory Limitation Windows
Vietnam enforces strict and relatively brief statutes of limitation for commercial disputes (typically two years). Missing these precise statutory deadlines can permanently eliminate the right to bring a claim.
The Strategic Growth of VIAC
For onshore operational disputes within Vietnam, the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) has become a highly efficient and reliable forum, avoiding the unpredictability of local courts while offering faster timelines.
Coordinated Local Advocacy
When a dispute enters a Vietnamese courtroom, navigating the localized judicial system requires a dual approach: leveraging our firm's international strategy combined with the direct presence of our trusted local counsel network on the ground.
