Civil Litigation (General)
B R LAW CORPORATION
About us
In an increasingly robust and cosmopolitan economy accompanied by the evolving nature and scope of commercial transactions, our approach to litigation is grounded on our clients’ trust in our ability to manage their complex commercial disputes, whether domestic or international and regardless of the subject matter. We understand the difficulties and risks of running an international business and we perceive litigation as playing an instrumental role in the prevention and resolution of those risks.
Yet we recognise that protracted litigation can sometimes result in Pyrrhic victories or jeopardise commercial relationships. We provide practical, bespoke solutions tailored to our clients’ business objectives by assessing the risk and cost of litigation against the relative benefits of mediation or settlement.
Litigation was the foundation of our law practice when it began and continues to be a major practice today despite our expansion and establishment in various other disciplines. Our litigation partners are dynamic and each equipped with at least 26 years of experience in wide-ranging areas of commercial matters. We offer a combination of legal insight, industry knowledge and practical business sense necessary to help our clients prevail.
We represent clients at any stage of a dispute in every industry sector.
Our Lawyers
Contact:
DID: +65 6394 7688
Main: +65 6899 9888
Mobile: +9236 6817
E-mail: foosoonyien@brlawcorp.com
Foo Soon Yien
Founding & Senior Director
Qualification:
LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore
Year of Admission:
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (1986)
Areas of Practice:
Civil, Commercial, Probate, Estate, Trust, Employment
Property, Family Litigation and Dispute Resolution
With more than 35 years of legal practice, Soon Yien has advised and acted:
- in a wide range of dispute matters ranging from those involving property transactions, estate, wills, trust, directors’ matters, shareholder’s matters, construction claims, divorces, negligence;
- for clients of high net worth to the man in the street.
She has made her mark in taking novel legal arguments not only to courts of original jurisdiction but to appellate courts including the Court of Appeal. Some of them include:
- acting for a foreign corporation in expunging a registered trademark which was heard in the Court of Appeal and subsequently cited as precedent for trade mark cases: Karrimor International Ltd v Ho Chong Fun t/a Ah Hwa Trading Co [1989] SLR 801;
- acting for a seller in a landmark property case which was heard in the Court of Appeal and set the law on whether unauthorized works to properties constituted defect in title: Huang Ching Hwee v Heng Kay Poh & Anor [1990] SLR 1220 (Also reported in Straits Times 18 November 1992);
- acting in an environment issue avoiding forfeiture orders which relied on a lacuna in the Environmental Public Health Act which led to an amendment in the Act and judgement was reproduced in an eminent publication of the then Singapore Chief Justice Yong Pung How: Toh Teong Seng v PP [1995] 2 SLR 273 (Reported in the Singapore Law Gazette July 1995, Academy Digest issue 8/95, Speeches and Judgements of the Singapore Chief Justice Yong Pung How and the Straits Times 14 April 1995);
- acting for a mother-in-law in intervening where the husband is contending that the property legally owned by her constituted a matrimonial asset. This case was decided by 5 Court of Appeal judges on the jurisdiction of the Family Justice Courts / Family Division of High Court: see UDA v UDB and another [2018] SGCA 20 (Reported in the Straits Times 26 April 2018) (Family Law, matrimonial assets, jurisdiction of Family Justice Courts / Family Division of High Court)
and many other cases which can be found in www.brlawcorp.com
Contact:
DID: +65 6394 7856
Main: +65 6899 9888
E-mail: siva@brlawcorp.com
Ponnampalam Sivakumar
Director
Qualification:
LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore
Year of Admission:
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (1991)
P. Sivakumar has been in practice for more than 30 years. He is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a registered Singapore Patent Agent. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K.) and a member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
His practice specialties are corporate and commercial law, criminal law, intellectual property, information technology and media, tortious claims, insurance, employment, immigration and tax law. He has represented a diverse array of local and multinational clients in civil litigation and arbitration.
He has advised on block chain technology related matters as well as rendered opinions on coin offerings.
He has advised high net worth individuals and families on legal issues related to wealth planning and the setting up of trusts and family offices.
In his corporate and commercial practice he has been involved in advising on the setting up of tax effective business structures and on mergers and acquisitions. He has advised on various aspects of corporate governance issues including anti-trust, consumer protection and product liability. He has conducted programs for clients including financial institutions relating to personal data protection and privacy. He has advised on the sale and purchase of businesses and shares and has drafted documentation of various types of corporate financing structures including redeemable preference shares and convertible bonds.
Aside from contentious matters, Sivakumar also assists his clients in the drafting and review of their agreements relating to commercial transactions and intellectual property, including distributorships, franchises and licensing.
Sivakumar has been involved in advising local and multinational companies on various aspects of employment law including the drafting of template employment contracts as well as individualised employment contracts for key appointment holders.
With Sivakumar’s extensive corporate, finance and disputes expertise, he has advised and acted for liquidators in both compulsory and voluntary liquidation proceedings, including on issues such as directors’ duties, insolvent trading, and potential dissipation of assets. He has also advised and acted in proceedings with cross-border elements, having advised liquidators and creditors on the recovery of assets across jurisdictions.
Sivakumar has been a speaker at various conferences and forums on legal issues both locally and overseas.
Contact:
DID: +65 6394 7686
Main: +65 6899 9888
E-mail: danielloh@brlawcorp.com
Daniel Loh
Director
Qualification:
LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore
Year of Admission:
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (2010)
Daniel is a general litigation lawyer, with a substantial practice in family law.
Called to the Singapore Bar since 2010, he has undertaken a wide and diverse range of contentious and non-contentious matters in the following areas:
- Civil and commercial claims, litigation and arbitration – with disputes ranging from land law to MCST, company law, shareholders’ disputes, partnership, sale of goods, provision of services, construction, debt recovery, insolvency, bankruptcy, hire-purchase, leasing & hiring agreements, employment, immigration, motor accidents, personal injuries, work injury compensation and insurance;
- Matrimonial proceedings at the High Court and the Family Court;
- Criminal Defence;
- Probate & Administration;
- Mental capacity applications;
- Adoption applications;
- Conveyancing; and
- Drafting, reviewing and advising upon contracts, sale and purchase of shares agreements, licensing agreement, tenancies, wills, trust deeds, deeds of family arrangement, deeds of separation, lasting power of attorney, power of attorney, etc.
Similarly, Daniel has acted for a diverse range of clients; from institutions, shopping malls and insurers to HDB heartlanders and mum-and-pop businesses.
Contact:
DID: +65 6394 7653
Main: +65 6899 9888
E-mail: danieltay@brlawcorp.com
Daniel Tay
Director
Qualification:
LL.B (2nd Upper Class Honours), University of Leeds (2003)
LL.M (Distinction), University of Leeds (2004)
DipSing, National University of Singapore (2006)
Year of Admission:
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (2007)
Areas of Practice:
Building and Construction, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Commercial Transactions and Corporate Law
Daniel has been in practice from 2007 to date across a broad range of issues in commercial law and specialises in the engineering, building and construction, real estate and tenancy, hospitality, commercial and residential design and build sectors, advising and representing clients on a broad range of commercial legal issues from contract agreements to commercial disputes, defects and damage, insolvency, regulatory offences, insurance, professional indemnity, mediation, adjudication under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, arbitration and Court litigation.
His clients span the full range of project parties to a construction contract from project owners and residential home owners, developers, main-contractors and the full span of downstream sub-contractors across numerous BCA licensing grades and classes, from the “man on the street” sub-contractors to A1 contractors; consultants from architects; engineers to quantity surveyors and designers; from general builders to the numerous construction trade specialisations; and fitting out works for commercial, industrial, boutique, hospitality and F&B, and from ground up construction to addition and alteration works and renovation projects.
Daniel provides contract advice and represents clients on building and construction contracts from the FIDIC form to the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract (PSSCOC), the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) Conditions of Contract, Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Conditions of Contract to numerous other construction and supply contracts.
Daniel is a lecturer for the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Academy teaching Construction Contract Administration and Collaborative Contracting for its Specialist Diploma in Integrated Project Management course, Honorary Legal Advisor to the Singapore Institute of Architects, author of the LexisNexis Singapore Annotated Statutes for the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and Honorary Legal Advisor for the Tampines Industrial Manufacturers Association. He is a regular speaker on building and construction law, frequently cited on legal issues in the built environment for news media and was featured on MoneyFM for OBike issues.
He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, appointed to the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society, appointed to the Singapore Institute of Legal Education CPD Compliance Committee and was selected in 2018 as Singapore Business Review’s 20 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40.
Contact:
DID: +65 6394 7353
Main: +65 6899 9888
E-mail: lukelee@brlawcorp.com
Luke Lee
Associate Director
Qualification:
LL.B (Hons), University of Manchester (2015)
LL.M (with Distinction) in International Dispute Resolution, King’s College London
Year of Admission:
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (2018)
Areas of practice:
Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Technology and Commercial Transactions
Luke has a broad-gauged legal practice with a strong focus on international commercial arbitration and complex cross-border disputes. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) with Distinction from King’s College London, specialising in International Dispute Resolution. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, an Accredited Mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute, a member of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, and is empanelled as an International Mediator on the Sage Mediation International Mediators Panel.
He has represented and advised state-level entities, multinational corporations, business families, and high / ultra-high net worth individuals across a wide range of industries including energy, commodities, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and sustainable technologies. He has acted as lead counsel in the High Court, State Courts and Family Justice Courts, and as counsel in arbitral and mediation proceedings under the SIAC, VIAC, SICC, SMC, Law Society and CFRC.
Luke is well-versed in construction, engineering, and infrastructure disputes, and has acted as lead counsel in adjudications under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act and related litigation.
He has represented property developers, management corporations, and managing agents in matters under the Land Titles Act, Land Titles (Strata) Act, and Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act, including court and Strata Titles Board proceedings involving strata governance, by-law enforcement, and management disputes.
He advises SMEs and start-ups on the law of emerging technologies including AI, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, NFTs, and regulatory frameworks under Singapore’s Payment Services Act and Regulations.
His broader practice spans international arbitration, commercial litigation, cross-border investments, matrimonial disputes, insurance, medical negligence, defamation, director’s duties, criminal litigation, insolvency, wills and probate, landlord-tenant claims, and intellectual property.
Research Interests:
International Commercial Arbitration, Law & Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Regulation, AI Governance
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