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Blackstone & Gold Offices
70 SHENTON WAY
EON SHENTON
#10-11/12, SINGAPORE 079118
Singapore
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Mr Baldev Bhinder
Position
Managing Director
Career
Baldev is the Managing Director. He is dual qualified in Singapore and England with more than 14 years of international experience across the world’s leading global law firms including a UK Silver Circle and New York Wall Street firm. He has particular expertise in the Oil & Gas and Commodities sectors most notably those connected with the regional markets of Indonesia, Vietnam, China and South Asia.
He advises on all aspects of the commodities sector from upstream activities to midstream trading and downstream consumption of oil, gas, minerals, metals and softs. His clients include state entities, financiers, trading houses and insurers.
Baldev is recognised as a trailblazer in the legal sector and is recognised as a top lawyer under 40 by Asian Legal Business, Singapore Business Review and Prestige. He is also ranked by Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Who’s Who Legal. In the 2019 Asia Pacific edition of Legal 500, Baldev is described as ‘exceptional, ‘understands the practicalities of international trade‘, is ‘well connected in the commodities market’, ‘knows the arbitration process inside and out‘ and ‘instinctively knows where the pressure points are and can map out an effective strategy from the get go‘ ”
Languages
Bahasa Indonesia, Hindi, Malay, Punjabi, Spanish
Memberships
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators;
SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators;
ICC Academy;
Peradi – Indonesian Advocates Association
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Dispute resolution: local firms
(Firms to watch)Blackstone & Gold is a small Singapore firm with a major focus on international trade and commodities. This has formed the basis of a thriving disputes practice, including fraud, asset recovery and credit insurance cases. It is described as the ‘Holy Grail for dispute resolution and arbitration in Singapore‘. Founding partner Baldev Bhinder is a dynamic figure and ‘the best commodities disputes lawyer in the market‘, while Ramandeep Kaur ‘is the most hard-working disputes lawyer you will ever meet’.
Singapore > International arbitration
Boutique firm Blackstone & Gold for one client, is the ‘holy grail for dispute resolution and arbitration in Singapore’ with the ‘right blend of commercial nous and arbitration experience’. Commodities disputes are a key strength of the practice, with the team well-versed in financing, trading, enforcement, and fraud-related disputes, in addition to crypto-related arbitrations. Baldev Bhinder is ‘the best commodities disputes lawyer in the market’, and is ‘fantastic for managing a team’. Key to the team is Raman Kaur, who is according to some the ‘most hard-working disputes lawyer you will ever meet’.