Allen & Gledhill LLP

International Arbitration; International Trade; Litigation; Maritime & Aviation; Private Wealth

Partner

Erik’s primary areas of practice encompass maritime and trade matters with a focus on dispute resolution. Erik has been involved in matters relating to maritime collisions and incidents, cargo claims, bills of lading, trade finance (including letters of credit and indemnities), international sale of goods, ship repair and construction, ship sale and purchase, employment of crew, offshore rigs, charterparties, mortgage enforcement, insurance and ship management. He regularly appears before the High Court of Singapore on behalf of his clients. For arbitration, he has handled numerous international arbitrations, including institutional arbitrations administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the International Chamber of Commerce, non-institutional arbitrations under the terms of The London Maritime Arbitrators Association and rules of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, as well as ad-hoc arbitrations, and their related court proceedings.

He also has extensive experience in dealing with Indonesian-related matters and insolvency-related matters arising out of mortgage enforcement on ships as well as various claims against companies (e.g., claim for delivery without production of original bills of lading) which eventually went into liquidation, or into other forms of restructuring (e.g., Chapter 11 under the US Bankruptcy Code and Penundaan Kewajiban Pembayaran Utang (PKPU) under Indonesian law).

Apart from contentious matters, Erik has also been actively involved in non-contentious matters (e.g., the employment of crew on board ships, vessel new builds and sale and purchase). He regularly advises his clients on legal issues that arise in the course of his clients’ business dealings and transactions (including but not limited to sanctions, import and export controls, and foreign investments in Indonesia).

Erik is one of the youngest lawyers to be first recognised as an Accredited Specialist in Maritime and Shipping Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.

English, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia

Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Adjunct Lecturer of the Singapore Management University.

Member of the advisory board to the National University of Singapore Centre for Maritime Law.

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree and was awarded the M Karthigesu Memorial Gold Medal and Prize (for Shipping).