Ms Blossom Hing, SC > Drew & Napier LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Drew & Napier LLC
10 COLLYER QUAY
#10-01 OCEAN FINANCIAL CENTRE
SINGAPORE 049315
Singapore

Work Department

Dispute Resolution; Corporate Restructuring & Workouts

Position

Co-Head, Corporate Restructuring & Workouts

Director, Dispute Resolution

Career

Blossom’s practice is focused on disputes as well as debt restructuring and insolvency work. She is actively involved in court (appearing as lead counsel before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal) and arbitration (SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, AIAC and IICRA) work, handling derivative actions, shareholder, corporate and commercial disputes. She works extensively with clients based in Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, the US and Europe as well as Singapore.

Blossom is on the panel of arbitrators of the SIAC and HIAC. She is also a member of the court of arbitration of the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre and a council member of the ICC Institute. Blossom has also been recognised in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000, asialaw Leading lawyers, asialaw Profiles and Best Lawyers International for her dispute resolution and restructuring/insolvency work.

Blossom was named Litigator of the Year in Southeast Asia in both 2021 and 2023 Asian Legal Business (ALB) Women in Law Awards, and she was also identified as one of the top 15 female lawyers in Asia by ALB in 2024 and one of Asia’s top 50 most highly recommended arbitration and litigation practitioners in ALB’s Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers in 2021. Earlier in 2020, she won the Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) in the 2020 ALB SE Asia Law Awards.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, Court of Arbitration, Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD)
  • Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
  • Panel of Arbitrators, Hainan International Arbitration Court
  • Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law
  • Member, International Insolvency Institute
  • Associate Mediator and Insolvency Mediator accredited by the Singapore Mediation Centre
  • Panel Assessor for COVID-19 Temporary Relief (PACT), appointed by the Minister for Law.
  • Fellow, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore Limited (IPAS)
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law (SAL)
  • Member, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation and founding member of the Singapore Chapter
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Member, Austral-Asian Chapter of the ICC Institute

Education

  • L.L.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (1996)
  • Admitted to the Singapore Bar in May 1997
  • Admitted to the New York Bar in 2004

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > International arbitration

(Leading partners)

Blossom Hing SC – Drew & Napier LLC

Singapore > Restructuring and insolvency: local firms

(Hall of Fame)

Blossom Hing SC – Drew & Napier LLC

Fielding a ‘very experienced and well-balanced team’ that is ‘commercial and technically sound’, Drew & Napier LLC stands out as a leading force in the region’s restructuring and insolvency landscape. Counting financial institutions, holding and investment groups, public boards, and sovereign wealth funds among its key roster of the clients, the team excels in both contentious and non-contentious matters, offering expertise in asset recovery, pursuit, and court protection cases. The practice is jointly steered by Sushil Nair and Julian Kwek. Nair is regularly involved in some of the largest restructuring exercises in Asia, with notable ties to Indonesia and China, while Kwek is noted for his focus on cross-border M&A, joint venture, private equity, debt workouts, and corporate restructuring. ‘First-rate litigator’ Blossom Hing SC is described as ‘smart, hard-working, thoughtful and incredibly perceptive’, while Mohan Gopalan is recommended for his focus on insolvency and debt restructuring.