Ms Blossom Hing > Drew & Napier LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Drew & Napier LLC Offices
10 COLLYER QUAY
#10-01 OCEAN FINANCIAL CENTRE
SINGAPORE 049315
Singapore
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Ms Blossom Hing
Work Department
Dispute Resolution; Corporate Restructuring & Workouts
Position
Director, Dispute Resolution and Corporate Restructuring & Workouts
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 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
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration > Leading firms
Drew & Napier LLC has experience in international commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations, acting frequently for both states and investors. The team benefits from lawyers specialising in specific industry sectors, including construction and infrastructure, energy, insurance, financ , and corporate joint ventures. Based in Singapore, Cavinder Bull SC , Randolph Khoo, and Siraj Omar SC lead the practice that frequently represents a range of regional and global businesses. Noted practitioners include Jimmy Yim SC, Kelvin Tan, and Blossom Hing.
Singapore > International arbitration
(Leading individuals)Singapore > Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
(Hall of Fame)Drew & Napier LLC is a prominent market player, acting in high-profile restructuring and insolvency matters throughout the region. The practice boasts a strong set of clients including major financial institutions, holding and investment groups, public boards, and sovereign wealth funds, with work including contentious and non-contentious mandates, alongside assisting clients in pursuit and recovery of assets and court protection cases. The ‘extremely impressive’ group is also noted for its experience working across from regulators. Sushil Nair jointly leads the team and has considerable expertise operating throughout Singapore, Indonesia, and China, while co-head Julian Kwek focuses on debt workouts and and corporate restructurings, including in defaults involving Singapore-listed PRC companies. Blossom Hing ‘is tenacious in her pursuit of client goals and is highly creative and solutions-oriented in the restructuring arena’. Mohan Gopalan is another key contact in the group.
Singapore > Dispute resolution: local firms
Drew & Napier LLC, as a Big Four Singapore law firm, is widely recognised as a dispute resolution powerhouse, having an unrivalled depth of bench and more leading practitioners than any other firm in the jurisdiction. It devotes considerable resources to dispute resolution pursuits and is frequently selected to represent parties in the biggest and most complex cases. Over the 12-month research period, the firm handled litigation matters with a total value exceeding $16bn. It has seen its director (partner equivalent) ranks grow by 10%, continues to expand both its presence in regional disputes and its international client base, and continues to grow its arbitration-related practice. Among a multitude of headline and seminal cases, the firm acted for Hin Leong’s judicial managers in the largest reported fraudulent trading case in Singapore, seeking recovery of over $3.5bn from the directors of the company. CEO Cavinder Bull SC, who is ‘simply superb as a legal adviser, advocate and person’, is at the pinnacle of the profession, having been one of few senior counsels to be appointed before the age of 40, back in 2008. Siraj Omar SC and Randolph Khoo are also outstanding practitioners, along with seasoned practitioner and firm chairman Jimmy Yim SC, also elevated to senior counsel before turning 40 in 1998. Mahesh Rai, Kelvin Tan, Blossom Hing, Wendell Wong and Gary Low act for private clients as well as companies in the advertising, tech, transport and financial industries. Kevin Lee has joined Twenty Essex in Singapore.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: local firms Singapore
- Hall of Fame Singapore > Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Leading individuals Singapore > International arbitration
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms Singapore
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Intellectual property: Local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
- White-collar crime - Local firms
Firm Rankings
- Construction: Local firms
- Data protection and cyber security
- International arbitration
- Investment funds: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms