Mr Teck Wee Tiong > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Mr Teck Wee Tiong

+65 6416 8112 teckwee.tiong@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice; India Practice; Sustainability & Responsible Business Practice

Position

Co-head- Sustainability & Responsible Business Practice

Partner- Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice

Career

Experienced in multijurisdictional, complex, high-value commercial and corporate disputes. Teck Wee has represented and acted for global private, public, and state-owned clients from various jurisdictions (such as Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, PRC and U.S.) in the Singapore High Court and in international arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions (such as the SIAC and ICC), and in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules. Teck Wee has also advised and acted for both private investors and State parties in investment treaty arbitrations.

Work Highlights

Matters of significance in which Teck Wee has been involved in include the following:

• Acting for the founder of Mustafa Centre, an iconic retail and tourist landmark in Singapore, in multiple minority oppression suits in relation to the operation and management of the business’ holding company, Mohamed Mustafa & Samsuddin Co. Pte Ltd.
• Acted for the Republic of India in an application before a three-member panel of the Singapore International Commercial Court under s 10(3) of the Singapore International Arbitration Act and Art 16(3) of the UNCITRAL Model Law to challenge the arbitral tribunal’s decision on jurisdiction in an investor-state arbitration brought by Nissan against India under the 2011 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement entered into between Japan and India.
• Acting for a Thai coal-mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, involving claims in excess of US$450 million.
• Acting for Australian and Singapore Claimants in the business of finance and commercial brokerage and lending of wholesale funds in an SIAC arbitration against a Vietnamese SPV and three Vietnamese guarantors in respect of disputes arising out of a US$400 million loan facility for the development and construction of a mixed-use commercial property project in Vietnam. The arbitration is funded by one of the leading global third-party litigation funders.
• Acted for one of the world’s largest bulk liquids trading companies in a US$225 million claim against a Malaysian state-owned company in an UNCITRAL arbitration in respect of defects in the design and construction of a shore tank terminal in Malaysia.
• Acting for a Chinese state-owned enterprise in an SIAC arbitration against claims brought by an lndonesian public-listed company arising out of an EPCC Contract for the development and construction of a 700MW coal-fired power plant in lndonesia.

Languages

English; Mandarin

Education