Ms Hwai Bin Lee > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Ms Hwai Bin Lee

+65 6416 8180 hwaibin.lee@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group; Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering Practice; Malaysia Practice.

Position

Partner – Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering and Malaysia Practices.

Career

Hwai Bin’s main areas of practice encompass commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on building & construction disputes.

Work Highlights

Matters of significance in which Hwai Bin has been involved in include acting for the following:

• A Singapore private property developer in a suit brought by the management corporation for alleged defects in common property in a landmark Court of Appeal decision in Singapore which upheld the trial Judge’s ruling that the developer was entitled to rely on the defence of independent contractor to defeat the management corporation’s claim in tort against the developer and rejection by the Court of Appeal of the management corporation’s claim that a statutory non-delegable duty was imposed on a developer by virtue of the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act.
• The developer in a landmark Court of Appeal decision concerning a claimant’s entitlement to serve a payment claim after the issuance of a valid Final Certificate under the SIA Conditions of Contract.
• A Singapore contractor in a CIETAC arbitration commenced by a China sub-contractor for an approximate claim of RMB15 million, being work done and variations, including prolongation claims.
• An established property developer in defending a misrepresentation claim by a purchaser for loss and damage in a sum in excess of S$13 million allegedly suffered as a result of entering into the sale and purchase agreements for two commercial units in a mixed development.
• Huntsman Corporation, one of the largest chemical manufacturers in the U.S., on the construction of a new S$57 million JEFFAMINE® polyetheramines manufacturing facility in Jurong Island, Singapore, with an expected annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes per annum.
• A Chinese entity in a cross-border arbitration with a US entity in an ICC Arbitration on breaches of contract and allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets. The dispute arose out of injunctive proceedings taken out in a Federal Court in Ohio, United States wherein the US entity is seeking damages of over US$19 million.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Member, Society of Construction Law.

Education

Admitted, Singapore Bar; Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.).