Rajah & Tann Asia

Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; Commercial Litigation

Deputy Head, Intellectual Property, Sports & Gaming

Sheng Rong specialises in international arbitration and commercial litigation, with a focus on intellectual property and technology disputes.

Sheng Rong has substantial experience as counsel in a broad range of intellectual property disputes, including copyright, trade mark and patent infringement. He also regularly acts in disputes involving breach of confidentiality, theft of trade secrets and new technologies.

He is conversant in Mandarin and regularly acts for clients from the Greater China region in complex, high-profile disputes.

He acted in Riot Games v NetEase, a multi-jurisdictional dispute involving breach of copyright in a global eSports video game franchise, which received the Impact Deal and Case Award at the asialaw Awards 2023. He also acted in the landmark breach of confidentiality case of I-Admin (Singapore) v Hong Ying Ting, which was named Impact Deal of the Year at the Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards 2021. He further acted in the first-ever case before the Singapore International Commercial Court, BCBC Singapore v PT Bayan Resources, involving a dispute over a joint venture to commercialise a novel patented coal upgrading technology.

Sheng Rong has been identified as a key lawyer in Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 and recognised for Enforcement and Litigation by World Trademark Review 1000 2025. He was ranked as a future star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025 and a rising star in Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property by asialaw 2024. He has also been named as one of Asia’s Super 50 Disputes Lawyers and Singapore’s Rising Stars by Asian Legal Business, and one of Singapore’s Most Influential Lawyers Under 40 by Singapore Business Review.

Sheng Rong is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore. He also teaches Trial Advocacy at the National University of Singapore Law School.

Prior to joining the firm, Sheng Rong was a Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, where he was a founding member of the Technology Crime Unit, tasked with investigating and prosecuting technology and cyber crime.