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Ms Huey Hien Ooi

+65 9686 2303 ooihueyhien@lvmlawchambers.com View profile

Work Department

Aviation, Building, Construction & Infrastructure, China & Asia Practice, International Arbitration, Litigation & Appeals, Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Position

Associate Director

Career

Huey Hien is an Associate Director at LVM Law Chambers. Huey Hien has a niche practice, co-leading the Firm’s China and Asia practice which serves clients mostly in the South East Asia Pacific region.

Huey Hien has most recently been recognized as a Rising Star in Singapore, by Asian Legal Business (ALB), which showcases next generation lawyers under 40 years who have demonstrated great potential in the industry, while earning wide acclaim from their clients and peers. Prior to this, she was a finalist for Rising Star (Litigation) for the Women in Business Law Awards 2022 (APAC).

She has undertaken and acted in a wide range of cases featuring international commodities trading, cross-border infrastructure and construction projects, international telecommunications projects, fraud investigations and cross-border shareholder disputes. She has substantial experience in cross-border dispute resolution, in domestic and international court proceedings, including that in the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), the High Court of Singapore, the Appellate Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Singapore. She has acted for clients in several arbitrations under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and ad hoc arbitrations. She also regularly advises clients on mediation, negotiation, risk management and advisory strategy.

Notable cases of recent vintage are, a matter with the Singapore International Commercial Courts (“SICC”), involving a well-known China state-level entity in a contractual dispute with various Pakistani and China entities and individuals which engages issues of conspiracy, conflicts of law, and other aspects of corporate governance and fraud investigations. She is also one of the co-lead counsels involving another well-known China state level entity in a high-profile suit to recover loans advanced of around US$40 million which also engages issues of corporate governance and allegations of fictitious transactions.

Prior to coming to the firm, Huey Hien trained and worked with eminent Senior Counsel in an international firm during the formative years of her career.

Huey Hien also advised the Singapore Management University’s Yong Pung How School of Law as a member on its Practice Advisory Committee. She is an adjunct lecturer at SMU. Huey Hien is one of the authors in the Singapore Civil Procedure 2022.

Languages

English, Chinese

Memberships

• Member, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law
• Practice Advisory Committee, Singapore Management University, Yong Pung How School of Law
• SMU Adjunct Lecturer (2022)