Mr Herman Jeremiah > Dentons Rodyk > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Herman Jeremiah
Work Department
Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Financial Markets Litigation and Regulation, Financial Services Litigation, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Position
Herman Jeremiah is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He is also Co-Head of its International Arbitration practice.
His areas of practice include international arbitration, banking and finance litigation, insolvency litigation and restructuring, high value contractual disputes resolution, general litigation in insurance, employment disputes and competition law.
In international arbitration, Herman’s experience includes representation in respect of matters as varied as oil and gas price dispute in the context of the Indonesian Production Sharing Contracts, CISG contracts, Islamic finance facilities, standby off-take agreements, shareholder and joint venture disputes, airline software solutions and the termination of shipbuilding contract under various institutional rules of SIAC, ICC and LCIA arbitrations. He also accepts appointments as an arbitrator.
In commercial litigation, his recent matters included acting for a trade finance bank against a substantial global commodity trader in the recent Hin Leong collapse and appearance before the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) for a bank client in respect of a setting aside application by an Indonesian State-Owned Enterprise of an arbitral award in his client’s favour.
Herman is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SiArb), Member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Panel of Arbitrators, Panellist of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore and Member of the ICC Singapore Arbitration Group.
Career
Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2002 – present
HelenYeo & Partners, 1997- 2002
Haridass Ho & Partners, 1988- 1997
Languages
English, Mandarin
Memberships
Member, ICC Singapore Arbitration Group
Member of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
Member, International Bar Association (Arbitration Committee)
Education
National University of Singapore, 1987, LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > International arbitration
The international arbitration practice at Dentons Rodyk is ‘professional, effective, and extremely competent’, consisting of ‘reputable and high-quality partners’. Chinese state-owned corporates and large Indonesian clients spanning a wide range of sectors entrust the team with complex, cross-jurisdictional mandates across construction and engineering, energy, shipping, and international trade. Lawrence Teh
leads the team with particular experience handling commercial disputes, including those linked to international trade and commodities. He is joined at leadership level by Herman Jeremiah, who has extensive shareholder and joint venture dispute knowledge. Rodney Keong is ‘commercially savvy as well as a very good lawyer’ and is recommended.
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration > Leading firms
Dentons Hong Kong has impressive strength across the region, with the practice in Singapore led by Herman Jeremiah yielding expertise in SIAC, LCC, and LCIA arbitrations, as well as shareholder and joint venture disputes. Lawrence Teh is the second head of the Singapore-based team, acting as an arbitrator in international disputes. In Hong Kong, Keith Brandt leads the disputes team, that has experience advising Chinese and international parties engaged in arbitration. Robert Rhoda and Richard Keady are key names in the practice, both based in Hong Kong.
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- Shipping: local firms
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