Allen & Gledhill LLP houses a ‘meticulous and well-prepared’ team, with a successful track record in complex arbitrations related to infrastructure, energy, construction and engineering projects for a client base of corporations from across ASEAN, global multinational companies, government agencies and government-linked entities. Co-head Dinesh Dhillon on brings extensive experience in a variety of cases, relating to banking, corporate, employment, insurance, property and shareholder disputes. Co-head Chong Yee Leong maintains a leading reputation in the dispute resolution space, actively involved with construction, energy, oil and gas, power and infrastructure clients in Asia and Africa. Ramesh Selvaraj is highly skilled at handling, among others, Indonesia-related disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘Very good understanding of technical issues and implementation/connecting it into the legal matters, reasonable in billing, nice and smooth collaboration, excellent lawyers and very helpful legal support.’
‘Tay Yong Seng, Chahat Chawla and Avery Yew are very experienced and skilled lawyers, their response and engagement for the case is outstanding.’
‘Tay Yong Seng was lead counsel in an international arbitration tribunal, together with his associates Chahat Chawla and Avery Yew. The team and especially Tay Yong Seng delivered exceptional legal performance, including project management of the case, witness preparation and strategic planning.’
‘Tay Yong Seng and his team took the lead without neglecting necessity of involving party's experts and lawyers of foreign jurisdictions, always having a clear and transparent planning of the strategic approach. Exceptional skills with regard to arbitration tribunal hearing itself, the best cross-examination I have ever seen.’
‘They are meticulous and well-prepared at any point. The bench strength is deep, and the quality shows even at the junior most levels.’
‘Very strategic and thinking partners and associates. Excellent subject-matter experts and first class litigators who are well-prepared in court. ’
‘Large team with strength in depth.’
‘Tan Kai Liang takes firm control of the matter’s strategy and is not afraid to push the boundaries of the case to aggressively achieve a fair and commercial outcome for the client. What is most laudable is his ability to coordinate strategies across multiple jurisdictions at one instance, taking a calibrated and holistic view as to the nuances of each jurisdiction, to push home a winning case.‘
'Tan Kai Liang - strong advocate, who leads from the front and nurtures others.'
'Large team with strength in depth.'
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Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Dinesh Dhillon; Chong Yee Leong
Other key lawyers
Ramesh Selvaraj; Tay Yong Seng; Chahat Chawla; Avery Yew; Tan Kai Liang