Comparative Guide
Tax
Singapore
Kai Lee Lau, Victoria Chong & Changyoon Lee
Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC‘s offering combines the firms’ dispute resolution and corporate practices, with a long track-record specifically serving the shipping sector. Specific areas of proficiency include, inter alia, shipping and admiralty marine insurance, and offshore oil and gas matters. Litigation group lead Wendy Tan is a key senior contact, who is also regularly retained as counsel in international arbitrations seated in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and London. At the associate level, Kelley Wong and Terry Xu are the names to note.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- PetroChina International (Singapore)
- Chimbusco International Petroleum (Singapore) Pte Ltd
- COSCO Group – Cosco Petroleum Pte Ltd and Sinfeng Marine Services Pte Ltd
Work highlights
Advising PetroChina on various issues arising out of the collapse of Hin Leong, a large fuel trader and bunker suppliers, and its shipping arm, Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd (OTPL), which operates a fleet of Floating Storage Unit (FSU) and tankers, as well as its ship-owning arms, Xihe Holdings and Xihe Capital group of companies.
Representing the client in investigations and claims arising from the liquidation of their major supplier, Coastal Oil Singapore.
Practice head
Wendy Tan
Other key lawyers
Kelley Wong; Terry Xu