Sinyee Ong

• Banking & Finance
• Commercial
• Construction
• Employment
• Infrastructure
• Insurance
• Oil & Gas
• Technology

Construction & Engineering

• Advised an Italian-Qatari joint venture against an all-Italian joint venture to defend against extension of time, delay costs and variation costs in relation to a stadium project in Qatar, with claim amount in excess of QAR 500 million. Arbitration proceedings in Qatar under the ICC Rules.
• Advised a French-Qatari joint venture against an Austrian-Qatari joint venture to defend against breach of contract claim, re-measurement cost and variation costs in relation to the metro construction in Qatar, with claim amount in excess of QAR 25 million. Arbitration proceedings in Qatar under the QICCA Rules.
• Advised a Bruneian entity against a Malaysian main contractor to defend a construction dispute claim over contractual sums (alternatively, quantum meruit) for variation of works, with claim amount of B$ 40 million. Arbitration proceedings in Singapore under the SIAC Rules.
• Advised a Korean construction company against a Malaysian entity for indemnity in relation to damage sustained during the construction works, with claim amount in excess of MYR 100 million. Arbitration proceedings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia under the AIAC Rules.
• Advised a global engineering company (as sub-contractor) against an Indonesian engineering company (as main contractor) for breach of contract in relation to the construction of a subsea oil pipeline, with claim amount of US$ 11 million. Arbitration proceedings in Jakarta, Indonesia under the BANI Rules.
• Advised a Japanese engineering company (and its Malaysian subsidiary) against a Japanese chemical company (and its Malaysian subsidiary) in construction and engineering disputes relating to a polysilicon plant in Malaysia, with claim amount in the region of US$ 80 million. Arbitration proceedings in Tokyo, Japan and Singapore under the ICC Rules.
• Advised a Japanese construction company against a Japanese engineering company for cost overrun in relation to an EPC contract for an oil sands project in North America, with claim amount of CAD$ 300 million. Arbitration proceedings in Calgary, Canada under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

Insurance

• Advised a Toronto Stock Exchange listed resource company (and its Philippine subsidiary) against a London Stock Exchange listed engineering company in relation to catastrophic failure of industrial equipment, with claim amount of US$ 100 million. Arbitration proceedings in Sydney under the ACICA Rules, with ancillary proceedings in the Philippines and Canada.
• Advised an Asian reinsurance company against an American reinsurance company in relation to multiple claims under an excess of loss retrocession treaty agreement arising out of the 2011 Thai floods, with claim amount of US$ 8 million. Arbitration proceedings in Manila under the PDRCI Rules.
• Advised an Asian insurer and its reinsurers in London and Zurich in relation to various claims for catastrophic earthquake damage to a suite of commercial buildings resulting from the 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquakes, with claim amount in excess of US$ 200 million.
• Advised an Australian Stock Exchange listed mining company against an international insurance company and its reinsurers in connection with the return of overpaid insurance premiums, with claim amount of US$ 3 million.

Oil & Gas / Natural Resources

• Advised a European oil and gas company against a North American investment company to defend against the payment of excess profits in relation to a profit sharing agreement, with claim amount in excess of US$ 325 million. Arbitration proceedings in Calgary, Canada under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
• Advised a Saudi petrochemical company against another Saudi petrochemical company in a dispute over the interpretation of the gas pricing clause under the gas supply agreement, with claim amount of US$ 50 million. Ad-hoc arbitration proceedings in London, UK.
• Advised an Indonesian subcontracting company against an Indonesian mining owner in relation to contractual (alternatively, quantum meruit) claim for contractual payment, with claim of US$ 20 million. Arbitration proceedings in Singapore under the SIAC Rules.

Financial

• Advised a Hong Kong private equity firm against an Indonesian conglomerate for recovery of investment monies in relation to breach of the investment agreement, with claim amount of US$ 80 million. Arbitration proceedings in Singapore under the SIAC Rules.
• Advised a Chinese construction supply company against a Qatari company for recovery of unpaid monies in relation to a supply agreement, with claim amount of US$ 250,000. Litigation proceedings in Qatar under Qatari law.

• Member of the Law Society of Singapore
• Member of the Law Society of England & Wales

• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
• Solicitor, England & Wales
• Attorney-at-law, New York
• Lawyer, Western Australia (non-practising)

• London School of Economics and Political Science, LLB Laws