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Dispute Resolution

The Dispute Resolution team offers the full range of integrated support, sector and commercial experience and a world-class service to respond quickly to you - a true 360° approach, from long-term planning and deployment of case strategy to emergency response, injunctions and applications and expedited procedures.

In Singapore, we operate as CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between Singapore law practice, Holborn Law LLC, and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (Singapore) LLP (“CMS”), the 5th largest law firm in the world. The Formal Law Alliance allows the two firms to provide the broadest range of Singapore and international legal services from one platform, with Singapore law expertise and litigation representation provided by Holborn Law LLC. 

We can handle all your risk and dispute interactions from regulators to reporters, on issues from data breaches to disputes, in arenas from cyberspace to the c-suite. Whatever your risks, you need to deal with them in ways that build your resilience and protect your reputation. We will be there around the clock and around the world, whenever and wherever you need us.

Our team is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, including commercial litigation, corporate crime, regulatory and internal investigations; international arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, judicial review and reputation management.

Members of our team regularly appear as advocates in courts and arbitration.

Litigation

At CMS Holborn Asia, we have thought more about Your World. You do not want to litigate. You want to avoid disputes and when they do arise, be with the right team to resolve them.

Working in alliance with one of the world’s largest law firms, CMS, our Litigation practice is global and is one of the largest disputes practices in the world. We work with our clients to navigate the most complex matters and embrace a range of technologies, project management expertise and resource to deliver value for them.

Where your dispute cannot be resolved in any other way, we will deploy our expertise and resources to fight your corner to the end.

We are proud that since our merger on 1 May 2017 we have been recognised as follows:

  • Highest number of cases profiled, The Lawyer Top 20 Cases to Watch, 2019
  • Top 50 Global Litigation Firm, The Lawyer Global Litigation Top 50, 2018
  • Top 3 London Litigation Firm, The Lawyer Global Litigation Top 50, 2018
  • Highest year on year growth in Litigation Lawyers, The Lawyer Global Top 50, 2018
  • Highest number of Disputes clients, The Lawyer FTSE 250 Report 2018
  • Highest number of Disputes clients, The Lawyer FTSE 100 Report 2017
  • Firm of the Year Reputation Management The Legal 500 Awards 2018
  • UK Firm of the Year for Dispute Resolution The Legal 500 Awards 2017

Arbitration

Recognised as one of the world’s leading arbitration practices by Global Arbitration Review (GAR 30), our International Arbitration team is one of the largest of any law firm and spans the globe. It is made up of a diverse range of specialists, and our sector-led approach carries with it a huge depth of experience especially in construction, energy, insurance, technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Our cross-jurisdictional practice comprises over 100 partners and 400 fee-earners conducting multi-billion dollar commercial and investor-state arbitrations. Other than Singapore, a major centre for international dispute resolution, we have offices operating from all the major venues for international arbitration including London, Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai as well as across Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America, and we represent clients under the rules of the world’s leading arbitral institutions including:

  • SIAC
  • HKIAC
  • KCAB 
  • ICC 
  • LCIA
  • CIETAC
  • ICSID
  • WIPO

Many of our partners are regularly appointed as arbitrators and we speak and write regularly on matters of interest in the arbitration world. In the majority of cases, we will conduct advocacy in arbitrations ourselves.

Singapore International Arbitration Blog

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06/05/2019
CIArb launches guidelines for witness conferencing in international arbitration
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (“CIArb”) has recently launched its Guidelines for Witness Conferencing in International Arbitration (“Guidelines”) in Singapore. The Guidelines aim to assist...
05/04/2019
New guidelines on wrongful dismissal in Singapore
On 1 April 2019, the Tripartite Guidelines on Wrongful Dismissal (the “Guidelines”) were released by the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”), the National Trades Union Congress and the Singapore National...
01/03/2019
“A stitch in time saves nine” – Singapore emphasises the importance of...
Singapore’s Court of Appeal has held in Sun Travels & Tours v. Hilton International [2019] SGCA 10 that undue delay in seeking anti-suit relief is potentially fatal, particularly when a foreign court...
28/02/2019
Arbitrating financial disputes – Are there tangible benefits?
In the past decade, several attempts have been undertaken to promote international arbitration in the financial industry. Indeed, various features of international arbitration appear to be particularly...
20/02/2019
Between a rock and a hard place: Singapore High Court lifts stay of court...
Introduction Is a court entitled to lift a stay of proceedings in favour of arbitration if the conditions for lifting the stay have not been met? This is what the Singapore High Court (the “Court”)...
20/02/2019
Electric Vehicles: infrastructure for our connected future
The uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) has soared in recent years (albeit from a very low base), with jurisdictions such as Norway and The Netherlands currently leading the pack. However, in order for...
31/01/2019
Commissioning a scrubber system by 31 December 2019 is not sufficient to...
Ship owners, ship operators and ship managers who are busy preparing for the upcoming high sulphur fuel oil (“HSFO”) ban which enters into force on 1 January 2020 will be familiar with the option...
14/01/2019
Singapore High Court considers application of “legitimate interest” test...
Overview In Seraya Energy Pte Ltd v Denka Advantech Pte Ltd and another suit (YTL PowerSeraya Pte Ltd, third party) [2019] SGHC 2 (“Denka Advantech”), the Singapore High Court considered the “legitimate...
02/11/2018
Party autonomy prevails: Singapore Court of Appeal restates law governing...
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a formal law alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. In Vinmar Overseas (Singapore) Pte Ltd v PTT International Trading Pte Ltd [2018] SGCA 65...
17/10/2018
Memorandum of Guidance to promote greater recognition and enforcement of...
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a formal law alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. On 31 August 2018, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)...
02/08/2018
Singapore High Court rejects application to adjourn enforcement of foreign...
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a formal law alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. Introduction In the recent decision of Man Diesel & Turbo SE v I.M. Skaugen Marine Services...
04/04/2018
SIAC reports another record-breaking year
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a formal law alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. On 7 March 2018, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) announced the...