Clara is an Associate in the China and Asia practice at LVM Law Chambers.
Clara has expertise and a speciality in disputes in international infrastructure and construction projects, international telecommunications projects, and cross-border shareholder disputes. She is currently one of the counsels in a high-profile suit to recover loans advanced of around US$40 million which also engages issues of corporate governance and allegations of fictitious transactions. Most recently, she acted in defending an application to set aside an international commodities arbitration award.
Other notable cases by Clara are, acting for a company listed on the SGX in a claim against former directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duties in relation to 6 large-scale infrastructure, construction, and investment projects or transactions in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and acting for directors of a large energy company to strike out a claim against them involving the breach of a shareholders agreement and breach of directors’ duties.
Prior to coming to the firm, Clara worked with renowned senior practitioners in a well-known construction boutique firm. Clara has also gained valuable experience and handled multimillion dollar infrastructure and construction matters at one of the big-four firms in Singapore.
A keen disputes practitioner, Clara believes that the practice of law must be alive to the business concerns of clients, and in pursuit of commercially practical goals.
Case Highlights
International Commercial Litigation
- Acted for a China state level entity in a high-profile suit to recover loans advanced of around US$40 million which also engages issues of corporate governance and allegations of fictitious transactions.
- Acted for foreign individuals against Romanian entities involving claims in fraud, conspiracy, and breach of fiduciary duties exceeding RON88 million and EUR23 million.
- Acted for foreign individuals against former business partners for a claim in conspiracy in relation to the wrongful transfer of valuable intellectual property of an estimated value of approximately US$6 million.
- Acted for a Chinese company in defending and enforcing a SIAC award in Singapore, which award dealt with commodities trading with a value of approximately US$3 million.
- Acted for a SGX listed company in a claim against former directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duties in relation to 6 large-scale infrastructure, construction, and investment projects or transactions in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
- Acted for directors of a company to strike out a claim against them involving the breach of a shareholders agreement and breach of directors duties owed to a group of related companies incorporated in China and Singapore in the energy and infrastructure sector.
International Arbitration Disputes
- Acted for a China state owned entity in respect of its claims against an Indian company in an Indian infrastructural project for the construction of the mass rapid transit lines in India, in respect of an arbitration governed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
- Advised and acted for a Singapore company in commodities trading in an upstream breach of contract in shipping of certain metal commodities between India, China and Korea, which led to issues of breaches of agreement downstream.
- Advised on arbitrations in the SIAC involving claims for the forfeiture of share collateral pursuant to breaches of security loan agreements.
- Advised and acted for a notable local construction company in a dispute over the delay and prolongation and preliminaries claims in a historical building in Singapore, with dispute amounting to approximately S$10 million.
International and Domestic Construction Disputes
- Acted for an investor and minority shareholder of a company against the majority shareholder and the company for the breach of an investment agreement in relation to the development, construction, and sale of a property, for damages up to the sum of approximately S$4.7 million.
Risk Management and Advisory
- Advised an international bank on the legality of intended financing of a multinational group of companies in relation to anti-money laundering regulations, as well as the enforceability of the ultimate security obtained.
- Advised a donee under an enduring power of attorney in Hong Kong on issues of mental capacity and undue influence in relation to the execution of a lasting power of attorney in Singapore.
Appointments
- Member, Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law