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Acted for the Singapore Tourism Board ("STB") against a well-known UK-based concert organiser in respect of the failure by the latter to organise what was to have been Singapore's largest-ever entertainment and musical event. Among other things the STB sought damages for breach of contract and an account of several million dollars in funds which had been paid to the concert organiser towards the event but which had been misused. Issues involved included breach of contract, trust, misrepresentation and lifting of the corporate veil. After a full trial in the High Court, judgment was returned in favour of the STB, and this was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Acted for a subsidiary of an Indonesian group of companies in a massive cross-border claim for over US$200 million by several US-based funds, arising from one of the largest bond defaults in history. This matter involved complex issues of conflict of law, res judicata and fraud.

Acted for a Singapore telco and cable television company in an action brought by a rival telco arising from the alleged "tapping" of signals from leased optical fibre cables. Issues arising in this matter included determining the basis of assessment of damages where the losses suffered were punative in nature and hence not directly quantifiable.

Acted for several international fund management companies in a lawsuit against an Indonesian company and its shareholders, seeking payment of the sum of about US$30 million. Issues involved include forum non conveniens, force majeure, collateral undertakings and validity of service of process.

Acted for a major IT solutions provider in a claim against a local university for breach of contract, arising from the failure of a multi million dollar project to create and implement a campus-wide IT and data management system.