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Melvin See is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP's Litigation & Arbitration Practice.

He obtained his law degree from the National University of Singapore in 2001 and was admitted as an advocate & solicitor of Singapore in 2002. He was also admitted as a non-practising solicitor of England & Wales in 2004.

Melvin's main areas of practice encompass corporate and shareholder disputes, insolvency cases, and building and construction disputes.

He acted for Aquagen International Pte Ltd in the High Court against an attempt by a minority shareholder to intervene in an arbitration in the name of the company. Notably, the court considered the ambit of a provision found in the companies' legislations in both Singapore and Canada for the first time.

He also acted for Woodcliff Assets Ltd in the High Court where the applicability of the Rules of Court to winding up proceedings converted into writ actions was considered for the first time.

He was part of the team that advised the independent committee of an after market services provider listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in relation to a corporate fraud investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department into overstatement of revenues.

He was also part of the team that advised the Singapore branch of a global bank in relation to alleged fraud and money laundering involving a Singapore subsidiary and its Malaysia listed holding company.

Melvin advised a liquidator of its kind to seek leave of court to resign as liquidator of a group of 24 companies without calling the requisite statutory meetings.

He also advised foreign provisional liquidators on another ground breaking application for the High Court's recognition of the status and powers of such provisional liquidators under the common law.

Melvin acted for Bovis Lend Lease Pte Ltd seeking declaratory relief in the High Court on the validity of a Notice of Arbitration issued by a sub-contractor and the correct appointing authority for the arbitrator on a proper construction of the arbitration agreement. Notably, the court observed that the SIAC Domestic Rules was an unwarranted limitation on party autonomy.

He also acted for subsidiary proprietors of MCST No. 2719, who requisitioned an EGM, in the High Court for declaratory relief that notices of EGM issued by the incumbent council were void.

He acted for a specialist steel contractor, who was concerned about the financial standing of a subcontractor seeking to enforce a judgment based upon a Security of Payment Act adjudication determination, by obtaining a conditional stay of execution from the High Court. This protected against the risk of the subcontractor’s insolvency and consequent inability to return the judgment sum as it was paid to the Court instead of the subcontractor pending the resolution of disputes between the contractor and subcontractor in an arbitration.

Melvin is also an accredited Associate Mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Subordinate Courts.