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Acting for Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd in the proceedings brought by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for contravening Section 197(1) of the Securities and Futures Act - the first case of its nature in Singapore, whereby this provision was invoked by the MAS, by way of civil proceedings. The case is still pending before the High Court.

Acting for a fund management company resisting a claim in the High Court for civil penalties by a regulatory authority for alleged market manipulation.

Acting for Woodcliff Assets Ltd in the High Court in disputes involving the directors and other shareholders of the My Foot group of companies. The applicability of the Rules of Court to winding up proceedings converted into writ actions was considered for the first time.

Successfully acted for a Las Vegas Casino and obtained an order from the High Court of Singapore to recognise and enforce a foreign judgment against a debtor in Singapore - the first case in Singapore whereby a foreign judgment founded on a gaming debt has been successfully recognised and enforced by Singapore Courts, based on common law. Issues that were adjudicated in the case included the question of the limitation period applicable to foreign judgments which are sought to be recognised and enforced in Singapore. Reported at Desert Palace Inc (doing business as Caesars Palace) v Poh Soon Kiat [2008] SGHC 144.

Successfully wound up a debtor company, for debts exceeding US$4 million owed to the creditors. Issues considered by the High Court and the Court of Appeal included the governing law of contractual obligations (and the effect of illegality under foreign laws) and the requisite burden to be discharged by a creditor in seeking to wind up a debtor company without any judgment. Reported at Re SY Technology Inc [2007] 2 SLR 756 & [2008] SGCA 1.