Construction: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Singapore
Band 3
About
Provided by Harry Elias Partnership LLP
Harry Elias Partnership’s Construction and Engineering practice group is one of the leading construction, engineering and infrastructure projects practices in Singapore and the region. Our experience and expertise extend to both front end and dispute resolution work. Our clients include established local and international owners, developers, contractors and consultants as well as government agencies and government linked companies.
On the front-end construction matters, our lawyers have advised on many prominent projects in Singapore, including the Singapore Management University Campus, National Library Building, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort as well as the multi-billion dollar Tuas Mega Port project. We have also been involved in a Special Economic Zone project in a neighbouring Southeast Asia country. Our lawyers have advised developers in many residential projects in Singapore and abroad including China, Vietnam, Indonesia and the UAE.
In terms of dispute avoidance and resolution work, we often act as counsel in domestic and international arbitrations, litigation, adjudication as well as mediation between owners, contractors and consultants, including in relation to iconic domestic construction projects as well as complex regional and/ or international disputes in which parties have chosen Singapore as a forum for arbitration. We have Singapore-seated international arbitration experience.
Chambers Review
Harry Elias Partnership has an established Singapore law construction department, advising on contractual matters as well as dispute resolution. The team is also well placed to act as the claims specialist to project managers in construction projects. The department is often engaged on cross-border matters, including SIAC and ICC arbitration. Clients represented by the team include Wee Hur and Ministry of Health, Singapore.
Work Highlights
- Harry Elias Partnership was appointed as claims specialist to the project manager, Surbana Jurong Consultants, as well as the superintending officer and employer, for the Tuas Terminal Port Project 1 in Singapore.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Harry Elias have a dynamic and experienced team who understand their roles in a dispute. They are strong in commercial awareness."
"Harry Elias have a dynamic and experienced team who understand their roles in a dispute. They are strong in commercial awareness."
Notable Practitioners
Yvonne Foo in Singapore is well versed in local and cross-border construction law matters, particularly disputes in which she often acts for the contractor or the subcontractor.
"I am very impressed by her advocacy skills. She is very quick and persuasive in her arguments. She is definitely a rising star for construction disputes."
"She brings a very international approach to her matters, and her clients benefit from her prior experience in other jurisdictions."
Ranked Lawyers at
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Members
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Industries
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Construction
Consumer goods
Infrastructure
Oil and gas
Power
Real estate
Tourism
Transportation