Kah Wah Leong

Practice Areas

Leong Kah Wah specialises in Shipping & International Trade and has appeared as lead counsel in landmark Court of Appeal judgments of the STX Mumbai and the Bunga Melati 5. He was recently appointed Senior Accredited Specialist for this practice area by the Singapore Academy of Law. He also has arbitration experience, being a Fellow of CIArb and SIArb and on panels of SIAC and SCMA. He is a principal mediator of SMC, and senior mediator on Law Society’s panel. He serves on the Advisory Board, Centre of Maritime Law, Board of SCMA and is the Vice President of MLAS.

Kah Wah is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers and “continues to be regarded by market sources as a leading practitioner.” In Legal 500 Asia Pacific, he is acknowledged as a leading individual and is described as “an outstanding and experienced wet shipping lawyer and a good advocate who proposes solutions rather than disagreeing with opposing counsel for the sake of it.”