Peter Doraisamy

Practice Areas

Arbitration and Related Court Proceedings

Maritime & Shipping

Corporate & Commercial Litigation

Employment

Restructuring & Insolvency

International Arbitration

International Trade

Investment Funds

Corporate & Commercial Advisory

Career

Due to Peter’s extensive expertise in shipping and maritime matters, he regularly advises large shipping companies on dispute resolution (including charterparty and bill of lading disputes, shipbuilding/repair, collisions, arrest and enforcement of maritime claims), marine insurance and international trade. For non-contentious matters, clients look to Peter for drafting in relation to joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, construction, repair, conversion, sale & purchase and chartering/operations/management of ships and onshore/offshore drilling platforms, ship finance and registration.

With 25 years of experience, Peter is recognised as a leading advocate in the Asia Pacific region. He regularly acts as counsel in complex commercial litigation matters and in international arbitration. For contentious matters, he focuses on the areas of Maritime and Shipping, International Trade, Commodities, Restructuring and Insolvency, Insurance, Shareholders’ Dispute, Employment, Corporate Governance, and Fraud and Asset recovery. For non-contentious matters, clients look to Peter as a trusted business advisor and strategist in relation to joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring exercises.

Peter serves a diverse clientele across a wide array of industries. His clients include corporations ranging from multi-national to public listed entities, high net worth individuals, as well as international and local law firms who instruct him as counsel.

Peter has also been invited to sit on committees, sub-committees, and advisory boards of various organisations, such as, the Law Society of Singapore, Maritime Law Association of Singapore, Singapore Shipping Association, National University of Singapore Centre for Maritime Law, and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.

Peter read Law at the University of Nottingham and holds an LL.M. (Maritime Law) from the National University of Singapore. Peter was admitted to the Middle Temple as a Barrister-at-Law in 1997 and became an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1999.

Peter has been consistently recognised for his capability in litigation and shipping in leading legal publications including The Legal 500, Chambers, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR1000 and Asialaw. In Chambers Asia Pacific, a client commented “Peter is highly intelligent, with a keen awareness for issues. He often proposes simple, practical solutions for seemingly complex issues.", another client added “He is very good at understanding the case matter easily. During trial, his way of handling witnesses is impressive."

Professional Memberships

Member, Law Society of Singapore

Member, Singapore Academy of Law

Member, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration

Member, Singapore Maritime Law Association

Member, Catholic Lawyer’s Guild of Singapore

Member, The Catholic Business Network Singapore

Publications

• Co-author of ‘Arbitration Agreements and Insolvency Proceedings: Comparing the Pro-Arbitration Perspectives in Singapore, the United Kingdom and India and Calling for International Consensus’, in Kluwer Arbitration Blog (Jan. 18, 2023).

• Contributing Author to the Singapore chapter of the American Bar Association International Discovery textbook.

• Author of ‘Case Summary: CLM v CLN and others [2022] SGHC 46’, published in Lexology on 21 March 2022.

• Co-author of the chapter “A Review of the Road Map to Navigating Order 110 of the Rules of Court”, in the SICC Handbook published in the February 2017 issue of the Law Gazette.

• Author of the Singapore chapter of Shipping and International Trade Law 2nd Edition (2015).

• Author of “Future of Judicial Sale of Ships in Singapore” article contained in Benedict’s Maritime (2014 Edition).

• Author of the Singapore chapter of International Comparative Legal Guide on Shipping Law 2014.

• Contributing Editor to the Singapore Civil Procedure 2013, published by Sweet & Maxwell Singapore.