Wendy Lin

Practice Areas

Wendy LIN is the Deputy Head of the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice, and a Partner in the International Arbitration Practice.

Wendy has an active and leading practice spanning a wide array of high-value, multijurisdictional and complex commercial, fraud and asset recovery disputes before the Singapore Courts, as well as in arbitrations conducted under various arbitral rules. She has been at the forefront of numerous landmark arbitration-related Court decisions given her unique combination of expertise in litigation, enforcement and arbitration work.

Professional Memberships

In addition to her busy practice as counsel, Wendy sits as an arbitrator in cases administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She is also a member of the Singapore Academy of Law's Law Reform Committee and the Regional Representative South East Asia of the International Bar Association Asset Recovery Committee. Wendy served as the Co-Chair of YSIAC from 2019 to 2024.

Publications

- Chambers Global Practice Guide - Litigation 2023 & 2024

- CDR - Essential Intelligence: Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, 2023 & 2024

- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, 2024

- The Global Legal Post - The International Commercial Litigation and Cross Border Enforcement Comparative Guide Book Singapore, 2023

- The Global Legal Post Law Over Borders Comparative Guides – Arbitration, 2023

- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide Singapore: Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, 2023

- ABLI-SAL Cryptoassets Series on Cryptoassets and Civil Procedure Law (Singapore edition), 2023

- Cryptoassets Are Property and Can Be the Subject of a Trust — But Can They Be Enforced Against? (CaseWatch, 2023)

- Fraud and Asset Recovery: Cryptoassets (LegisWatch, 2022)

- Singapore High Court Issues First Reported Decision in Dispute Arising from Circuit Breaker Measures (CaseWatch, 2021)

- Singapore Court of Appeal Partially Sets Aside Arbitral Awards and Provides Key Observations on Important Costs and Consequential Issues (CaseWatch, 2021)

- Indian Supreme Court Recognises Emergency Arbitration Under SIAC Rules (CaseWatch, 2021)

- Singapore Court of Appeal, in Landmark Decision, Modifies Scope of Law of Confidence to Provide Greater Protection for Confidential Information (CaseWatch, 2020)

- Contributing Editor of the Singapore "White Book" (Singapore Civil Procedure) as well as to the Annotated Acts for the International Arbitration Act (Chapter 143A) and Arbitration Act (Chapter 10)

- Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Singapore - Pitfalls and Strategies, 2019

- SFO v ENRC (Part 2): Litigation Privilege in Internal Investigations Clarified (CaseWatch, 2018)

- Court of Appeal Gives Guidance on Bringing of Shareholder Oppression Action (CaseWatch, 2018)

- Brand New Possibilities - Opening Up Third-Party Funding for International Arbitration in Singapore (LegisWatch, 2017)