Deya is a Partner in the Energy, Projects & Construction Practice.

His practice involves the resolution of disputes through negotiations, mediation, litigation and arbitration, with a focus on infrastructure, construction, energy, oil & gas, marine, shipping, and criminal law. On the arbitration front, Deya has both breadth and depth of experience in construction disputes under the SIAC Rules, ICC Rules, LCIA Rules, and the UNCITRAL Rules, with arbitrations seated in numerous jurisdictions including Singapore, Paris, London, and Geneva. In litigation, Deya has appeared at all levels of the Singapore Courts, on a range of matters. 

Deya also presently serves on the Criminal Legal Aid Steering Committee under the Ministry of Law, while teaching Construction Law in National University of Singapore and coaching moot teams in Singapore Management University. Deya graduated from Singapore Management University and is admitted to the Singapore Bar.

Matters of significance in which Deya has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

  • Construction / Public Infrastructure – Successfully obtaining an award of more than US$100 million for an environmental engineering company in an ICC arbitration against a Middle East state arising out of a contract for the design, build, operation and maintenance of a domestic solid waste treatment facility.
  • Construction / Public Infrastructure – Successfully obtaining an award of more than S$43 million for Or Kim Peow Contractors in an SIAC arbitration against CPG Consultants, arising out of the collapse of an under-construction highway viaduct in Singapore.
  • Marine / Insurance – Successfully obtaining a judgment of more than US$56 million for OCBC (as mortgagee) in a Singapore High Court suit against a group of co-insurers arising out of a marine insurance policy and the capsize of a self-jacking rig under tow from Vietnam to Taiwan.
  • Shipping / Oil & Gas – Acting for a Vietnamese transport & installation contractor in a Singapore International Commercial Court suit against a Malaysian oil & gas/shipping company arising out of a contract for the transport & installation of a FPSO and a FSO to/from the Gulf of Thailand.
  • Construction / Data Centre – Acting for the main contractor in a dispute arising from a contract for the construction of two data centres in Malaysia with claims amounting to more than S$200 million. The dispute involves issues of variation claims, extensions of time, changes in law, and is governed by the law of Malaysia with the seat of arbitration in Malaysia. 
  • Shipping / Offshore Wind Farm – Acting for a Danish, NYSE-listed offshore wind farm construction, maintenance and decommissioning specialist in its dispute with a South Korean renewable energy company arising out of the construction of an offshore wind farm in South Korea. The dispute involves issues of variation claims, extensions of time, changes in law, and is governed by the law of Singapore with the seat of arbitration in Singapore.

Related Practices

  • Energy, Projects and Construction
  • India

Benchmark Litigation: Asia-Pacific 

  • Construction: Future Star

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Qualifications

Singapore Management University (LL.B., Hons.)

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