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

His specialist areas are in litigation and arbitration. Deya has acted as arbitration counsel in international and domestic arbitration matters under all of the major institutional rules, and he has also acted as litigation counsel before all levels of the Singapore courts, including the SICC.

In terms of the areas of law he specialises in, Deya began his career with a focus on infrastructure, construction and energy disputes but he has gradually broadened and deepened his practice to cover further areas, including corporate and commercial disputes, joint venture disputes, shipping disputes, telecommunications, cryptocurrency disputes, insurance claims, criminal defence, and commodities trading.

Beyond commercial work, Deya serves on the Criminal Legal Aid Steering Committee under the Ministry of Law, while teaching Construction Law at National University of Singapore and coaching moot teams in Singapore Management University.

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

  • Commercial & Corporate – Defending a conglomerate against claims for recovery of alleged loans amounting to more than US$500 million and Mareva injunction proceedings in Singapore and Hong Kong while bringing counterclaims of more than US$3 billion. 
  • Joint Venture – Acting for an Indian private telecommunications corporation in relation to its dispute with a Danish telecommunications components manufacturer arising out of a joint venture agreement to develop and undertake business in India and Singapore.  
  • Construction / Public Infrastructure – Acting for Or Kim Peow Contractors in its dispute with CPG Consultants, arising out of the collapse of an under-construction highway viaduct in Singapore.
  • 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.
  • Energy – Acting for a Philippines conglomerate in a dispute with its joint venture partner arising from a joint venture for the construction of a renewable energy plant in the Philippines.
  • Criminal Defence – Acting as LASCO counsel in relation to a murder case and a drug trafficking case.

Related Practices

  • Energy, Projects & Construction
  • India

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Qualifications

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

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