TIONG Teck Wee is the Co-Head of the Sustainability & Responsible Business Practice and a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes, and International Arbitration Practices.
His main areas of practice are in multijurisdictional, complex, high-value commercial and corporate disputes. Teck Wee has represented and acted for global private, public, and state-owned clients from various jurisdictions (such as Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, PRC and U.S.) in the Singapore High Court and in international arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions (such as the SIAC and ICC), and in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules. Teck Wee has also advised and acted for both private investors and State parties in investment treaty arbitrations.
Teck Wee has represented and acted for clients in a variety of disputes across a range of industries including general contractual disputes, shareholders' and joint venture disputes, minority oppression claims, banking and finance, private equity funds, commodities trading, and construction disputes. Teck Wee also regularly appears before the Singapore High Court to assist clients in the enforcement of arbitral awards and to set aside and/or challenge the enforcement of arbitral awards.
Teck Wee is fluent in Mandarin and is experienced in acting for Mandarin-speaking and Chinese clients, as well as in international arbitration matters where Mandarin is the language of the arbitration.
Apart from his practice, Teck Wee is also a part-time tutor with the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University.
Teck Wee regularly writes and publishes in various arbitration related publications, and speaks at arbitration conferences and conducts workshops organised by arbitral institutions such as the SIAC, ICC and Delos.
Matters of significance in which Teck Wee has been involved in include the following:
- Acting for the founder of Mustafa Centre, an iconic retail and tourist landmark in Singapore, in multiple minority oppression suits in relation to the operation and management of the business' holding company, Mohamed Mustafa & Samsuddin Co. Pte Ltd.
- Acted for the Republic of India in an application before a three-member panel of the Singapore International Commercial Court under s 10(3) of the Singapore International Arbitration Act and Art 16(3) of the UNCITRAL Model Law to challenge the arbitral tribunal's decision on jurisdiction in an investor-state arbitration brought by Nissan against India under the 2011 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement entered into between Japan and India.
- Acting for a Thai coal-mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, involving claims in excess of US$450 million.
- Acting for Australian and Singapore Claimants in the business of finance and commercial brokerage and lending of wholesale funds in an SIAC arbitration against a Vietnamese SPV and three Vietnamese guarantors in respect of disputes arising out of a US$400 million loan facility for the development and construction of a mixed-use commercial property project in Vietnam. The arbitration is funded by one of the leading global third-party litigation funders.
- Acted for one of the world's largest bulk liquids trading companies in a US$225 million claim against a Malaysian state-owned company in an UNCITRAL arbitration in respect of defects in the design and construction of a shore tank terminal in Malaysia.
- Acting for a Chinese state-owned enterprise in an SIAC arbitration against claims brought by an lndonesian public-listed company arising out of an EPCC Contract for the development and construction of a 700MW coal-fired power plant in lndonesia.
Related Practice
- Commercial & Corporate Disputes
Contact Details
- d+65 6416 8112
- f+65 6532 5722
- eteckwee.tiong@wongpartnership.com
Career & Qualifications
National University of Singapore (LL.B. Hons.)