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Adriel Chioh

Associate Director, Dispute Resolution

Key Practices

Qualifications

  • LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2015)
  • Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2016)

Adriel has advised and represented multinational corporations, state-owned entities, financial institutions, listed companies, and high net worth individuals in a wide range of domestic and cross-border commercial disputes in the Singapore Courts and in international arbitration.

He has also advised and represented institutional creditors, corporates, and insolvency professionals in winding-up and insolvency-related proceedings.

In 2022, Adriel was seconded to a local bank’s legal department and advised the consumer and corporate banking departments on various non-contentious matters.

Adriel writes on topics such as insolvency and he is a co-author of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act Compendium published by LexisNexis Singapore in 2020.

Adriel speaks English, French, and Mandarin.

Adriel has successfully handled complex and high-value matters ranging from cross-border oil and gas disputes to banking and finance disputes. Some of the matters which Adriel has acted in include:

Litigation

  • CRRC (Hong Kong) Co Ltd anor v Chen Weiping [2019] SGHC 109; [2019] SGHC 110 – Successfully acted for the subsidiaries of CRRC, a PRC state-owned entity and the world’s largest rolling stock manufacturing in a claim for more than US$60 million against the former Chairman of Midas Holdings Limited.
  • Represented majority shareholders and directors in an action for minority oppression – Advised and represented the majority shareholders and directors of renowned firm of architects in a claim for alleged minority oppression and conspiracy brought by a minority shareholder.

Arbitration-related Litigation

  • CIZ v CJA [2021] SGHC 178 – Successfully acted for the plaintiff in the Singapore High Court in an application to partially set aside an SIAC arbitral award for breaches of natural justice and the tribunal’s excess of jurisdiction.
  • BNX v BOE [2017] SGHC 289 – Successfully acted for the respondent in resisting an appeal against the Singapore High Court’s decision to uphold an arbitral award. The dispute concerned the sale of a hotel in Singapore worth US$500 million and the Singapore High Court’s decision was reported in BNX v BOE [2017] SGHC 289.

International Arbitration

  • Represented an Indonesian state-owned entity in a US$60 million ICC Paris arbitration – Acted as counsel in a dispute relating to unfulfilled exploration of oil and gas resources in Libya where the contract was governed by Libyan law.

Restructuring and Insolvency

  • Advised and represented the liquidators of Sixcap Financials Pte Ltd (In Liquidation) – Advised and represented the liquidators in a winding-up that spanned more than 2 years and resulted in the recovery of assets for the benefit of creditors
  • Advised and represented the subsidiaries of CRRC in the liquidation of Midas Holdings Limited – Advised the subsidiaries on their rights as creditors and COI members.
  • Re Attilan Group Ltd [2017] SGHC 283 – Advised an investment fund on its investee company’s scheme of arrangement application, the first application in Singapore for super-priority rescue financing under then Section 211E of the Companies Act.
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Co-Author, Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act Compendium (2020, LexisNexis Singapore).
  • Co-Author, Rescue Financing in Singapore: Navigating Uncharted Waters [2020] SAL Prac 1 (2020, Singapore Academy of Law).