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Wesley Chan

Director, Dispute Resolution

Qualifications

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

Wesley’s practice focuses on complex civil and commercial disputes, often with cross-border elements.
Wesley has acted for governments, sovereign wealth funds, multinational corporations, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals.

His work spans commercial litigation and arbitration, investigations, white collar crime and regulatory proceedings.

Recent work includes disputes involving highly technical engineering and construction issues in the energy, manufacturing and environmental sectors.

In 2022, Wesley was seconded to the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he handled complex civil litigation and arbitration matters including class action suits and investor-state arbitration.


Wesley graduated on the overall Dean’s List from the National University of Singapore.

Some of the matters which Wesley has acted in include:

  1. Lead counsel in S$30M shareholding dispute - Acted as lead counsel for a senior executive of an advanced manufacturing company in a S$30M dispute involving allegations of unfair prejudice and breaches of shareholders’ agreements.
  2. Cross-border dispute involving criminal allegations - Successfully obtained judgment for an international gas and energy consultancy and its director-shareholder against a Turkish energy conglomeration, in a dispute involving allegations of suspected criminal activity including terrorism and money laundering. The matter resulted in a seminal decision by the Singapore Court of Appeal clarifying the law on summary judgment.
  3. S$20M shipping and oil & gas litigation - Successfully obtained judgment for an environmental-services arm of a Singapore-listed entity in a S$20M dispute over claims under contracts relating to oil trading, charter hire and waste disposal plant operations. The matter involved technical engineering issues including determining the causes of and responsibility for plant failure.
  4. US$30M SIAC arbitration - Successfully resisted a US$30M SIAC arbitration claim from the minority shareholders of a multinational electronics manufacturer, involving allegations of unfair prejudice and related proceedings in India.
  5. Investor-State dispute - Advised a State in resisting claims under a Bilateral Investment Treaty, involving allegations of denials of justice arising out of the State’s judicial and executive actions.
  6. Landlord-Tenant dispute - Struck out a S$20M claim by a tenant in breach of contract and misrepresentation on behalf of a Singapore integrated resort, and successfully discharged two injunctions that prevented the landlord from repossessing the premises.
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore