Global firm King & Spalding has long been a market leader for international arbitration in the region. It is particularly renowned for its oil and gas, construction, and investment treaty arbitration expertise. The Singapore arbitration team is composed of four key partners with decades of experience in Asia, and 12 other fee earners who exclusively practice international arbitration. The team had a record 2023, acting for some of the world’s best-known multinational corporations in significant pleadings and hearings for large commercial, construction and investment treaty cases. The lawyers have carved out a niche expertise in the nuclear sector and is go-to firm for investment treaty arbitration. Many of the lawyers practice as arbitrators in international arbitrations under major arbitration rules across multiple jurisdictions.
The leadership is stacked will well-respected international arbitration specialists such as Wade Coriell, Elodie Dulac, Nils Eliasson, and Anisha Sud. Special matters and government investigations partner Richard Sharpe joined the team from Kirkland & Ellis Hong Kong.
The list of notable highlights is long for the King & Spalding team, which is handling several individual cases with more than $1 billion at stake. The team continues to represent Prime Energy Resources Development in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of the Philippines in relation to the allocation of petroleum revenues under a petroleum services contract with the state. This is one of the highest-value arbitrations in Philippine history, with $1.5 billion at stake.
