RPC Premier Law is led by two disputes partners that between them share decades of local litigation experience. The firm is best known for complex commercial and civil disputes, banking and finance disputes, professional defence, and dispute resolution in regulatory matters. Its contentious industry expertise covers fintech, technology, media, insurance, energy and transportation. The firm has adopted a strategy to not represent large banks; it is a popular choice for referrals from other full-service firms. The firm has handled disputes under a variety of arbitral rules in forums around the world.
The key individuals are international arbitration and disputes specialists Navin Joseph Lobo, Swee Siang Boey and Yuankai Lin.
In a contentious commercial highlight, the team is acting for the former shareholders, directors and co-founders of Fullerton Healthcare Corporation (FHC), a healthcare solutions group with subsidiaries across the Asia Pacific, in a complex high-value shareholders' dispute against a fellow former shareholder and director of FHC. Another notable case has the firm assisting four companies in the China-based YG group of companies, in a complex claim in a Singapore High Court relating to dishonest assistance, unjust enrichment and fraudulent misrepresentation arising out of a share purchase agreement.
In another cross-border matter, Boey and his team are representing an Indonesian company involved in the palm oil industry, its majority shareholder, a Singapore-incorporated investment company as well as the Malaysian director of the aforementioned companies in a $70 million claim against an Indonesian-incorporated defendant as well as two high net-worth individuals residing in Indonesia. The client’s application for an interim anti-suit injunction order involved complex novel issues relating to whether the Singapore court's power to grant such orders extends to cases where the defendants had commenced the Indonesian proceedings against non-parties to the arbitration agreement, and where the Indonesian proceedings were brought on tortious grounds.
Domestic firm Premier Law entered into a joint law venture with international law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) in 2016. The combined entity is known as RPC Premier Law.
Recent clients include Hainan Huationg Contractor, Hui Bang Construction Investment Group and Siemens Industry Software.
Client feedback
“Frankly, they do everything well!” – Commercial and transactions
Swee Siang Boey
“Extremely knowledgeable and professional.”
“He’s very reliable, positive, constructive and easy to communicate with.”
