Ai Lin, an associate in our Singapore office, has experience in international commercial arbitrations conducted both ad hoc and under various institutional rules in the oil & gas, construction, public infrastructure, and web3 industries.
Her recent experience includes:
- Representing a consortium of multinational contractors in an SIAC arbitration concerning the expansion of an oil refinery in Thailand
- Representing a Singaporean energy major in a commercial arbitration concerning the development of a power plant in Myanmar
- Representing an exhibition production company in a HKIAC arbitration against a South Korean integrated resort owner
- Representing a Japanese technology giant in an ICC arbitration arising out of a distribution agreement for the sale of lighting systems in India
- Representing an Indian Fintech company in a shareholders’ dispute on the purchase of a business that provides India’s leading app and content discovery platform
- Advising and representing government-linked entities in various construction disputes on public infrastructure projects including rail and residential projects
Ai Lin acted as Young Independent Counsel (amicus curiae) before the Singapore courts in the cases of Vijay Kumar v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGHC 109 and Lee Shin Nan v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGHC 354, where she assisted with the formulation of a sentencing framework for offences under the Payment Services Act and Penal Code.
She graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Bristol.
Melody is an associate in the Singapore office. Her experience in international arbitration spans a variety of joint venture, shareholder, construction, and infrastructure disputes.
Melody’s experience includes:
- Acting for the owner of a power plant in Southeast Asia in a dispute with an EPC contractor
- Acting for a major East Asian beverage company in a joint venture dispute against a state-owned entity
- Acting for a global agri-company in a shareholders’ dispute arising from a joint venture in Southeast Asia, which resulted in concurrent arbitration and litigation proceedings in multiple jurisdictions
- Acting for a major data centre provider in Southeast Asia in a multi-jurisdictional shareholders’ dispute
Melody received her LL.B. degree from the National University of Singapore, where she received prizes for being the best student in her cohort. She also received awards for Best Oralist, Best Memorial, Champion (Singapore), and Semi-Finalist (International) at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. She was champion of the B.A. Mallal Moot in Singapore and the Asia Cup International Law Moot Court Competition in Tokyo.
Melody won the Essex Court Chambers and Singapore Academy of Law International Mooting Competition as a qualified advocate. She has published on international arbitration in the Singapore Academy of Law Practitioner.
Dana is an associate in the Singapore office. She has experience in a wide variety of arbitrations across a range of sectors including oil and gas, joint venture, construction, and general commercial disputes.
Dana’s recent experience includes:
- Representing a consortium of oil majors in a multibillion-dollar dispute with a Central Asian State in relation to a production sharing contract
- Representing the owner of a power plant in Asia in a dispute with an EPC contractor arising out of the construction of the power plant
- Advising an oil and gas major in relation to the occurrence of a force majeure event affecting its investments in a Sub-Saharan African State
- Acting for a Japanese-listed logistics company in successfully resisting a majority shareholder’s claim in an SIAC arbitration
- Acting for a foreign investment company in a loan dispute, where the claimant successfully obtained an early dismissal of the respondents’ defence for a manifest lack of legal merit under the SIAC Rules
Dana holds an LLB from the National University of Singapore. She has participated in multiple moot competitions including the Essex Court Chambers-Singapore Academy of Law Moot Court Competition, where her team emerged champion, as well as the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, where her team clinched the best memorial prize.
Michele is a paralegal in the Singapore office. She has experience in advising in a variety of international commercial arbitrations governed by numerous applicable laws and major institutional rules across a range of sectors, with particular experience in disputes arising in the construction, energy, oil & gas and M&A industries. She also has experience in assisting with State-owned entities on matters of public international law.
Michele’s recent experience includes:
- Assisting the counsel team with an Indonesian joint venture dispute in an ICC arbitration seated in Geneva against an Asian contractor.
- Assisting the counsel team with a defence of an EPC contractor in a dispute arising out of a subcontract for the execution of civil works and concrete buildings as part of an integrated gasification combined cycle complex in the Middle East.
- Assisting the counsel team in connection with ICSID annulment proceedings relating to a dispute under a US$850 million oil and gas engineering and construction contract.
- Assisting the counsel team relating to an ongoing HKIAC arbitration concerning the management of the dispute, and conduct of the proceedings with a view to safeguarding the client’s interests and securing a commercial resolution.
Michele is also involved in the firm’s pro bono practice, having recently worked on a project with REDRESS on promoting balanced gender representation in UN human rights organs and mechanisms.
Michele has previously worked as an in-house counsel with a multinational technology corporation primarily advising on M&A and data privacy issues across APAC, Australia and New Zealand regions. She also trained with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London upon completing her UK Legal Practice Course, where she achieved perfect scores in Business Accounting and Professional Ethics.
Michele is called to the Bar of England and Wales, where she holds Honorary Mention by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple for excellence in academic performance during her Bar Professional Postgraduate course. Michele also holds an LLB (Honours) from Queen Mary University of London, where she won the Queen Mary Law Journal competition, published legal commentary on Investor Compensation Scheme v West Bromwich Building Society, was a finalist for George Hinde Moot, and served as President of United Kingdom and Eire Student Council and Vice President (Sponsorship) of Queen Mary Pro Bono Society.
Marcel is an associate based in the Singapore office. He has experience in international commercial arbitration and international dispute resolution, with a particular focus on minerals, construction, and infrastructure disputes. Marcel also has experience in arbitration-related litigation before the New Zealand courts, both with respect to investor-State arbitration and commercial arbitration.
Marcel’s experience includes:
- Acting for a major minerals entity in arbitration proceedings in a multimillion-dollar dispute concerning the triggering of payment obligations and corporate control mechanisms under a sale and purchase agreement
- Acting for a construction and infrastructure civil works provider in parallel arbitrations brought under the SIAC rules in a dispute relating to the construction of two significant geothermal power stations in Indonesia
- Acting for a major food services and facilities management company in proceedings relating to the recognition and enforcement of a multimillion-dollar ICSID award
- Representing a minerals entity in proceedings ultimately heard before the Supreme Court relating to the interpretation of obligations owed by the purchasing party under a sale and purchase agreement
- Representing a major steel producer in challenges to numerous decisions made by the New Zealand government with respect to the imposition of countervailing duties on the imports of various steel products
- Acting for a multi-national publicly traded dairy co-operative in proceedings relating to private law duties owed by emitters
- Acting for liquidators against a former company director in respect of a large-scale ponzi scheme
- Representing a Cayman Islands bank in successfully obtaining preservation orders over funds held in New Zealand
- Advising a major private equity firm, with respect to proceedings in the High Court of Hong Kong, to prevent a compulsory share transfer led by the controlling shareholder
Before joining Three Crowns, Marcel specialised in international dispute resolution, together with general commercial litigation, international trade law, and insolvency, and appeared in courts and tribunals at all levels in New Zealand.
Shaun, counsel in the Singapore office, has advised and represented States, State-owned entities and multinational corporations in disputes subject to arbitration under the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and AAA-ICDR rules in proceedings across the energy, construction, and financial services sectors.
Shaun’s experience includes:
- Acting for the operator of an infrastructure project in Asia in a dispute with the government arising out of the concession agreement and the EPC contractor consortium arising out of the construction contract
- Acting for a national oil company in a dispute with an international trading house and another national oil company arising out of long-term crude oil supply contracts
- Acting for a global energy company in a dispute with its joint venture partner arising out of a power project in Asia
- Acting for the owner of a power plant in Asia in a dispute with an EPC contractor and heavy equipment supplier consortium arising out of the development of the power plant
- Acting for a Southeast Asian real estate developer in a dispute with a consortium of international investors arising out of a suite of financing and corporate documents
- Acting for a NASDAQ-listed acquirer in a post-M&A dispute with the founders and promoters of the target business
Shaun is listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, in which clients describe him as “impressive”, “outstanding”, and “up and coming”. He teaches as Adjunct Faculty at the Singapore Management University and has published on international arbitration in leading journals, including the Journal of International Arbitration, the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, and the Civil Justice Quarterly.
Shaun previously served in a judicial capacity as a magistrate and assistant registrar in the High Court of Singapore and the Singapore International Commercial Court. Before that, he clerked for the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
Daryl is the managing partner of the firm’s Singapore office. He has an active portfolio of arbitrations involving a wide range of applicable laws and venues, arising from energy, construction, M&A, joint venture, and general commercial disputes.
Daryl’s experience includes:
- Acting for the operator of a major infrastructure project in an Asian State, in a dispute with the government arising out of the concession agreement and the EPC contractor consortium arising out of the construction contract. The agreements are subject to ICC arbitration in Singapore and governed by English law and the law of the Asian State
- Acting for a national oil company in a dispute with an international trading house and another national oil company arising out of long-term crude oil supply contracts. The agreements are subject to LCIA arbitration in London and governed by English law
- Acting for a global energy company in a dispute with its joint venture partner arising out of a power project in Asia. The joint venture agreement and corporate documents of the joint venture company are subject to HKIAC arbitration in the Hong Kong SAR and governed by English law and the law of the Asian State
- Acting for the owner of a power plant in Asia in a dispute with an EPC contractor and heavy equipment supplier consortium arising out of the development of the power plant. The agreements are subject to ICC arbitration in Singapore and governed by English law and the law of the Asian State
- Acting for a Southeast Asian real estate developer in a dispute with a consortium of international investors arising out of a suite of financing and corporate documents. The agreements are subject to SIAC arbitration in Singapore and governed by Singapore law and the law of the Southeast Asian State
- Acting for a NASDAQ-listed acquirer in a post-M&A dispute with the founders and promoters of the target business. The dispute involves court and arbitration proceedings in multiple jurisdictions across Asia and the United States
Daryl also serves as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings.
Chambers and The Legal 500 commend his “outstanding track record”, “superb written advocacy”, “valuable strategic input”, and recommend him for “consistently high-quality work”. Clients in these directories observe that he “scores highly for excellence in proceedings that turn on complex points of law” and describe him as “a brilliant all round talent” and a “phenomenal advocate with the ability to turn the most complex facts in a case into simple, attractive and persuasive argument”. Daryl features as a “Global Leader” in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, which describes him as “a top name for international arbitration” with “great problem-solving skills”. Prior editions of Who’s Who Legal have ranked him as “one of the brightest” and “most highly regarded” partners in Asia Pacific. He also features in the inaugural “Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist – Southeast Asia” and was named among “30 People to Watch in the Business of Law in Asia in 2022” by Asia Law Portal.
Daryl serves as the Chairman of the Board of Maxwell Chambers, an integrated Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) complex in Singapore established to provide best of class facilities and services for the conduct of ADR activities. He also co-chairs the YSIAC council, serves on various governmental and regional arbitration committees and lectures at several universities in Southeast Asia.
Penny, counsel in the Singapore office, has more than a decade of experience in international commercial arbitration, public international law, and international human rights law. Her primary focus has been on energy-related disputes, including disputes relating to long-term oil and gas agreements (including environmental, abandonment and decommissioning, and cost recovery issues), renewable energy, gas pricing, licensing, and intellectual property.
Penny’s experience includes:
- Representing an oil major in a dispute relating to a sale and purchase agreement and pre-emption rights in the UK North Sea
- Representing an oil major in a decommissioning dispute against a South-Asian State under two concession agreements adopting the 1946 ICJ Rules
- Representing a leading European wind turbine manufacturer in a dispute relating to the effect of the termination of a cross-licensing agreement governed by Illinois law on certain licenses relating to patented wind turbine technology
- Representing a major European State-owned gas supplier in various disputes relating to gas pricing and pipeline operational issues, including set-aside proceedings in Sweden
- Representing an international consortium of oil and gas companies defending cost recovery and related accounting claims relating to operations in a Middle Eastern State
- Advising an oil major in respect of the termination of two production sharing agreements with a Middle Eastern State and related end of production sharing agreement issues, including cost recovery and decommissioning issues
- Representing an international consortium of oil and gas companies defending environmental, technical, and operational claims of US$800 million arising out of historical operations by the Ministry of Oil & Minerals of a Middle Eastern State
Penny also has a background in academia and co-authored the leading text on the appointment of international judges entitled Selecting International Judges: Principle, Process, and Politics (Oxford University Press, 2010), which examined the process for appointing judges to the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, and other international courts and tribunals. Recently, Penny assisted in the preparation of the Report of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee recommending measures to improve gender balance in international human rights bodies and mechanisms. Her pro bono work has included assisting with an amicus brief submitted in Moore v. Texas (US Supreme Court).
Penny was named a “Rising Star” in International Arbitration in The Legal 500 UK having been previously recognised as “Highly Regarded”. She received her BA/LLB (Hons) from Monash University and LLM in Public International Law (with Distinction) from the University of Glasgow. Penny is admitted to practice in England and Wales and Victoria, Australia.
Simon, a partner in the Singapore office, provides advice and representation in commercial and treaty proceedings conducted under the rules of the major arbitral institutions and ad hoc, and in pre-arbitration dispute resolution processes. His practice has a particular focus on disputes arising out of large infrastructure and major projects involving disputed technical, delay, and quantum related issues.
Simon’s experience includes:
- Representing the local subsidiary of a global contracting group in a dispute arising out of the construction of a significant healthcare facility in the Middle East, which centred on highly technical issues of electrical engineering
- Acting for a French-German consortium in an arbitration arising from an agreement for the construction of a “first-of-a-kind”, new-generation nuclear power plant in Finland
- Representing a European refining company in a dispute concerning a significant refinery upgrade project involving a wide spectrum of technical issues, ranging from deficient site preparation to post-completion defects, complex delay analysis and significant claims for production losses
- Advising a European contractor in dual contractual and investment treaty arbitrations arising out of a “mega project” to expand a strategic maritime infrastructure installation
- Acting for a European mining company in proceedings arising out of an expansion to a substantial wet-sands mining operation in an African country
Simon is described by The Legal 500 as a “rising star” and clients laud his “impressive ability to deep dive into highly complex, technical issues” and turn them into “elegant and powerful arguments”.
Simon holds an LLB (First Class Hons) and a BA (French). He is admitted and entitled to practice at both the Paris Bar as an Avocat and in England and Wales as a Solicitor. Simon is also admitted in New Zealand. He speaks fluent English and French.
