Darien is an associate in the Singapore office. He advises state-owned entities and multinational corporations in complex international commercial and investment arbitrations across sectors including energy, mining, technology, aviation, and construction.
Before joining Three Crowns, Darien clerked for Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and other Justices of the Supreme Court of Singapore, where he worked on applications concerning the setting aside and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Darien holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he was both a Fulbright Scholar and Lee Kuan Yew Scholar, specializing in public international law. He earned his LL.B. from Singapore Management University as a Kwa Geok Choo Scholar, graduating top of the cohort as the Valedictorian.
Darien has published on a range of topics in various Singapore journals such as the Singapore Academy of Law Practitioner, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies and Singapore Comparative Law Review.
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Mandarin
Represented an international consortium of leading global energy companies in an arbitration against a Central Asian state concerning one of the world’s largest oil and gas projects
Represented a leading U.S. technology company in cross-border disputes against Japanese and South Korean semiconductor manufacturers concerning memory technologies and supply chain disruption
Represented a Canadian mining company in an investment treaty arbitration arising from the revocation of mining concessions by a South American state
Represented an Italian engineering and construction company in an arbitration concerning advance payment obligations and the impact of international sanctions on a major Russian LNG project
Advised the owner of a major Indonesian coal-fired power plant in a high-value construction dispute with a Japanese engineering company concerning the defects in critical power generation equipment
Advised a California-based consumer products company in Singapore court proceedings concerning the setting aside of an arbitral award and related enforcement proceedings in California
- LL.M., Harvard Law School
- LL.B., Singapore Management University