Emmanuel Chua

Emmanuel works extensively on cross-border disputes and situations. His experience focusses on the Asia Pacific region where he has represented clients on some of the most prominent cross-border litigation and situations in recent years. Leveraging off this depth of experience, Emmanuel also regularly advises on risk avoidance and mitigation strategies, including contingency planning and strategic advice, often from a cross-jurisdictional perspective.

Emmanuel has also been appointed as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings, and sits on the panel of arbitrators of a number of prominent arbitral institutions.

Restructuring and Insolvency

• Acting for PT Pan Brothers Tbk in the landmark USD 400 million restructuring of its syndicated, bilateral and bond debts in Singapore. 
• Acting for an ad-hoc committee in the USD 390 million debt restructuring of the PT Modernland Realty group in Singapore.
• Advising a North Asian bank on its exposure under a USD 450 million syndicated facility in relation to the restructuring of PT Royal Industries by way of an Indonesian PKPU proceeding.
• Advising PT Pertamina Persero in the high profile winding up of its trading arm, PETRAL, in Singapore and Hong Kong.
• Advising one of Taiwan's largest private banks on its potential exposures in Triyards Marine Services.
• Acting for two leading global banks in a series of Indonesian court proceedings arising out of a high profile default of a USD 70.7 million bond by a Dutch issuer.

International Arbitration and Litigation

• Advising Universal Terminal (S) Pte. Ltd. and UT Singapore Services Pte. Ltd. in relation to the highly complex and high-profile proceedings relating to the Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd bankruptcy - one of the largest workouts currently ongoing in Singapore and the region, valued at SGD 1.76 billion.
• Acting for a Philippines conglomerate in a high value SIAC arbitration in a JV dispute relating to a national tollways projects in the Philippines.
• Acting for a US-listed pharmaceutical company in a high value SIAC arbitration relating to the development and commercialization of a new drug under a master research and licensing agreement.
• Acting for a foreign public listed company in an Malaysia seated arbitration (valued at over USD 2 billion) against a Malaysian state government for breach of a development agreement.
• Acted for the administrator of an estate in a complex series of litigation involving family arrangements and oral trust, involving trust assets in excess of SGD 60 million (Khoh Chen Yeh Shane v Seng Realty & Development and anor [2012] SGHC 79).

• Global Restructuring Review, 40 under 40 (recognising 40 of the world's leading restructuring specialists, aged 40 and under), 2022
• Asian Legal Business, Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers, 2021 and 2022
• Asian Legal Business, Asia’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40, 2022

• Turnaround Management Association - Member
• INSOL - Member
• Panel Arbitrator, Asian International Arbitration Centre 
• Panel Arbitrators (Reserve), Singapore International Arbitration Centre 
• Trainer, Trial Advocacy and Insolvency modules, Singapore Institute of Legal Education (for the Singapore Bar Examinations) Education and admission