Successfully represented clients in a significant decision that examines principles governing the grant of freezing injunctions against foreign defendants

Prevailed in a significant decision that examined principles governing the grant of freezing injunctions against foreign defendants in the context of a cross border insolvency and asset recovery claim. The team successfully argued that the Singapore High Court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate claims based on foreign avoidance laws, and that the foreign defendants had submitted to the Singapore court’s jurisdiction by failing to promptly raise a jurisdictional challenge and taking various steps in the proceedings that were inconsistent with an intention to challenge the Singapore court’s jurisdiction. Partner Danny Ong, Yam Wern-Jhien and Senior Associate Bethel Chan led the matter.