Practice Areas:
Dispute resolution (asialaw)
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Tamil
Biography
Shobna has worked with at least 3 Senior Counsel over her 15 year career. She thrives in appellate advocacy in particular. She has argued against Senior Counsel in the Court of Appeal and succeeded. She has acted as lead counsel on more than 6 appeal matters in the span of the last 2 years.
On the arbitration front, Shobna has spent her entire career doing international arbitration, having handled arbitration matters in excess of billion dollars. She is currently a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Her cases range from telecommunications to pharmaceutical industry to solar/renewable energy, shareholder disputes and banking and finance related disputes. The jurisdictions involve include Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, USA and Africa.
Shobna has also been involved in cutting edge international law briefs including boundary disputes, law of the sea matters and advising clients on investment treaty claims against Asian states, an area of law that is nascent in Singapore and the region.
Shobna relishes her barrister role and has taken on and argued cases on almost point of law from civil and commercial, equity and trust, banking and finance, restitution, choice of law, arbitration, insolvency and even criminal appeals.
On the arbitration front, Shobna has spent her entire career doing international arbitration, having handled arbitration matters in excess of billion dollars. She is currently a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Her cases range from telecommunications to pharmaceutical industry to solar/renewable energy, shareholder disputes and banking and finance related disputes. The jurisdictions involve include Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, USA and Africa.
Shobna has also been involved in cutting edge international law briefs including boundary disputes, law of the sea matters and advising clients on investment treaty claims against Asian states, an area of law that is nascent in Singapore and the region.
Shobna relishes her barrister role and has taken on and argued cases on almost point of law from civil and commercial, equity and trust, banking and finance, restitution, choice of law, arbitration, insolvency and even criminal appeals.
Recent case highlights
Shobna acted as lead counsel before the Court of Appeal in October 2021 and successfully resisted an appeal by AAG for VTB to bear the fees of the liquidator, after the winding up was reversed and set aside by the Court of Appeal. The appeal raised novel questions and the reported judgment was released as [2021] SGCA 112. Shobna has been instructed by a bank in Singapore to defend a High Court claim by 13 plaintiffs against 7 defendants. Shobna defended the estate of the patriarch of a family business in an appeal before the Singapore Court of Appeal in relation to claims arising from alleged fiduciary duties and other equitable doctrines.
Practice Areas
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Labour and employment
- Dispute resolution
- Banking and finance
- Intellectual property
Sector Expertise
- Banking and financial services
- Consumer goods and services
- Insurance
- Technology and telecommunications
- Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
Bar admissions
- Called to Singapore Bar (2008)
Association memberships
- Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIARB)
- Young Members Group Executive Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Singapore branch)
- SAL-INSEAD Law Firm Leadership Programme 2022
- Founding Member of Women in Practice Sub-Committee, Law Society of Singapore
- Professional Development and Practice Sub-committee (PDPC) under Professional Affairs Committee, Singapore Academy of Law (SAL)
- Board of Advisors, UK Singapore Law Students Society (UKSLSS
- Appointed member of IPBA Host Committee, Singapore Annual Conference 2019
- Faculty, Singapore International Arbitration Academy, Centre for International Law at National University of Singapore
- Faculty, Singapore Institute of Legal Education, Arbitration and Professional Responsibility
- Assisting Counsel, LASCO (Legal Assistance for Capital Offences) Scheme
Academic qualifications
- LLB (1st Class Hons), National University of Singapore, 2006