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Tjen Wee Wong

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Tjen Wee is a Principal in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Singapore. Tjen Wee’s practice covers international arbitration, commercial litigation, and adjudication under the Singapore Security of Payment Act. He is particularly noted for his work relating to infrastructure and construction. His wealth of experience in international arbitration involves the major arbitral rules including UNCITRAL, ICC, SIAC and AIAC; with conduct of hearings in multiple jurisdictions across Asia Pacific. His litigation expertise encompasses disputes in commercial law, banking and financial services, building and construction law, and insolvency law. Tjen Wee has been recognised by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2024 as a Litigation Star in Construction, and noted in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as "…a genuine construction specialist, particularly in disputes but also handles a significant proportion of front-end work", "…very able, experienced, approachable, friendly, prompt and efficient in all his dealings – for litigation, arbitration, adjudications and in negotiations” and "highly intelligent and strategic thinker." A client has also praised him for standing out “for the deep and thorough manner in which he considers the client's legal and commercial risks.” Tjen Wee was also named by Singapore Business Review as one of the most influential lawyers under 40 in 2019. Tjen Wee’s construction practice is a full-service practice. He regularly advises on the drafting and reviewing of construction related contracts as well as providing project administration advice during the course of a project cycle. He has particular expertise in commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration in the construction and energy/mining spaces both in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia. Tjen Wee acts in, coordinates and manages international arbitration and litigation processes across Asia, and regularly appears as lead counsel in these proceedings. Tjen Wee is a recommended lawyer in Construction on Legal 500.

In brief 2024 saw a number of significant rulings in Singapore that have provided clarity on issues such as the definition of completion for construction works and the limitation period for latent defects, as well as issues surrounding the application and interpretation of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 (“SOP Act”). As readers may know, the SOP Act is fundamentally a statutory regime to facilitate cash flow in the construction industry.…

Written records are of primary importance in construction projects. Not only do they obviate disputes as to alleged happenings, but they also help focus the parties’ attention on any potential adjustment of the contract sum. In Vim Engineering Pte Ltd. v. Deluge Fire Protection (SEA) Pte Ltd. [2021] SGHC 63, the General Division of the Singapore High Court (SGHC) held that a contractor is not entitled to claim for variation works that were carried out pursuant to…

In Range Construction Pte Ltd v Goldbell Engineering Pte Ltd [2021] SGCA 34, the Singapore Court of Appeal (SGCA) considered, for the first time, whether an employer has the right to set off its claim for liquidated damages against a contractor’s payment claim in an adjudication under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (SOPA). The contractor’s payment claim was submitted on 2 December 2019, and the applicable statute was the pre-amendment Building and Construction…

Our Singapore office has released its Dispute Resolution annual video series, where our speakers recap the highlights and developments in 2020. Please see full topic list and as well as the speakers for each and the link to all episodes: Episode 1: Restructuring and Insolvency by Emmanuel Chua. Access video here. Episode 2: Compliance by Celeste Ang. Access video here. Episode 3: Commercial Litigation by Kumar Ponniya: Access video here. Episode 4: Construction by Daniel…