International Aviation

Ms. Kirsten Teo

Distinction, International Aviation Law, IATA Singapore and Switzerland, 2013

• Advised an Asian airline carrier on a contractual dispute relating to the supply of aviation fuel;

• Acted as instructing counsel for a BVI company involved in aviation litigation in Mauritius;

• Advised corporate clients on contentious and non-contentious international aviation matters such as passenger and baggage liability claims, the acquisition/lease of aircraft/engines, mortgage of aircraft sited in Singapore, and international aviation regulations and conventions such as the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions.

International Arbitration

Ms. Kirsten Teo

Distinction, Arbitration, Singapore Bar Exams, 2011

Member, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, 2013

Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2014

LLM, International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2016-2017

Arbitrator Member, Reserve Panel, Singapore International Arbitration Centre & Tashkent International Arbitration Centre

• Advised and represented Singaporean investors AsiaPhos against the Republic of China in an investment arbitration matter regarding expropriation of investments (ICSID Case No. ADM 21/1);

• Represented Indonesian and BVI corporate clients in the energy and natural resources sector in an SIAC international arbitration dispute valued at S$50 million; successfully acted for the Claimants in resisting the opposing parties’ jurisdictional challenge before the arbitral tribunal and Singapore courts (Singapore High Court decision of BQP v BQQ [2018] SGHC 55);

• Assisted on counsel team in the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) international arbitration hearing representing the Italian respondents in disputes over allegedly defective trains; damages were successfully and significantly reduced (reported on Global Arbitration Review);

• Advised Singapore companies in the energy and natural resources sector on disputes arising from a Sino-foreign joint venture agreement and their potential commercial (CIETAC Beijing) and investment arbitrations against Chinese state-owned entities and Chinese administrative commissions;

• Represented state-owned entities in a multi-party, multi-contract international arbitration on disputes arising from the construction of a thermal power project in Asia.

International Law & Litigation

Ms. Kirsten Teo

LLM class in Public International Law, Exchange Semester at the University of Hong Kong, 2009

Counsel experience at the Singapore High Court, Court of Appeal, and arbitral tribunals

• Assisted in advising Asian Governments on a potential maritime boundary delimitation dispute and on the sovereign immunity of US sunken warships;

• Successfully defended Client against a Swiss international bank in Singapore court proceedings;

• Successfully represented clients in resisting a jurisdictional challenge, a stay of court proceedings on the grounds of forum non conveniens before the Singapore Court of Appeal; obtained judgment for clients against Indian counterparties.

Please contact Ms. Teo for further information.