Kenneth has acted in a wide range of matters involving cross-border litigation and arbitration (including ad hoc and institution-administered arbitration under the arbitral rules of the ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, KCAB and Singapore Institute of Architects), as well as pre-dispute and/or non-contentious advisory work. He presently acts in investment treaty arbitrations (for both investors and States) and commercial arbitrations, including against State-linked entities. He has acted in arbitrations seated in various jurisdictions across Europe and Asia including in disputes concerning Korean, Chinese, Singaporean, Indian, Indonesian and English law.
Kenneth has a keen personal interest in international law. In 2019, he was selected and served as a research assistant for an ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, who was appointed as a Senior Legal Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time. In 2017 – 2018, Kenneth was the best performing student in the Public International Law undergraduate course at University College London (UCL), and was an oralist in 1 of the 2 teams shortlisted to represent the United Kingdom at the 2018 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, USA.
Before joining Peter & Kim, Kenneth practiced international and domestic arbitration and litigation with a leading disputes firm in Singapore for two and a half years, where he argued various interlocutory hearings before the State Courts and Supreme Court as sole advocate. His past litigation experience includes arbitration-related litigation and other trial experience.
- Associate, Peter & Kim, Singapore (2022 – present)
- Associate, Drew & Napier LLC (2020 – 2022)
- Trainee, Drew & Napier LLC (2020)
- National University of Singapore (Faculty of Law), LL.B. (Honours) (2015 – 2019)
- University College London (Faculty of Laws), LL.B. Exchange Programme (2017 – 2018)
- Representing the Republic of Korea in a pending investment treaty arbitration brought by several Iranian claimants
- Representing a US-based multinational corporation in a pending commercial arbitration brought by Korean entities, in relation to nuclear power plant technology
- Representing a Singaporean investor in a pending investment treaty arbitration brought against an Asian State
- Represented prominent cryptocurrency firms, token-issuers and algorithmic trading firms in international arbitrations and litigation involving novel disputes. These involved applications for emergency interim relief, and other interlocutory relief prohibiting the disposal of cryptocurrency tokens held on the blockchain platform and the use of confidential trade secrets.
- Acted in multiple construction disputes including in relation to claims for delay, extensions of time, preliminaries and prolongation costs, and/or defective work; and involving multiple sub-contractors and multi-party arbitration.
- Represented and advised a prominent European corporate and investment bank in relation to disputes arising out of various facility agreements, personal guarantees and other collateral securities, which also included litigation in the English and Indonesian courts.
- Drafted and advised on complex domestic and cross-border settlement transactions, including the transfer / conveyance of IP rights, shipping vessels, fiat and cryptocurrency assets, and the acquisition of target companies.
- Advised on and resisted court proceedings under the Singapore International Arbitration Act to set aside an arbitral award, including on the grounds of functus officio, res judicata, excess of jurisdiction, the denial of a right to be heard and/or a breach of natural justice.
- Member, Law Society of Singapore (2020 – present)