Ching Meng Hang is Partner in the firm's International Arbitration, Construction & Projects Practice. 

Meng Hang’s practice primarily focuses on international arbitration and related litigation involving high-value commercial and construction disputes:

(i)     High-value international commercial arbitration proceedings involving parties from various jurisdictions and institutional rules such as SIAC, ICC, SIA, LMAA, and UNCITRAL Rules; as well as arbitration-related court work and preparation of international arbitration soft law.

(ii)    International and domestic disputes involving construction and projects, including EPC, EPCM, specialist subcontracting arrangements; with specific experiences in litigation, arbitration and statutory adjudication; and advisory on statutory issues such as the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, workplace safety and health, insurance and industry regulations.

Meng Hang believes in being conscientious and thorough to best present his client’s case, and in a recent matter has been commended by the court for having “ably distilled the issues at hand” and “demonstrated a mastery of the authorities and evidence”.  

Experience

Construction & Infrastructure

• Acted for a Japanese trading house in an ICC arbitration arising from the design and construction of a MRT signaling system. The contract was governed by ROC law. The sum in dispute was about US$140m.
• Acted for the developer in a SIAC Arbitration against the main contractor on disputes for the design and construction of a 55-storey mixed-use development in Cambodia. The contract was governed by Cambodian law. The sum in dispute was about US$140m.
• Acted for an Indonesian employer against the EPC contractor in a SIAC arbitration involving an ammonia plant in Indonesia. The contract was governed by Indonesian law. The sum in dispute was about US$195m.
• Defended a Singapore owner of a chemical plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, in a SIAC arbitration, against claims from an EPCM contractor.
• Represented a Singapore entity against Chinese entities in multiple London-seated LMAA Terms arbitration proceedings governed by English law. The sum in dispute was about US$250 million.
• Represented a state in claims brought by water concessionaires in Singapore-seated UNCITRAL Rules arbitration proceedings governed by domestic law of that state. The sum in dispute was about US$1 billion.
• Acted for a main contractor in garnishee proceedings relating to assigned debts: SECC Holdings Pte Ltd v Helios PV (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd (Sinohydro Corporation Limited (Singapore Branch), garnishee) [2022] SGDC 258
• Acted for a main contractor in applications relating to the disclosure of legally privileged documents: Asplenium Land Pte Ltd v Lam Chye Shing and others [2019] 5 SLR 130
• Acted in an application to set aside an arbitral award of about US$150m arising from complex arbitration involving the construction of a Guatemalan power plant: China Machine New Energy Corp v Jaguar Energy Guatemala LLC and another [2020] SGCA 12; China Machine New Energy Corp v Jaguar Energy Guatemala LLC and another [2018] SGHC 101

Joint venture / shareholder disputes  

• Defending the shareholders of a fintech and digital payments business under shareholders and investment agreements governed by Singapore law in an SIAC arbitration, with claims of over US$100 million.
• Defended a Cambodian entity in an SIAC arbitration commenced by its Singapore joint venture partner involving a power plant in Cambodia. The contract is governed by Cambodian law.

Statutory adjudication

• Defended a main contractor in statutory adjudication claims made by a subcontractor for soil improvement works. The decision was reported for the procedural issues involved. BAH Pte Ltd v BAI Corp Ltd [2019] SCAdjr 27.