Reka is a Partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice, with a focus on cross-border disputes and international arbitration. Her expertise spans a wide range of areas, including banking and finance disputes, corporate and commercial litigation, domestic and international arbitration, insolvency and restructuring, breach of directors’ duties and shareholder disputes.

She has worked closely with Senior Counsel, Queen’s Counsel, and lawyers from leading international firms, advising high profile clients such as listed companies, multinational corporations, regional and international banks, and high net worth individuals in complex, high value, and multijurisdictional matters. Reka has appeared before all levels of the Singapore courts, including in proceedings involving challenges to arbitral awards.

Her arbitration experience includes both international and domestic cases under various procedural rules and institutions, including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the International Chamber of Commerce, and UNCITRAL. She also has experience in investor-state and ad-hoc arbitrations.

Reka is bilingual in English and Tamil.

EXPERIENCE

Commercial Litigation

  • Acting for a Russian oligarch involving claims of his being defrauded of approximately US$1 billion from the purchase of numerous masterpieces, including works by Picasso, Monet, Rothko and Da Vinci. Reka assisted prominent Senior Counsels against other prominent Senior Counsels before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal. The suit involved complex cross-border issues pertaining to a worldwide Mareva injunction and forum non conveniens challenges.
  • Acting for a high-net worth Indian billionaire against the estate of another high-net worth Indian businessman in respect of a dispute over the ownership of trust property and assets with total claims amounting to approximately US$500 million. Reka assisted a prominent Senior Counsel and Queen’s Counsel against a team headed by another prominent Senior Counsel in this dispute before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal.
  • Acting for two Philippine-incorporated companies which run an integrated resort and casino in the Philippines, in applying to set aside and / or resist enforcement of an arbitral award obtained by a Delaware incorporated company in an arbitration seated in Singapore. After the timelines for challenging the award expired, US government authorities issued findings of fraud perpetuated by the principals of the Delaware incorporated company. It was also belatedly discovered that the opposing party and their counsel suppressed of documents and information and made misrepresentations before and during the arbitration. Reka assisted and acted against prominent Senior Counsel in the application before the Singapore High Court which had to consider the novel issue of whether timelines for challenging arbitral awards may be extended if evidence of fraudulent conduct in procuring the award could only be discovered after the relevant timelines have expired.
  • Acting for a cryptocurrency company involving a dispute with its financial advisor and alleged beneficiary for which it was holding funds and cryptocurrency on trust. The dispute turned on whether an anti-suit injunction against proceedings that had been commenced in Hong Kong, in favour of Singapore proceedings could be obtained. It also considered novel issues of whether the Vandepitte exception applied, which party had the burden of proving that it applied, which law should apply (Hong Kong law or Singapore law) and the question of whether a clause setting out pre-dispute procedures before litigation could be commenced was enforceable. Reka and her team successfully obtained a permanent anti-suit injunction.

International Arbitration

  • Acting in an SIAC arbitration for Indonesian funds against a Philippines conglomerate in a dispute arising over toll road concessions in South East Asia involving claims in excess of US$1 billion and applications for emergency relief. The dispute involved complex issues of Dutch, Philippine and Singapore law. Reka assisted a prominent Senior Counsel against a team of counsel from an international law firm headed by Queen’s Counsel.
  • Acting for a large Thai commercial airline in relation to breaches of three separate lease agreements against a global aircraft lessor in three separate SIAC arbitrations seated in Singapore. The total value of the disputes in the three arbitrations amounted to approximately US$18 million and involved complex issues of English, Thai and Singapore law, including issues of whether the three arbitrations would be consolidated and/or whether the arbitration agreements had been repudiated.
  • Acting in an arbitration in a dispute with the Ministry of Energy and the Kingdom of Thailand. The dispute arose out of an action by the Thai government to unilaterally change private concessionaires’ contractual rights and obligations in respect of the decommissioning of certain oil and gas offshore installations under Petroleum Concessions No. 1/2515/5 and No. 2/2515/6 in Thailand.
  • Acting for a Singapore-incorporated company operating satellites in a commercial dispute with the Kingdom of Tonga and a related state-owned entity in SIAC arbitration proceedings seated in Singapore. The claim amount was in the region of US$7 million.

Investigations

  • Acting in the investigations of misconduct in a prominent Singapore-incorporated transportation and ship-building company including allegations involving financial crimes and corruption and advising on consequential steps.
  • Acting in the investigation of misconduct by a senior employee in a global hotel chain and advising on consequential steps.
  • Acting in the investigations of misconduct by a senior partner in a financial advisor firm regarding cryptocurrency involving allegations of financial crimes, moneylaundering, corruption and breaches of fiduciary duties and advising on consequential steps.

Court Judgments

  • Finaport Pte Ltd v Techteryx Ltd and another matter [2025] SGHC(A) 10 (on appeal from Finaport Pte Ltd v Techteryx Ltd [2024] SGHC 329)
  • Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc and another v Global Gaming Philippines LLC and another [2021] 3 SLR 725; [2020] SGHC 1
  • Jhaveri Darsan Jitendra and others v Salgaocar Anil Vasudeva and others [2018] 5 SLR 689; [2018] SGHC 24
  • Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte Ltd v Lim Keng Yong and another [2016] 3 SLR 431; [2016] SGHC 68
  • Bouvier, Yves Charles Edgar and another v Accent Delight International Ltd and another [2015] 5 SLR 558; [2015] SGCA 45
  • Accent Delight International Ltd and another v Bouvier, Yves Charles Edgar and others [2016] 2 SLR 841; [2016] SGHC 40

PUBLICATIONS

  • Co-author, “Natural Justice Challenges are not a Trojan Horse to mount Collateral Attacks on the Merits of an Award – Case Update on the Court of Appeal’s decision in DKT v DKU [2025] SGCA 23
  • Co-author, “Singapore: A Year in Review for Arbitration in Singapore”, Global Arbitration Review
  • Co-author, “Climate Change Guide
  • Co-author, “Managing energy disputes in unprecedented times

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Qualifications

  • LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

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