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Joel Ng is an associate in King and Spalding’s Singapore office and a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Group.
Joel specialises in commercial arbitrations in the energy sector, with an emphasis on LNG. He has particular expertise in issues surrounding force majeure (including those arising from the Covid-19 pandemic) and has recently represented or advised LNG sellers, buyers, transporters and terminal operators on various high-stakes force majeure disputes. Joel’s dispute resolution experience also includes joint venture and financial services disputes, especially those raising complex issues of trust or fiduciary law. He previously worked closely with one of Singapore’s leading Senior Counsel on commercial litigation matters before the Singapore High Court.
He is a Senior Harris Scholar of Downing College, Cambridge and a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar, and came top in the University of Cambridge for Company Law, Criminal Law and Civil Law.
B.A. Law (Jurisprudence), University of Cambridge, UK, First Class Honours
Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore
September 20, 2023
King & Spalding Supports Pro Bono Client JUSTICE On Behavioural Control Orders Report
July 12, 2022
King & Spalding Supports JUSTICE Working Party On Hybrid Orders
Currently representing a consortium of Sellers against multiple East Asian buyers in three LCIA price review arbitrations, each with a multi-billion dollar price differential in dispute. English-law governed. Two arbitrations have since settled favorably.
Currently representing Chevron Corporation in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand concerning the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms.
Representing a Chinese investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Korea in relation to a project finance investment worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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September 20, 2023
King & Spalding Supports Pro Bono Client JUSTICE On Behavioural Control Orders Report
July 12, 2022
King & Spalding Supports JUSTICE Working Party On Hybrid Orders
Currently representing a consortium of Sellers against multiple East Asian buyers in three LCIA price review arbitrations, each with a multi-billion dollar price differential in dispute. English-law governed. Two arbitrations have since settled favorably.
Currently representing Chevron Corporation in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand concerning the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms.
Representing a Chinese investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Korea in relation to a project finance investment worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
See more
September 20, 2023
King & Spalding Supports Pro Bono Client JUSTICE On Behavioural Control Orders Report
July 12, 2022
King & Spalding Supports JUSTICE Working Party On Hybrid Orders
B.A. Law (Jurisprudence), University of Cambridge, UK, First Class Honours
Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore