Moses Lin

Commercial Litigation & International Arbitration

• Acting for an owner of offshore support vessels in successfully obtaining a favourable Award in an SIAC arbitration involving a refund guarantee relating to a Chinese ship building contract;
• Lead counsel for a South Korean commodities trading firm in SIAC and ad-hoc arbitrations against the ship owner and the cargo receiver relating to issues arising out of cargo delivered to Vietnam;
• Lead counsel for a South Korean commodities trading firm in an SIAC arbitration involving issues of repudiation of contract, and liquidated damages and limitation of liability clauses in two commodities sale and purchase contracts;
• Acting for Charterers in a multi-party cargo mis-delivery claim in the High Court of Singapore involving discharge of cargo against letters of indemnity without presentation of original bills of lading;
• Lead counsel for ship managers in an SIAC arbitration relating to a ship management dispute with Russian ship owners;
• Lead counsel for Indian commodities traders in an iron ore quality dispute being adjudicated under the auspices of the SIAC;
• Acting for commodities traders in various disputes involving agricultural commodities under GAFTA arbitration rules;
• Acting for various clients in actions to register and enforce arbitration awards in the High Court of Singapore;
• Lead counsel for an international airline in a claim brought against it by 14 passengers for breach of contract which was eventually resolved by mediation;
• Acting in an action (with a reported judgment) by BP Singapore against former employees for alleged breach of contract and misuse of confidential information;
• Advising and acting for an F&B operator in a defamation action relating to online remarks; and
• Advising various employers regarding enforcement of non-compete obligations and issues relating to employee compensation and unfair dismissal.

Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring

• Lead counsel for the Private Trustees in the bankruptcy of Ng Yu Zhi, the alleged mastermind behind a large-scale Ponzi scheme through the Envy group of companies which resulted in losses totalling over S$1 billion, to recover assets for creditors;
• Lead counsel in the restructuring and insolvency of Gulf Petrochem group of companies and related matters;
• Acting for a bank creditor in the insolvency of Agritrade Pte Ltd which involved fraudulent activity;
• Acting for creditors in the insolvency proceedings of Hanjin Shipping and Swiber Offshore;
• Acting for a public-listed company in resisting winding-up proceedings;
• Acting for the judicial managers of Armada (Singapore) Pte Ltd, advising on a multitude of legal issues arising in the operation of the company as a going concern and in the adjudication of over US$900 million of claims filed against the company;
• Acting for the liquidators of Petroprod Ltd in the ancillary liquidation of the Norwegian manufacturer of offshore drills and rigs; and
• Acting for the liquidators of Lehman Brothers International Pte Ltd in the insolvency proceedings following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the Global Financial Crisis.

Shipping and Commodities / Trade

• Lead counsel for HSBC in multiple cross-border litigation and arbitration actions (including vessel arrests and interpleader proceedings to assert claims over US$230 million worth of cargo sale proceeds) in relation to the recovery of over US$600 million in debts arising from the US$3.5 billion insolvency of Hin Leong Trading and Ocean Tankers;
• Lead counsel for Owners of the MV STX Mumbai in High Court proceedings in an application to strike out an action and set aside the arrest of a vessel with the award of damages for wrongful arrest. Judgment was reported in the Singapore Law Reports and is regularly cited as authority in similar cases;
• Lead counsel in an action seeking an injunction and pre-action discovery against a ship owner on behalf of Swiss cargo owners;
• Acting for various creditors in the successful arrest and release of vessels in Singapore;
• Acting for fuel oil traders in a cross-border multi-party dispute involving the supply of off-spec bunkers; and
• Acting for buyers as well as sellers, and as escrow agent, in ship sale and purchase agreements.