SINGAPORE - Watson, Farley & Williams

International dispute resolutionThe Singapore office has one of the strongest dispute resolution teams dedicated tointernational arbitration and litigation with an emphasis on engineering, construction, oil &gas, power and energy, international trade and maritime disputes.We were named Litigation Team of the year by Asian Counsel in 2007 and have particularregional expertise in power boiler design construction disputes, multi-jurisdictional vesselmortgage enforcements and bilateral investment treaty disputes.We have a proven track record of handling complex, technical and politically sensitivedisputes. The international arbitration team has extensive experience conductinginternational arbitrations in many jurisdictions throughout the Asia Pacific region under allinternationally recognised arbitration rules, including Singapore (SIAC), Indonesia (BANI),Malaysia (KLRCA), Brunei, Vietnam (VIAC), Myanmar, India (IAC), Pakistan, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Hong Kong (HKIAC), China (CIETAC), Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, NewZealand and Guam, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the traditional ICC, LMAA, LCIAand UNICTRAL rules.We also offer our Asia-based clients the benefit of communication in the same time zonewith a team of specialists who have the knowledge, expertise and experience to handleinternational arbitrations seated in London, New York, Paris or Geneva.Examples of recent matters that our lawyers have conducted are set out below:FINANCE / BANKING LITIGATION• Advising a German bank in mortgage enforcement actions spanning 2 years andcovering 7 jurisdictions over a Turkish fleet of vessels. We successfully led andcoordinated litigation against the Turkish owners in the USA, Turkey, Sweden,South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and China• Advising a French bank in its mortgage enforcement against the TraderNavigation fleet. We achieved the world's first arrest and sale of a vessel in10