Qualifications

  • LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2018)
  • Admitted to the Singapore Bar (2019)
  • Admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales (2023)

Timothy is an Associate Director with the Dispute Resolution & Information Technology team of Drew & Napier (DrewTech). His practice is mainly in commercial litigation and arbitration, information technology and employment law. He regularly assists clients in disputes and disputes avoidance concerning commercial contracts (including provision of software services and sale and purchase of commodities), data protection, and employment issues. The clients he advises and has advised includes both multi-national corporations and SMEs, financial institutions, and private clients both in Singapore and other jurisdictions.

As part of his work with the DrewTech team, Timothy has assisted with advising clients on issues where risk and technology interface, including on cloud computing contracts, terms and conditions to accompany the implementation of mobile applications, breaches of end-user/employee/counterparty confidentiality obligations, implementation of e-signatures at an enterprise level and malware incidents.

Timothy is dual qualified in Singapore and the United Kingdom. He has experience working in London as a solicitor with Locke Lord LLP (now known as Troutman Pepper Locke LLP) in their insolvency and dispute resolution team.

  • Successfully acted for a distributor of Caterpillar equipment against a buyer who refused to take delivery of ordered equipment (Tractors Singapore Ltd v Pacific Ocean Engineering & Trading Pte Ltd [2021] 2 SLR 47). Successfully acted for the distributor on appeal by the buyer (Pacific Ocean Engineering & Trading Pte Ltd v Tractors Singapore Limited [2021] 4 SLR 44).
  • Successfully defended a financial services provider of payment processing services in the credit/debit card industry in a dispute involving whether the financial services provider provided payment processing services to the said counterparty (B High House International Pte Ltd v MCDP Phoenix Services Pte Ltd and Anor [2023] SGHC 12). Successfully discharged a freezing injunction obtained against the client in the action before trial.
  • Successfully acted for a Chinese state-owned entity in a UK seated ICC arbitration in a claim of about US$12 million against a Canadian listed company for unpaid fees under a seismic data acquisition contract.
  • Advised the Singapore subsidiary of a Japanese listco on a ransomware attack as well as personal data and cybersecurity issues. The regulator eventually accepted the Company’s undertaking without imposition of any further penalties.
  • Advised a major insurance provider in Singapore in a claim against a former employee for breach of confidentiality upon the termination of the employee’s employment. Successfully procured the deletion of data on the employee’s personal devices without having to resort to Court action.
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law