OUR TEAM

---

DIRECTOR

LL.B. (Hons), Singapore Management University

Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

E: debbie.lee@1000-law.com

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

+  Member, Law Society of Singapore

+  Member, Singapore Academy of Law

+  Member, International Business Advisors (San Francisco)

DEBBIE is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and is

frequently involved in matters in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Debbie has extensive experience in commercial and corporate matters, ranging from construction and infrastructure work, to employment disputes and shipping disputes. 

Having worked with firms of various sizes and at different stages of development, 

Debbie is well-acquainted with the workings of start-ups, scale-ups, and multi-national corporations. 

Debbie previously spearheaded the team in San Francisco for about 2 years and was actively involved in the Californian business and professional community. Debbie advised numerous US firms on cross-border commercial matters and assisted Singapore companies seeking to expand their businesses to the US. 

During her stint in the US, Debbie also organised various events, together with quasi-governmental organisations, economic and trade offices, as well as leading professional service providers, touching on cross-border business opportunities, particularly in relation to Singapore and California.

One notable project was bringing a start-up to SXSW 2017 (South by Southwest) in Austin, Texas to the final stages of the Release It pitch competition and collaborating with lawyers in Austin, Texas to advise the start-up on funding matters and intellectual property related issues.

Debbie is fluent in English, Mandarin, and has a competent grasp of Japanese (JLPT 3 (N4)). She is currently learning Korean language. 

Debbie is also a regular contributor to the publication under Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).

Some of Debbie's notable work include the following:

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Assisted lead counsel and acted for a maritime investment company against a foreign minority shareholder in a High Court action involving minority oppression and successfully resisted the injunction against clients, as well as settled the matter subsequently in clients’ favour, including enforcement of settlement agreement 

• Acted as lead counsel for a prominent paintworks company against an errant general contractor which owed over S$50 million to creditors and successfully objected to the section 211B application taken in the High Court in clients’ favour

• Acted for an engineering and integrated design company, a subsidiary of a Taiwan-listed company, in numerous construction disputes in the Singapore Court of Appeal and High Court, which include, amongst other things:

1. Successfully obtaining a permanent stay of enforcement proceedings in clients’ favour [ United Integrated Services Pte Ltd v Civil Tech Pte Ltd and another [2019] SGHC 32 ] 
2. Successfully obtaining an order to set aside a Final Garnishee Order in clients’ favour [ United Integrated Services Pte Ltd v Harmonious Coretrades Pte Ltd  [2019] SGHC 126 ]
3. Appeal against the decision to set aside a Final Garnishee Order [ Harmonious Coretrades Pte Ltd v United Integrated Services Pte Ltd [2019] SGCA 77 ]

• Acted as lead counsel for an A1 construction company against a foreign company in a claim for alleged breach of agreement and successfully defended clients in Singapore High Court [ Eastern Resource Management Services Ltd v Chiu Teng Construction Co Pte Ltd [2019] SGHC 19 ] 

• Assisted lead counsel and acted for the property owner in a Singapore High Court claim relating to construction defects involving a S$20 million seafront landed property and the appeal arising out of the same matter [See Poh Cheng Chew v K P Poh & Partners and anor [2014] 2 LR 573] 

• Acted for foreign Claimants in an SIAC arbitration against an offshore marine group over breaches of joint venture term sheet involving platform supply vessels amounting to S$66 million

CORPORATE WORK

• Acted for Norway’s largest financial services group in connection with pre-payment of secured loan facility involving US$121 million and discharge of mortgages over four oil tankers

• Acted for Danish Ship Finance in connection with pre-payment of loan facility involving US$52 million and discharge of mortgages over one steel tanker

• Acted for an investment holding company in connection with the purchase seven commercial properties valued at around S$3.5 million 

• Acted for a purchaser in the sale and purchase of shares in a fish farm company around S$1 million purchase price and around 387,500 square feet of state land, as well as carried out due diligence, and assisted with execution and completion of transaction 

•  Acted for an e-commerce platform and crowdsourcing specialist and advised on privacy policy, terms and conditions, compliance with Personal Data Protection Act, as well as general legal concerns 

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (September 2019) – Commentary on BXS v BXT, [2019] SGHC(I) 10

• Co-author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (September 2019) – Commentary on BXY and ors v BXX and ors, [2019] SGHC(I) 11 

• Co-author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (December 2018) – Commentary on Swissbourgh Diamond Mines (Pty) Ltd and Ors v Kingdom of Lesotho [2018] SCGA 81 

• Co-author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (December 2018) – Commentary on Man Diesel Turbo SE v I.M. Skaugen Marine Services Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 132 

• Co-author of article “Regulatory Climate on Cryptocurrency in Hong Kong and Singapore”, published in Hong Kong Institute of Banker’s publication, Banking Today (March 2018) 

• Co-author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (September 2017) – Commentary on GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd v Tornado Consumer Goods Ltd and another matter [2017] SGHC 193

• Co-author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (September 2017) – Commentary on Gulf Hibiscus Ltd v Rex International Holding Ltd and another [2017] SGHC 210

• Author of article, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (March 2017) – Third Party Funding in Singapore - Perspectives on Best Practices

COUNSEL

J.D., Singapore Management University

BA (Hons), Business Admin, National University of Singapore

Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

E: jason.su@1000-law.com

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & APPOINTMENTS

+  Member, Law Society of Singapore

+  Member, Singapore Academy of Law

JASON is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and his work focuses on mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, as well as regulatory and compliance matters.

In a short span of two years, Jason has assisted clients with completing transactions with project values to the tune of US$200 million. These clients include major private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, banks, multi-national corporations, to small-medium-enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups operating across Asia. 

With his investment background, Jason possesses a keen acumen in assessing transactions and easily translates complex deals into understandable language for clients of all sizes. 

Jason is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Bahasa Indonesia.

CORPORATE WORK

• Advised the management of a Singapore-listed firm in the work required to form a joint venture worth over S$8 million, which includes the negotiation of deal structure, commercial arrangements, and drafting of related legal documents 

• Advised a Singapore-based private equity firm on its fund formation with assets under management (AUM) of US$180 million 

• Advised an international Venture Capital fund on funds formation in Singapore with assets under management (AUM) of US$40 million

•  Advised on a private equity fund's investments in a leading food chain (valued at S$25 million) based in Singapore, with operations in Philippines, Indonesia and Japan

• Advised on the investment into a Singapore foodtech company which aims to tackle the diabetes epidemic 

• Advised a Singapore-based e-commerce company’s investment into an Indonesian e-commerce start-up

• Advised on and assisted the research and development team with acquisition of key technology from China to grow a new line of business

• Assisted with the S$5 million investment from Hera Capital and DSG Consumer Partners into local chain SaladStop!, with investment funds to be utilised over the two years towards growing the company’s operations in Singapore and towards entry into new markets such as Indonesia, Hong Kong and Japan

• Assisted with the launch of Wavemaker Pacific 1 Pte. Ltd.,, a Singapore domiciled fund focused on Asia Pacific, which primarily makes venture capital investments in the securities of private companies in high technology industries

• Advised various Singapore-based companies seeking to form joint ventures across Southeast Asia in the e-commerce and logistics industries

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author of Singapore chapters in Doing Business in Asia (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016)