Wendy Tan

Wendy’s experience in commercial disputes over the past 20 years extends to representing clients on high-value transactions before the Singapore International Commercial Court as well as the High Court and the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore.

She is regularly retained as counsel in international arbitrations seated in Singapore, Hong Kong and London managed by arbitral rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), Grain and Feed Trade Association  (GAFTA), and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Wendy has also had appointments as arbitrator under the SIAC Rules and the Singapore International Arbitration Act.

Wendy is fluent in Chinese and frequently acts in matters involving corporations from the People’s Republic of China.

Wendy is the appointed legal counsel of the Singapore Logistics Association. She is a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SiARB) and a member of the SCMA, the Maritime Law Association of Singapore (MLAS), and the Singapore Insurance Institute (SII), as well as a supporting member of LMAA.

Wendy’s work has won her recognition from the industry. She has been recognized as the Top 100 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific for the second consecutive year in 2021 since its inaugural publication. The publication recognizes leading female litigators in the Asia Pacific region who have earned their place by participating in the most impactful litigation matters in recent history, as well as by earning the hard-won respect of their peers and clients as top players in their respective fields. She is also recognized as a “Disputes Resolution Star” in international arbitration, shipping, general commercial, and insurance by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, and Best Lawyers in Singapore for shipping and maritime law, and trade law. She was also the winner of the Best in Shipping award by Euromoney Legal Media Group as part of its Asia Women in Business Law Award 2018. Her experience in commercial arbitration was also mentioned in the 2020 edition of Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 100, a guide to the leading international arbitration firms.

Chambers Global commended her for demonstrating “clarity, intellect and commerciality” and clients commented that “What distinguishes her from others is that she is really tenacious and fights hard for clients. She is really admirable.” Wendy was also praised by her clients in Chambers Asia-Pacific as “a remarkable lawyer who is quick to get up to speed on a case, ever ready with a clear and accurate analysis of the dispute, provides sharp insights into the case and offers practical solutions.” She is described by clients in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a lawyer with “in-depth knowledge of the subject matter, advises clients on what best for them commercially." Another client commended that she is “highly responsive, an excellent strategist, and someone we could really count on to protect our interests. Provides sensible and practical advice and goes above and beyond for her clients.”

Client Choice—International Law Office credited her for having “an excellent commercial mind-set to advise clients” and her “tenacity in litigation while also displaying a sense of fair play to her opponents.”