Allen & Gledhill LLP

International Arbitration; Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency

Partner

Aik Hin’s main areas of practice are commercial litigation and international arbitration, including complex cross-border disputes.

He regularly acts for clients in a wide range of corporate-related matters. This includes contractual disputes, property and trust cases, insurance and banking claims, shareholder disputes, claims for breach of directors’ duties, employment disputes, and arbitration-related court proceedings.

Specifically, on the international arbitration front, Aik Hin has acted for and/or advised clients in, amongst others, ICC, SIAC, SCMA and investor-sate arbitrations, relating to banking, M&A, international sale of goods, energy, telecommunications and construction disputes. He has also significant experience in arbitration-related court proceedings, including enforcement of arbitral awards, jurisdictional challenges, and proceedings concerning the setting-aside of awards.

Specifically, on the restructuring and insolvency front, Aik Hin regularly advises MNCs, listed companies, financial institutions and restructuring professionals on cross-border insolvency issues, schemes of arrangement, judicial management, liquidation processes, as well as contentious insolvency-related disputes. He is a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore. Prior to joining Allen & Gledhill in 2012, Aik Hin spent five years with the Singapore Legal Service. He first served at the Supreme Court of Singapore as a Justices’ Law Clerk, Senior Justices’ Law Clerk and Assistant Registrar. Thereafter, he was posted to the Ministry of Law, where he undertook law reform, legal policy and arbitration-related work in his position as Deputy Director, Legal Policy Division.

English; Mandarin

Graduated as Valedictorian from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree (First Class) in 2007. Won several academic prizes, including the Chief Justice’s Prize.