Mr Christopher Chong > Dentons Rodyk > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Dentons Rodyk Offices
80 RAFFLES PLACE
#33-00 UOB PLAZA 1
SINGAPORE 048624
Singapore
Mr Christopher Chong
Work Department
Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Investment Disputes Litigation, Employment Litigation, General Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Professional Liability.
Position
Christopher Chong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups and Co-Head of the Professional Liability/Healthcare practice and the Insurance practice.
Christopher’s main areas of practice are in professional malpractice, commercial litigation and insurance. He has defended hospitals and medical practitioners in medical negligence suits in both the High Court and the State Courts and has represented professionals in disciplinary proceedings. He has acted for various commercial entities in joint venture disputes and contractual disputes. He has provided advice on the drafting of employment agreements, as well as advised and represented parties in disputes relating to allegations of wrongful termination of employment, the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment agreements and claims arising from industrial accidents.
The Firm represents most of the major insurance companies in Singapore and Christopher supervises the personal injury insurance work within the Firm. He is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, whether through litigation in the Singapore courts, mediation or arbitration under the Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre or the International Chamber of Commerce.
Christopher has been appointed a member of one of the ethics committees that review and approve proposed clinical trials conducted in Singapore and is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
Career
Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2002 – present
HelenYeo & Partners, 1994 – 2002
Languages
English, Mandarin
Education
LLB (Hons) University of Bristol, 1992
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Insurance: local firms
Dentons Rodyk
excels in corporate and transactional matters, including mergers, IPOs, and regulatory cases, with a particular strength in high-stakes disputes. The team frequently represents top insurers and their intermediaries in complex coverage disputes, policy interpretations, and professional negligence claims. Edric Pan, a seasoned litigator, handles multi-million dollar insurance claims, professional negligence, aviation claims and construction related disputes. Christopher Chong stands out for his particular interest in medical indemnity insurance, acting on behalf of individual medical practitioners and health institutions. A litany of clients in the financial sector turn to Jacqueline Loke for assistance on insurance laws and regulations. All named practitioners lead the team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Start-up and venture capital – Foreign firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Data protection and cyber security: Local firms
- Dispute resolution
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: Local firms
- Investment funds: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- International arbitration
- Projects: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A: foreign firms