Lawyers

Rodney Keong

Rodney Keong

Dentons Rodyk, Singapore

Work Department

Arbitration, Banking, Commercial Banks, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Employment Disputes, Financial Services Litigation, International Trade, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Professional Liability Litigation, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Securities and Shareholder Litigation, Trade, WTO and Customs

Position

Rodney Keong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is also Co-Head of the International Trade practice and the Singapore-Korea relationship partner.

Rodney's area of practice is in commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation. He is experienced in a wide range of commercial cases, from construction and engineering, corporate, shareholders’ and investment disputes, to banking, insolvency and restructuring cases. He is also experienced in employment, negligence, public liability insurance, trust and electronic fraud cases. He also advises and acts for clients in major and complex fintech / cryptocurrency disputes and claims.

In construction and engineering disputes, he has represented insurers, developers, main and specialist contractors, and subcontractors, as well as building owners and management corporations. He also has particular experience in advising and acting for clients involved in major / catastrophic engineering incidents.

Rodney has acted for and advised leading international trading houses in relation to international sale of goods transactions involving various types of international sale contracts.

He has conducted seminars and talks for MNCs, banks and financial institutions, Singapore Business Federation, Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association, amongst others, on arbitration, litigation, contract, construction and banking and property law topics.

Career

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2002 - present Helen Yeo & Partners, 2001 - 2002 Bih Li & Lee, 1997 - 2001 Rajah & Tann, 1998

Languages

English, Mandarin

Memberships

Appointed by the Chief Justice onto the Inquiry Panel, 2015

Education

National University of Singapore, 1996, LLB (Hons)

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