‘Elite from top to bottom’, Setia Law LLC, founded in April 2023, has quickly built an impressive client roster, including Big Four accountancy firms, and demonstrates significant experience in cross-border disputes, fraud and asset recovery, and complex restructuring and insolvency cases. Leading the team is Danny Ong, whose litigation experience encompasses a broad range of industries, including banking and finance, technology, manufacturing and energy. Ong is supported by Wern Jhien Yam, who has been described as a ’top-rate lawyer’.
Testimonials
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‘Setia Law stands out due to the quality of its lawyers and its bench strength. Every single one of their lawyers are top rate.'
- 'Clients benefit from personalised, strategic legal counsel tailored to their unique needs, backed by a team that combines deep expertise with strategic approach towards disputes and crisis situation.'
‘Wern Jhien Yam is simply superb. Without question, he is a top-rate lawyer, amongst the best of his generation. He is extremely responsive, grounded, and easy going. Very personable human being, yet, he gives high quality advice and representation that is not only very commercial, but also very strategic.'
- 'Danny Ong is incredibly down to earth and one can easily tell that he has formed a very formidable partnership with Wern Jhien Yam, which is why their newly founded law firm, Setia Law LLC, has caused such a splash when they opened and continues to go from strength to strength. Together, they are definitely the names to watch.'
‘Setia Law, led by Wern Jhien Yam, is the best legal team I’ve worked with in cases involving crisis, fraud and anything that needs urgent and delicate handling.'
- 'Especially in cases involving financial industry, they have deep expertise and are amongst the most well connected teams in the industry. Well regarded and respected.'
- 'They are very responsive, and each of their team member is intelligent and more importantly very strategic in their approach to problems. They have gathered the brightest and best young lawyers in their team and somehow are able to work together as a tight knit collaborative unit.'
- 'They operate seamlessly as a team, a well oiled machine, and are always two steps ahead of the adversaries. I cannot recommend this team highly enough.'
Key clients
- Tor Investment Management
- Ares SSG
- MBK Partners
- Nomura Holdings
- LGT Bank AG
- JP Morgan
- Grant Thornton
- Teneo
- Deloitte
- KPMG
- Kroll
Work highlights
- Acting for Torque Group and its Liquidators in relation to the collapse of Torque which was managed and operated from Singapore and Vietnam.
- Successfully acting for global private credit fund Tor Asset Management & ARES SSG in the enforcement of a USD 240 million award before the Singapore International Commercial Court at first instance and before the Singapore Court of Appeal, against an Indonesian high net worth individual and his companies.
- Acting for Perenco Ecuador Limited against the Republic of Ecuador against in enforcement in Singapore of an ICSID award (as partially annulled by the ad hoc Committee) in excess of USD 412 million for compensation for various breaches of various contractual obligations.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Danny Ong