Oon & Bazul LLP‘s shipping cohort advises on a broad-range of dry and wet work, and is particularly prominent in the mis-delivery space, having been involved in several cases before Singaporean courts in this context. Alongside this, the team has notable experience in contentious work in the transaction and finance space and the team often acts for a variety of commodity traders, shipowners, and P&I clubs therein. Prakaash Silvam, who specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration in the international commodity trade, is at the team’s helm. Dispute resolution expert and ’grand master in the space’ Bazul Ashhab, and shipping litigation-focused Kelly Yap are also of note.
Testimonials
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‘OB's shipping practice is probably one of the two shipping practices in Singapore that is able to handle complex shipping disputes. Bazul is the grand master in the space while Prakaash Silvam is the extremely competent apprentice having spent his whole career to date with Bazul.’
‘Prakaash Silvam is extremely commercial and solutions-focused. He will be the future of the shipping industry.’
‘The firm can represent charterers due to its independent set-up and style which is a rarity since most firms act for shipowners. Most times, we are unable to clear conflict and scramble to find a suitable and good law firm that practice in Malaysia, Singapore that competent to advise in English shipping law too.’
‘Oon Thian Seng is responsive and listens to his clients. He is practical in his advice and realistic in his approach to legal problems. Due to this, we don't find it difficult to present to the management the advice and solutions proposed by Oon and his firm.’
‘Excellent knowledge, the partner is hands-on and professional but also very friendly - top quality work.’
Key clients
- Fastfreight Pte Ltd
- Ocean Light Shipping Inc.
- Yasa Shipmanagement and Trading S.A.
- Drydocks World Dubai LLC
- Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd
- ICICI Bank Limited
- Global Tradewell Pte Ltd
- Zen Shipping and Ports India Private Limited
- Visa Resources Pte Ltd
- PT Adidaya Energy Mandiri
- Integra Petrochemicals Pte Ltd
- Batavia Eximp & Contracting (S) Pte Ltd
- Excel Exports Co (S) Pte Ltd
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Prakaash Silvam