17 Asian Legal Business | January-February 2025 LIST Aquinas Law Alliance Asia Practice Attorneys Inc Braddell Brothers Breakpoint B R Law Corporation Chan & Goh Charles Russell Speechlys CHP Law Collyer Law Cooley Eng and Co. Entra Law Farallon Law Corporation Fervent Chambers Foxwood FSLAW Goodwin Law Firm Joseph Lopez LLP Magellan Law Nine Yards Chambers Prolegis Providence Law Asia PRP Law Schellenberg Wittmer Teoh & Co Trowers & Hamlins Virtus Law Cover Story Joseph Lopez LLP Established in 2014, Joseph Lopez LLP has built a reputation as a leading boutique firm specialising in high-value, complex, and challenging disputes. With two partners and a team of seven feeearners, the firm offers deep expertise across litigation, arbitration, and mediation in corporate and commercial disputes, fraud and asset recovery, construction and infrastructure, as well as restructuring and insolvency, focusing on commodities, energy, and shipping industries. The firm’s recent matters include representing a party in a $120 million Singapore-seated arbitration under the SIAC Rules involving vessel construction and financing arrangements. It also acted for multiple parties in a $50 million London-seated LCIA arbitration concerning share acquisitions in a Senegal company. Other notable engagements include representing a high-net-worth individual in a $1 billion fund management dispute and pursuing claims of corporate fund misuse against parties managing a company with annual revenues of nearly $50 million. Under the helm of managing partner Joseph Lopez, the firm has seen significant growth in its team and expertise. The number of fee-earners has increased over the past year, reflecting the firm’s commitment to retaining talent and onboarding specialists to broaden its scope of services. Recent hires include Daniel Tan, a seasoned maritime lawyer; Kong Yen Ting, an expert in construction-related disputes; Kathleen Utojo, an ASEAN undergraduate scholar who now specialises in dispute resolution and transactional advisory matters; and Joseph Lopez 60 million Singapore dollars from former directors who wrongfully dissipated funds, breaching their fiduciary duties during the company’s inability to fulfil property deliveries in Indonesia. Currently, Fervent Chambers is acting for an Indonesian tycoon in defending a 7 million Singapore dollar counterclaim for breach of agreement relating to the restructuring of an Indonesian resort and is defending a multinational group of commodities trading companies against a $15 million claim by a Hong Kong metal trading company. These cases highlight the firm’s expertise in handling complex claims involving misrepresentation and regulatory compliance. Additionally, the firm also has a strong defamation practice and is currently representing two high-net-worth Vietnamese individuals and a company in the Vietnamese tourism business against a former business partner for defamation. They are also acting for a high profile executive who was awarded a Public Service Medal in a defamation claim. Fervent Chambers’ strategy for expansion focuses on diversifying its practice areas and enhancing its service delivery to meet client needs. Mr Clarence Lun’s return has brought in high-profile and marquee clients while cultivating partnerships with international law firms and clients worldwide. Furthermore, Dr William Wan’s appointment as managing director reinforces the firm’s stability and reputation, enabling the fee-earners to concentrate on navigating complex disputes.
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