18 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – NOVEMBER 2023 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM COVER STORY LIST AND TEXT BY ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS Asian Legal Business releases its second annual ranking of the emerging legal talents in Singapore. The list includes lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional potential and received praise from their clients. The list is arranged alphabetically, and some lawyers have been featured in profiles. SINGAPORE RISING STARS 2023 able energy. Shareholder disputes and banking and finance-related disputes are also within her speciality. The jurisdictions under which her cases have fallen include Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, the United States and Africa. In addition to international arbitration, Chandran has also been involved in cutting-edge international law briefs, including boundary disputes, law of the sea matters, and advising clients on investment treaty claims against Asian states, a relatively new area of law in Singapore and the region. She relishes her role as a barrister and has taken on and argued cases in various areas of law, including civil and commercial, equity and trust, banking and finance, restitution, choice of law, arbitration, insolvency, and even criminal appeals. Some of Chandran’s notable cases include representing a listed Indian company in a dispute arising from a joint venture agreement worth over $800 million. She also successfully represented a Thai conglomerate in a dispute against an Australian-listed company for breaches of representations and warranties under a sale and purchase agreement. Another notable transaction involved a major French pharmaceutical company in a dispute with its Indonesian partner under a distributorship agreement. Damages claimed were in excess of $100 million, which were successfully dismissed. Chandran has received numerous accolades for her work, including as one of the top lawyers under 40 by Singapore Business Review in 2017 and commended as Litigation Star by Benchmark Asia Pacific in 2023. Shobna Chandran 39, managing director, Shobna Chandran Shobna Chandran’s eponymous company commenced operations in October 2023. She has an exceptional academic record and was a Justices Law Clerk to the Chief Justice and the Court of Appeal bench until 2008. During her 15-year career, Chandran has worked with at least three senior counsels. On the arbitration front, Chandran has spent her entire career in international arbitration, having handled arbitration matters worth billions of dollars. She is a current fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and has worked on cases involving telecommunications and pharmaceuticals to solar and renew-
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