Calvin Liang

Calvin Liang is an advocate at Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice).

Calvin’s areas of expertise are commercial and criminal disputes, as well as regulatory matters. He is engaged by domestic and international law firms, States/ Government-linked entities, financial institutions, corporations and lay clients.  He has been recognised as one of the leading international arbitration practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region with legal directories noting his “sharp legal acumen”, “extensive experience”, and “practical, thorough, and concise” style. In various judgments, the Singapore Courts have noted his “robust advocacy” and “detailed and helpful submissions.”

In international arbitration, he has acted as lead counsel and co-counsel alongside local and international law firms in joint venture disputes, cross-examining witnesses and experts on detailed, industry-specific issues and complex questions of valuation. He has obtained an award of around US$30 million relating to the Foreign Exchange Management Act (India), acted for an ASEAN State in a dispute with a utilities concession-holder, and represented a multinational telco in an investor-state dispute worth over US$5 billion. His cases have involved sectors including digital banking, infrastructure projects, steel manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods.

As counsel before the Singapore Courts, he has successfully acted in the leading cases on the enforcement of interim measures granted by arbitral tribunals, cross-border injunctions, minority shareholders’ rights and the doctrine of abuse of process. Some examples include shareholders’ disputes and multi-jurisdictional fraud cases involving oil rigs in Mexican waters, an online trading platform, the Belt And Road Initiative and over US$2 billion worth of art.

Additionally, in the area of white-collar crime, Calvin has advised on corporate investigations and has acted for the finance manager of a megachurch in one of Singapore’s longest criminal trials. The High Court commended his “well-researched submissions” in a private sector corruption case.

Calvin taught Public Law at the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University. An article he co-authored in this area has been favourably cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Malaysia.

Before joining private practice, he was a Justices’ Law Clerk and Assistant Registrar in the Supreme Court of Singapore. Apart from the law, Calvin loves Arsenal FC, his wife, two daughters and dog, Rosa Barks.