Singapore

CANDEY’s Singapore office is in located in the Asian city-state’s iconic SGX Centre which houses the Singapore Exchange in the heart of the Singapore CBD. It is ideally situated only a few minutes’ walk from the Maxwell Chambers dispute resolution complex and also the landmark Marina Bay Sands.

With its Singapore office, CANDEY is one of a very select band of disputes-only specialist firms to boast offices in the major arbitral hubs of London, Singapore and New York. This is in addition to its broader disputes offering built off its market leading litigation practice in London and the BVI. 

Christopher Bailey who leads the firm’s Global Energy & Infrastructure practice is also the Managing Partner of the Singapore office and the Asia Pacific region. Christopher is, in addition, part of the global leadership of the firm’s International Arbitration practice together with Sam Claydon in London and Ellen- Louise Moens in New York. Christopher brings 25 years of elite private practice disputes experience, with the last 20 years in the Asia-Pacific region, close to 15 years as a partner and last 5 in Singapore. He trained and qualified in London, spent 15 years with two of the world's Top 5 GAR 30 international arbitration firms, has undertaken a client secondment to a Japanese trading house, been based in both civil and common law jurisdictions, and in addition to counsel work, sits as an arbitrator.

Christopher comments:

"Singapore is the undisputed arbitral hub of the economic powerhouse region that is the Asia-Pacific and is a natural home for CANDEY. The CANDEY conflict-free, high calibre offering with its highly competitive and entrepreneurial fee structures is a compelling choice for clients and referring law firms alike.

The Singapore team works on complex cross-border disputes across the region with a snapshot including major infrastructure matters in Indonesia, renewable projects in the Philippines, rail projects in Myanmar, nuclear projects in Turkey, commodity transactions between Africa and India via the Middle East and a multi-billion dollar Chinese crypto fraud.”

Ashkhan Candey, adds:

"With our office in Singapore, we have a unique position in the global legal market as the only conflict-free disputes-only specialist law firm to be present in all of the major 4 financial hubs of London, New York, Singapore and the BVI which are, without question, increasingly at the heart of global.

Our global strategically placed offices will allow our leading arbitrators, solicitor advocates, barristers, US attorneys and BVI law practitioners to service key global clients – ranging from major multi-national corporations to financial institutions to ultra-high net worth individuals and their trusts and family offices – as well as our incredibly important referring law firm partners on complex, cross-border high-value mandates which touch one or more of these jurisdictions.”

The Singapore office works closely with CANDEY’s London, New York and BVI offices, enabling a continuous 24-hour service on high-value, complex disputes involving multiple jurisdictions and often offshore structures commonly used in international transactions and investments. This enables us to provide our clients with sophisticated solutions and strategies tailored to their commercial needs. CANDEY Singapore also works with clients and law firms across the Asia-Pacific region requiring English, New York and BVI disputes capability.

CANDEY was named Litigation Boutique of the Year 2025 by The Lawyer, is rated highly by Chambers, and the Legal 500 in both corporate and commercial litigation and international arbitration. Christopher is ranked as both a Global and Southeast Asia Leader by Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) Arbitration; has been individually listed for a decade by Chambers for Arbitration with both Band 1 and 2 rankings and as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific; has also been listed by both the Chambers and Legal 500 directories for Construction Disputes; and is listed by Law Dragon as one of the 500 Leading Global Litigators.