Amanda Lees
Amanda leads KWM’s Dispute Resolution Team in South East Asia. Amanda enjoys getting stuck into knotty legal problems and learning all about her client’s businesses and industries. Based in Singapore since 2012, Amanda is at home in hawker markets as much as the arbitration centre at Maxwell Chambers. When not reading arbitration cases or drafting arbitration awards, Amanda loves travelling with her family across Asia and beyond.
Battle of the seats: England and Singapore review their international arbitration laws
7 April 2025
London and Singapore have been ranked as the two most preferred arbitration seats in the world.[1] Illustrating the fierce competition between them, both the United Kingdom and the Singapore governments have looked to reform and modernise their arbitration legislation.
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New Year, New SIAC Rules – the SIAC Rules 2025 offer faster dispute resolution for small disputes and enhancements to the powers of Emergency Arbitrators, Tribunals and SIAC
3 January 2025
The 7th edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC Rules 2025) are a comprehensive rewrite and restructure of the previous 6th edition of the SIAC Rules dated 1 April 2016 (SIAC Rules 2016) making the rules more logical and coherent.
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Proposed new rules for the SIAC – improved procedures for small disputes, new preliminary determination rule and enhanced powers for the Registrar and President
6 November 2023
This article addresses the proposed draft new rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. The rules include developments such as proposals to streamline the procedure for small disputes and increase powers of the Registrar and President.
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Singapore Court Permits Claim to Recoup Tether
31 July 2023
Singapore High Court handed down its decision in the case of ByBit Fintech Limited v Ho Kai Xin that cryptocurrency assets are a form of property.
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Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings: Novel Singapore Authority on the Question of Arbitrability
31 July 2023
Singapore Court of Appeal has decided that whether the subject matter of a dispute is one capable of resolution by arbitration (whether it is ‘arbitrable’) is to be determined according to both the proper law of the parties’ arbitration agreement and the law of the seat
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Parastate and Babel Asia: the Singapore Court draws the Intersection between Crypto Disputes and International Arbitration
3 April 2023
Singapore Court stays cryptocurrency litigation to arbitration in Parastate Labs v Babel Asia. Key Takeaways for crypto companies.
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Tribunal rejects jurisdiction over panda reserve dispute: the scope of PRC BITs set out in black and white
17 March 2023
The Tribunal’s decision in AsiaPhos v People’s Republic of China highlights that Chinese outbound and inbound investors alike should carefully consider the scope of protections under PRC BITs when structuring investments into or from the PRC so as to ensure they have an effective remedy should they be treated unfairly by the host State.
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