Energy & Natural Resources
Phoebe is a Senior Associate with the Projects & Construction practice in the Singapore office, focusing on complex cross-border disputes as well as post-disputes enforcement work.
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+65 6240 6154 +65 8031 7216 phoebe.leau@clasisllc.comMain Office
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+65 6544 6500 +65 6544 6501Regional experience
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Phoebe matters span a wide array of industries, including commercial financial services, trade and investment, and energy and infrastructure projects. She has appeared at all levels of the Singapore Courts, including as lead counsel in contested applications, and has experience in arbitration proceedings conducted under various institutional rules.
Phoebe is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) on the full-ride NUS Global Merit Scholarship and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2019.
Experience
- Acting for a Belgian energy solutions provider in disputes relating to the construction of an offshore wind farm project in Taiwan, with claims exceeding EUR 120 million.
- Acting for a joint venture of Korean and Italian contractors, against a Vietnamese state-owned entity, in disputes / claims arising out of a mass rapid transit project in Vietnam governed by the FIDIC Suite of Contracts.
- Acting for and advising a joint venture of Korean and Singapore contractors in disputes relating to the construction of sport infrastructure in Singapore.
- Acted for a Singapore-listed engineering firm against a foreign state-owned oil company in a dispute over payments for the construction of an offshore oil rig guaranteed by a USD 126m standby letter of credit, in proceedings before the Singapore High Court and the Appellate Division: [2024] SGHC 301; [2025] SGHC(A) 18. Successfully obtained an Erinford injunction pending appeal: [2025] SGHC 59.
- Acted for a Portuguese subcontractor against the main contractor of a mass rapid transit project in the Philippines, in an SIAC arbitration with claims exceeding EUR 500m.
- Acted in High Court proceedings to defend against a defamation claim surpassing USD 150m. Argued and prevailed in applications for discovery, collateral use, and to resist a peremptory order: [2025] SGHCR 14.
- Successfully defend two SIAC arbitration awards in landmark setting aside proceedings before the Singapore International Commercial Court on Article 33 of the UNCITRAL Model Law: [2023] SGHC(I) 18.
- Successfully acted for a Singapore-listed engineering company (and its subsidiaries) in claims against ex-employees for breach of confidence, breach of employment agreement, and fraud: [2023] SGHC 23.