Samyata Ravindran
Samyata specialises in international arbitrations, complex litigation, and investigations.
Samyata's experience in international arbitration spans various sectors – from energy and infrastructure to hospitality and technology. Working with the market leading HSF Kramer team, she has gained technical and commercial insight In these sectors. Called to the Singapore bar, she also represents clients in the Singapore Courts, including on matters involving enforcement of arbitral awards. As a former prosecutor, she is well-versed in matters involving complex commercial and market fraud, and leverages that for both disputes and investigations.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Sinopec in relation to the $2.1 billion conditional sale transaction of a 49% stake in Repsol Sinopec Resources UK. The transaction forms the settlement between the parties in relation to their dispute over North Sea oil and gas assets
- a multinational energy company successfully defending a multi-billion dollar claim regarding the enforceability of a heads of agreement for the mid-term sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas in a SIAC arbitration
- a company wholly owned by a South-East Asian government agency to successfully enforce its contractual right to exercise a put option to exit an investment in Indonesia in a SIAC arbitration. The value of the claim was over USD 505 million. The counterparties' attempt to set aside the arbitral award at the Singapore International Commercial Court was also successfully resisted by the team
- a Korean company which had entered into a CISG-governed agreement with a Chinese company for the sale of LCD displays, and successfully enforcing its right to damages when the Chinese company failed to comply with the terms of the Agreement in a SIAC arbitration
- a multinational hospitality company in a dispute with a Korean franchisor for failing to construct and operate a franchise hotel as agreed, in which the multinational hospitality company has made a claim for liquidated damages in a SIAC arbitration
- a South-East Asian transportation company that operates a high-speed rail network in the region, defending claims brought against it by a member of the contractor consortium in relation to the construction of the high-speed rail in a SIAC arbitration
- a multinational company in relation to internal investigations into trading activity that resulted in multi-million-dollar losses
- a global warehousing company in connection with investigations into potential workplace safety and regulatory lapses at its Singapore plant
Sectors
Background
Samyata graduated from the National University of Singapore. She is admitted to the Singapore bar and, prior to joining the firm, was a Deputy Public Prosecutor at Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers. She has acted as advocate at all levels of the Singapore courts.
