Deya is a Partner in the Construction Group of WongPartnership LLP, and he has an active practice spanning a wide array of high-value, multi-jurisdictional and complex commercial, public infrastructure, construction, and energy disputes before the Singapore courts and in arbitration. He also routinely handles criminal and regulatory matters for clients and in a pro bono capacity before all levels of the Singapore courts.
Deya is a member of the Criminal Legal Aid Steering Committee under the aegis of the Ministry of Law. He also teaches at the Yong Pung How School of Law, and coaches the university’s teams participating in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moots.
Matters that Deya has handled include:
1. Representing a leading environmental engineering contractor in an ICC arbitration against a sovereign state, arising out of a contract for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a state-of-the-art domestic solid waste management centre in the Middle East. The substantive law of the dispute was Qatari law and the seat was Paris.
2. Representing a leading designer and manufacturer of clad product solutions for oil & gas projects, in an LCIA arbitration against a major Nigerian company arising out of a joint venture agreement to design and construct a large-scale cladding design and manufacturing plant in Nigeria for the purpose of supplying clad product solutions to oil & gas projects across Africa. The substantive law of the dispute was UK law and the seat was London.
3. Representing a listed infrastructure company in an SIAC arbitration against its design consultants, arising out of the collapse of a highway viaduct in Singapore that led to the death of an individual, injuries to numerous others, and losses amounting to more than S$50 million. The substantive law of the dispute was Singapore law and the seat was Singapore.
4. Representing a developer of airport technology solutions in an SIAC arbitration against a Thai corporation arising out of an exclusivity agreement for the provision of airport technology to airports. The substantive law of the dispute was Thai law and Singapore law, and the seat was Singapore.
5. Representing a Ghanaian pipe-lay and tunnelling contractor in ad-hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration, arising out of tunnelling and pipe-lay works off the coast of Ghana as part of a project financed by the World Bank to develop an offshore natural gas field. The substantive law of the dispute was UK law and the seat was Singapore.
