Mathias Goh has substantial experience in international commercial arbitration and dispute resolution. He started his career at a Singapore law firm practising commercial dispute resolution, where he worked on a diverse range of corporate and commercial disputes in both the State Courts and Supreme Court of Singapore. These disputes include company, contract, employment, partnership, minority oppression, directors’ duties, tenancy, tort and trust-related disputes.
He subsequently moved to the market-leading international arbitration team at the Singapore office of global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright. There, he worked on several complex, cross-border commercial and energy disputes, including high-value international arbitrations claims administered under the arbitration rules of arbitration institutions such as the ICC, ICSID and SIAC.
At Norton Rose Fulbright, Mathias regularly advised corporates and multinationals in a range of sectors including insurance, technology and FMCG on Singapore employment law issues. These employment law matters include employment agreements, employment manuals, transfer of employment issues, restraint of trade obligations, unfair dismissal claims, employee litigation, workplace harassment, redundancies, and restructuring of employee leave benefits schemes.
Thereafter in early-2020, he took up a role in Hong Kong with the regional legal team of global brewing giant, Carlsberg. His principal job scope was to assist the Carlsberg group navigate several commercial disputes arising out of its joint ventures in Asia. Mathias later assumed a dual role as Head of Legal for Carlsberg’s operations in Hong Kong where Carlsberg is the market leader. He oversaw all legal operations and workstreams in Hong Kong, where Carlsberg is the dominant market player.
Mathias now practices with Breakpoint LLC, a boutique dispute resolution law firm in Singapore
