Samyata Ravindran
Associate, Prolegis LLC
Associate
Singapore
Samyata is an associate in the international arbitration team. She specialises in complex cross-border disputes.
Samyata has recent experience in commercial disputes before the SIAC in the energy, infrastructure, hospitality, and technology sectors. Further, she has worked on advisory matters relating to investor-state disputes. She also has a wealth of experience in matters involving complex commercial and market fraud.
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.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Sinopec in relation to the $2.1bn 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 an Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“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 an 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 an SIAC arbitration
- a multinational hospitality company in disputes with a Thai hotel owner related to unpaid management and other fees in an 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 an 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 an SIAC arbitration
