Una Khng is a Director at Helmsman LLC and heads the firm’s Commercial Disputes practice group. She is a highly experienced and widely recognised lawyer in dispute resolution. She began her career as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore. Following her clerkship, she established a disputes resolution practice at one of Singapore’s leading law firms. Her career trajectory includes appointments as District Judge and Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court of Singapore, where she presided over civil hearings and managed cases in the Companies, Insolvency, Trusts, and Arbitration divisions.
In April 2019, Una was appointed Deputy Divisional Registrar of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). She played a pivotal role in the establishment of the SICC and also contributed to the Court of Appeal Registry and the Secretariat of the Rules of Court Working Party.
Una has taught at the law schools of the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University. She is currently a Principal Examiner for Civil Litigation in Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations.
Una Khng specialises in commercial disputes, covering both domestic and international disputes across a broad spectrum. Her expertise includes complex financial structured products, cryptocurrencies, joint venture and shareholder disputes, breaches of trusts, contract, fraud, misrepresentation and white-collar crime, amongst others.
She has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, having appeared in the Singapore courts and in international arbitrations (including SIAC, ICC, SCMA, LCIA and LMAA). Una also advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Una read law at the University of Cambridge, graduating with First-Class Honours and later obtained her Masters from the university. She was named valedictorian of her Graduate Diploma of Singapore Law class at the National University of Singapore and was awarded the prize for Commercial Practice in the Singapore Bar examinations.
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Una started her career as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore. She later established a disputes resolution practice at one of Singapore’s largest law firms. Her extensive experience in dispute resolution spans both domestic and international cases.
Una Khng specialises in commercial disputes across a broad spectrum, including complex financial structured products, cryptocurrencies, joint venture and shareholder disputes, breaches of trusts, contract, fraud, misrepresentation and white-collar crime, amongst others. She has considerable experience in both litigation and arbitration, appearing before Singapore courts and international arbitrations (including SIAC, ICC, SCMA, LCIA and LMAA). She also advises clients on contentious and non-contentious matters.
Una has held several notable roles:
· District Judge and Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court of Singapore – presiding over civil hearings, and managed cases in the Companies, Insolvency, Trusts and Arbitration cluster.
· Deputy Divisional Registrar of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) from April 2019.
· She was a key member of the team behind the establishment of the SICC and was involved in the Court of Appeal Registry and the Secretariat of the Rules of Court Working Party.
Una read law at the University of Cambridge, graduating with First-Class Honours and later obtained her Masters from the university. She was named valedictorian of her Graduate Diploma of Singapore Law class at the National University of Singapore and was awarded the prize for Commercial Practice in the Singapore Bar examinations.
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