Joshua Tan
Partner
What sets Joshua apart is his remarkable breadth of experience in the Singapore courts and international arbitral halls, built off a strong background in shipping and trade-related matters. This experience, coupled with a keen eye for detail and resolute work ethic, ensures that Joshua is able to navigate complex cross-border and local disputes with a firm hand regardless of their subject-matter, and has had significant experience interfacing with international clients including but not limited to Mandarin-speaking individuals. Joshua is equally robust in representing individuals in criminal matters, having gained experience in relation to a wide variety of offences including white collar, traffic offences and public order offences.
Joshua is regularly involved in pro bono work with the team and serves in a legal clinic in his own capacity.
Career Highlights
Notable Cases
Education
Career Highlights
- Associate – Oon & Bazul (2018 -2021)
- Associate – RHTLaw Asia LLP (2021 – 2022)
- Partner, Martin & Partners LLP (2022 – Present)
Notable Cases
- Acted for a Vietnamese technology company in an SIAC arbitration involving a claim for alleged losses of USD 33 million arising out of a share sale agreement.
- Acted for Chinese shipowners in an SIAC arbitration with bunker suppliers arising out of the collapse of the OW Bunker Group.
- Acted for the shipping arm of an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas corporation to resist an indemnity claim in the amount of USD 8 million in an LMAA arbitration.
- Acted for a leading global advertising technology company based in the US to resist winding up proceedings commenced in the Singapore High Court on the back of a USD 7.8 million claim.
- Acted for a US-based aircraft leasing company in a S$6.5 million dispute with a national carrier in the Singapore International Commercial Court (Singapore Airlines Ltd v CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc [2021] 5 SLR 26)
- Acted for a Singapore party to an Indonesian distributorship agreement in defending a suit in the Singapore courts as well as an appeal to the Court of Appeal for an arbitral award
- Acted for a Dutch national in an employment claim against L Capital Asia, the private equity fund of global luxury brand LVMH; Uday Mehra v L Capital Asia Advisors and others [2022] SGHC 23
- Acted for the parent of a ship chartering company to set aside a Mareva injunction before the Singapore High Court.
- Acted for a group of companies and their directors in a cross-border dispute over 4 related suits relating to directors’ duties and breach of contract in the semiconductor fabrication industry.
- Acted for a special needs individual in successfully having an investigation into alleged rape discontinued
- Acted for a father in a landmark decision in the interpretation of Section 28 of the Family Justice Act 2014 relating to the appointment of a psychologist in the assessment of a child (XAB v XAC [2024] SGFC 53); successfully defended the matter on appeal to the Family Division of the High Court (unreported)
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)(Hon), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore