Singularity Legal

Singularity Legal is an Asia and Africa focused international dispute resolution firm, established in August 2017.

The firm is a boutique offering, maintaining our own advocacy capabilities and fully connected to a global practice specialising in the resolution of high-end, complex disputes. Singularity has significant expertise in handling investigations, disputes across jurisdictions; unearthing frauds; and assisting clients in global enforcement and debt recovery.

Since its inception, the firm has handled over US$ 8 billion in cross-border disputes in various sectors, including energy and resources, construction and infrastructure, shipping and maritime, sports and entertainment, international trade and business, digital assets, and private equity and finance. They are also market leaders in litigation finance.

Singularity’s range of experience includes advising clients in international arbitrations under various rules like ICC, SIAC, LCIA, DIAC, ICDR, FCC, LMAA, JAMS, CAS, and UNCITRAL; international mediations under the rules of SIMC and SMC; in cross-border disputes before courts in India, Indonesia, Israel, Singapore, Turkey, Mauritius, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States of America; and in investment and tax treaty disputes.

These disputes have arisen out of business relations and projects in various parts of the world including the Bahamas, Bangladesh, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Russia, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA.

The firm is licensed to practise before the courts at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), being the first Indian firm to be Part-I registered solicitors at DIFC. We also have rights to practise before the courts at Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM). We have left our mark in the Middle East since our first year in this jurisdiction.

Our partner, Prateek Bagaria, being registered as a Part-II lawyer with full rights of audience before the DIFC Courts, heads the firm’s DIFC practice and believes that DIFC is the trade hub that has become a priority centre for Indian financial institutions, funds, family businesses, multinational corporations, and trading houses among others operating in the Asia-Africa corridor. Prateek has recently been admitted to the Dubai International Arbitration Centre’s panel of arbitrators.

The most significant development this year is that Singularity Legal has expanded to Singapore. Our Director, Rohit Bhattacharya is heading the Singapore office. On the firm’s entry into Singapore, our Partner Prateek Bagaria said, “"Setting up shop in Singapore opens up a myriad of opportunities for us to explore new horizons and further strengthen our presence in the region. We are excited about the prospects that this strategic move brings and are confident that it will enhance our ability to serve our clients with even greater efficiency and effectiveness.”

Singularity is experienced, dedicated and focused on winning disputes. We aim to reach the point of singularity for international disputes services. In furtherance of this one-stop shop model, Singularity provides end-to-end transnational dispute services that include allied services other than legal services, such as forensic investigation, forensic accounting, data mining and discovery, expert witnesses, valuation and claim quantification, delay analysis, and litigation funding.

• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• Private equity
• Banking and finance

• Banking and financial services
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
• Technology and telecommunications
• Infrastructure

Dispute Resolution
Prateek Bagaria
prateekbagaria@singularitylegal.com

Recent case highlights:

• Shareholder disputes in a thermal power plant construction project in Maharashtra (SIAC Rules, Indian law)
• Disputes against majority shareholders under a shareholders’ agreement of a company involved in the development of a technology park, for fraud and oppression (Ad-hoc, Indian law).
• Dispute under an EPC contract for conversion of a mobile offshore drilling unit into a mobile offshore production unit (Ad-hoc, Indian law).
• Dispute under a joint venture agreement of an upstream oil and gas company, against its ex-managing director for breach of fiduciary duties and non-compete agreement (SIAC Rules, Singapore law).
• Dispute under an EPC contract for construction of a biofuel plant in the Philippines (SIAC Rules, English law).
• Dispute under a consortium agreement for a rig conversion project (SIAC Rules, Singapore law).
• Disputes under an investment agreement for alleged misrepresentations and fraud against an Indian media company (SIAC Rules, Indian law).
• Disputes of a Kuwaiti private equity, under an investment agreement, to secure the exit in terms of the agreement (Ad-hoc, Indian law).
• Dispute under an EPC contract relating to the construction of a circulating fluidized bed combustion boiler in Istanbul (ICC Rules, Turkish law).

Dubai
Level 41, Emirates Towers,
Sheikh Zayed Road,
Dubai, UAE
PO Box 31303
Tel: +971 4313 2043138

Singapore
Market Street,
#24-01 CapitaGreen,
Singapore 048946
Tel: +65 6679 6045