Kirindeep Singh is a Senior Partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is Co-Head of the Construction and International Trade practices and the Singapore-India relationship partner. Kirindeep was part of a select group of legal practitioners to be appointed as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building & Construction Law (carrying the post-nominal title of Snr. Acc. Spec. (Building & Construction), SAL), by the Singapore Academy of Law in 2023.
Kirin's primary practice areas are construction and engineering, energy, arbitration, general civil and commercial litigation and anti-bribery, anti-corruption and White Collar and Government Investigations. In construction and engineering, Kirin has been involved in numerous disputes in adjudication, disputes boards (DABs), arbitration and litigation, both as counsel as well as adjudicator and arbitrator. He represents owners, developers, consultants, and contractors in construction and engineering disputes under standard form and bespoke contracts. He has acted for parties in various energy (including electricity and power generation) disputes in the region and major infrastructure, building and redevelopment projects in Singapore such as the MRT North-East Line Projects, the MRT Circle Line Projects, the Deep Tunnel Sewage System, the construction of Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital, the redevelopment and expansion of the National University Hospital and overseas disputes pertaining to the design and construction of overhead power transmission lines, power plants, oil rigs, FSOs and FPSOs, and oil and gas pipelines. In addition, Kirin has been involved in the drafting of various construction and engineering contracts, EPC Contracts pertaining to the Oil & Gas industry, and has often advised on project planning and risk management issues from inception to completion of the project.
Kirin has handled a wide range of civil and commercial litigation work, including contractual claims, claims in tort, employment matters, insurance-related claims, professional negligence, performance bonds, equity and trusts, banking work, property-related matters, landlord and tenant disputes and professional disciplinary proceedings.
Kirin is named as a Recognised Practitioner for Construction by Chambers Asia Pacific 2016 – 2020, and Leading Individual for Construction by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021 – 2026. He was also named in the Euromoney Guide to the World’s Leading Construction Lawyers (2nd Edition) for his construction practice. He was shortlisted as a finalist for Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year at the Asian Legal Business SE Asia Law Awards 2023 and was featured as one of the Litigators of Asia by Asian Legal Business in 2023. Kirin is also the Past Chair of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s International Construction Projects Committee, an Accredited Adjudicator under Singapore’s Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
- Arbitration
- Commercial and transactions
- Commercial disputes
- International arbitration
- Litigation, Professional Liability
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Construction and materials
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Energy
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Oil and gas
- BCL, Keble College, University of Oxford, 1997
- LLB (Hons), University of Leeds, 1995
- Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1998
- Barrister at Law, Middle Temple, 1996