Shobna has an active counsel practice and appears before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal on complex commercial matters. She is often instructed by local and international law firms to argue cutting edge and novel points of law in relation to arbitration, banking and finance, evidence and procedure, equity and trust, restitution and unjust enrichment, insolvency and restructuring, and professional negligence. Instructing counsel on a recent matter says that “Shobna leaves no stone unturned and is my first choice of counsel for referral work in particular on high stakes, complex commercial matters.”
Shobna has been ranked as a “Litigation Star” Benchmark Asia Pacific 2023 and 2024 with a co-counsel commending her as “extremely bright and hard-working, and a real pleasure to deal with. Shobna is a creative thinker and excellent on the law. A rare find.” Another instructing counsel has noted that “Shobna is a superb litigator who is going right to the top of the profession. Truly excellent.”
- Acting for a C-suite employee in relation to a wrongful termination claim against SAP. This case engaged complex and novel points of Singapore law and went to trial before the High Court in March 2025.
- Instructed by a high net worth individual to act against a global bank for a fraud and misrepresentation claim resulting in multi-million losses suffered.
- Instructed by a investment fund based out of Dubai against a regulated investment trading company for fraud and misrepresentation resulting in millions of losses suffered.
- Acting for a client in relation to setting aside of an arbitral award in excess of 200M
- Acting for a client against a hospital and doctor for arising from wrongful death of a baby.
- Appellate
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy
- Commercial and transactions
- Commercial disputes
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and construction
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property
- International arbitration
- Labor and employment
- Private client
- White collar crime
- Banking
- Energy
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Technology and telecommunications
- Singapore (called in April 2008)
- Law Society, 2008
- SAL, 2008
- IPBA, 2019
- SIARB, 2022
- Society for Construction Law, 2023
- LLB, 1st Class Honours, NUS (2006)