Chau Ee LEE

A Singapore national, Chau Ee called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1995 and the Singapore Bar in 1996.

As a construction, energy and infrastructure, and international arbitration specialist, Chau Ee has lived and worked in London, Dubai, Beijing, and Singapore.

Chau Ee acts for parties from conception through completion of a project life cycle providing an unique offering of “cradle-to-grave” project life-cycle advice including dispute management with a particular emphasis on:

project development / project counsel advice including contracts procurement such as advising, negotiating and drafting concession agreements, project agreements (EPC/EPCIC and its variants, and O&M) and ancillary contractual documentation;
dispute management (risk mitigation, dispute avoidance, appropriate dispute resolution encompassing conciliation, dispute boards (DAB/DRBs), mediations); and
international arbitration seated in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Doha, Dubai, Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City, London, Paris, and Singapore among other jurisdictions, conducted under institutional rules administered by leading international arbitral institutions, or ad hoc arbitration rules.

Chau Ee has been consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in Construction in major international legal directories such as Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) in Construction as Thought Leader, global leader, and national leader for Southeast Asia, Legal 500 Europe Middle East Africa, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, and Chambers Asia Pacific.

Besides a law degree, Chau Ee also has an MSc in Construction Management (Project Management), which he attained via distance learning. As part of his MSc requirements, he submitted a dissertation which evaluated the use of FIDIC’s 1999 Silver Book in major international infrastructure projects.

Chau Ee is a past chairperson of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (2020-22).