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Audrey Chiang

Senior Partner

Audrey Chiang

Senior Partner

“Audrey Chiang from Dentons Rodyk & Davidson is described by peers as “a reliable practitioner” with “great experience on the defence side” of negligence claims, especially in the medical sector.” – Who’s Who Legal: Professional Negligence, 2022

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Audrey Chiang is a Senior Partner in the Dentons Rodyk Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practices.

Audrey's primary practice is in general commercial litigation. She advises and represents clients on a broad range of issues relating to corporate litigation, medical defence litigation, property law, breach of confidence, express, constructive and resulting trusts, banking law, employment law, intellectual property law and regulatory matters. Her clients include private hospitals, insurers and publicly listed companies.

In the area of medical law, Audrey has acted for a number of local hospitals and insurers, including defending hospitals and doctors in claims brought against them by patients and representing them in coroner's inquiries. She has advised on complex legal issues relating to the storage of human gametes, embryos and tissue mix-up during an IVF procedure, and directives and legislation in relation to assisted reproduction services. In addition, she has had experience prosecuting on behalf of a local health authority under legislation administered by the authority.

Experience

Clients in cryptocurrency industry: Advising client on disputes arising from cryptocurrency trades, and hacking incidents.
Clients in oil and gas industry: Acting in defence of claim brought by former director, and counterclaiming for damages for breach of director's duties. Acting for client in an arbitration pertaining to the supply of defective parts used in offshore drilling operations.
Confidential client: Acting in the defence of a claim for specific performance of the sale and purchase of an industrial building.
Major US Technology Multi-national Corporation: Acting in an arbitration matter accruing from monies owed under an agreement between the claimants and the respondent.
Confidential client: Acting in claims arising from agreements relating to information technology and involving issues of electronic discovery.
Insurers: Acting in claims relating to personal injury and property damage, including damage to hundreds of Chinese ink paintings in an art gallery arising from water leakage.
Competition & Consumer Commission of Singapore: Acting for CCCS in bringing a claim for injunctions and various orders of court against a retailer for breaches of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act.
Confidential client: Advising on the directives and legislation in relation to assisted reproduction services and other medical procedures and issues.
Private hospital: Acting in a claim arising from a mix-up which occurred during an IVF procedure.
Hong Kong company: Acting in their claim against a major local retailer for the infringement of trademark.
Publicly listed company in China: Acting in their claim in breach of confidence against a Singapore company and its director for the unauthorized disclosure of its trade process.
Publicly listed company in Sri Lanka: Acting and advising for the recovery of monies remitted to Singapore.
Major banking creditor: Acting in respect of their rights and claims against China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd and others, including the institution of legal proceedings.
Online gaming company: Acting in a claim brought by another gaming company for alleged infringement of copyright in a multiplayer online role playing game.
Hospitals and doctors: Advising on claims and potential claims in medical negligence.
Leading private healthcare provider in Asia: Acting for the client in relation to judicial review proceedings brought against them by a doctor.
Private hospital: Advising on the legal issues in connection with the separation of conjoined twins.
Local health authority: Acting on its legal matters, including the Slim 10 matter and the related civil claim, as well as issues arising out of the legislation administered by the authority.
Criminal Defence: Acting for appellant in appeal against conviction and sentence in relation to charges brought under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Recognition

Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal): Recognised as a Global Leader for Professional Negligence, 2020 & 2022 - 2024
Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal): Recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader for Professional Negligence, 2021 & 2023
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Mentioned as key lawyer in the area of Insurance: Local Firms, 2024
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Noted for Dispute Resolution, 2020
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Noted for Labour and Employment, 2018

Insights

"Court slashes Receiver and Manager’s fees of over S$1,350,000 by close to 47%; orders refund of over S$633,000 to our client," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 02 (2024)
"The Evolving Nature Of Discovery In The Litigation Process," Rodyk Reporter September 2010

Activities and Affiliations

Appointments

Member, Blood Sample Oversight Committee, Health Sciences Authority, 2013-present
Member, Institutional Review Board, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, 2009-2019
Member, National Healthcare Group Domain-Specific Review Board, 2008-2019
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Bioethics Advisory Committee on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Neuroscience Research), 2013
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Bioethics Advisory Committee's draft Ethics Guidelines on Human Biomedical Research), 2012
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Ministry of Health on the Proposed Amendments to the Medical Registration Act), 2009
Member, Institutional Review Board, Changi General Hospital, 2008-2009
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Ministry of Health on the Proposed Amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act), 2008
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Bioethics Advisory Committee on Human-Animal Combinations for Biomedical Research), 2008
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Bioethics Advisory Committee on The Donation of Human Eggs for Research), 2007
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Bioethics Advisory Committee on The Use of Personal Information in Biomedical Research), 2006
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Bioethics, The Law Society of Singapore (for the review of the consultation paper by the Bioethics Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing and Genetic Research), 2005
Member, Institutional Review Board, Health Sciences Authority, 2005

Presentations

Ransomware Attacks and the Crypto Ransom: Survival Guide for In-House Counsels, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association Legal Conference, 4 April 2025
Consumer Protection Primer by Competition & Consumer Protection Commission of Singapore, 17 January 2024
Best Practices in Anti-Corruption, 5 December 2018
Understanding Professional Indemnity and D&O Insurance, 20 August 2018 and 20 October 2018
Medical-Legal Aspects Of Blood Safety, February 22, 2013

Memberships

Member, ASEAN Law Association
Member, International Pacific Bar Association

Prior and Present Employment

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2008 - present
Samuel Seow Law Corporation, 2006 - 2008
Khattar Wong & Partners, 2000 - 2006
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom, 1999 - 2000
Khattar Wong & Partners, 1996 - 1999

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