Mark Seah is a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. Mark's practice in commercial litigation and arbitration involves disputes concerning commodities, insolvency, derivatives, shareholder and corporate matters, employment, property, intellectual property and defamation. His areas of practice also cover international trade disputes and he has a particular focus on oil and gas disputes.

Mark is experienced in handling litigation as well as arbitration proceedings, having been retained in a variety of complex disputes. He has acted in cross-border litigation as well as in international arbitrations. Regularly appearing before the Supreme Court, Mark has successfully represented a wide spectrum of clients, some in high profile cases. He has advised and represented prominent companies such as Apple Inc, governments, state owned entities and leading banks.

His arbitration work includes acting as counsel in arbitrations under the auspices of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre as well as under other institutions. In this connection, Mark has acted in multi-million dollar oil and gas disputes as well as in oil rig disputes. Having acted in both shareholder and partnership disputes, Mark is often sought to advise on corporate matters. Mark has also acted in High Court and Court of Appeal cases concerning constructive trusts and has also successfully represented multi-national companies in carriage disputes and claims in tort. Mark's insolvency practice involves him regularly advising in liquidation matters and assisting liquidators on a host of different legal issues. He has, where necessary, acted in winding up proceedings and has also assisted liquidators in forensic investigations. On the employment disputes front, Mark appeared with Senior Counsel and successfully acted in a leading restrictive covenant decision before the Court of Appeal, Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd [2012] 4 SLR 371; [2012] SGCA 42. Other notable employment cases would include Ong & Ong Architects Pte Ltd and another v Yee Wei Chi and Seow Kee Piao, in which Mark successfully acted for the prominent architectural firm in both the High Court and Court of Appeal. Mark has also spoken on a range of legal matters at Masterclasses and conferences.