Amelia Tan

Counsel

资深高级律师

D: +65 6911 8323

C: +65 9816 1043

E: amelia.tan@careyolsen.com

Laws Practised:

Location:

Singapore

执业法律

办公室

"Amelia Tan has the gift of making everything seem straightforward and simple, which belies the very hard work she puts into preparing every brief. Amelia is utterly dependable, meticulous in her preparation, and always meets or exceeds expectations."

The Legal 500 Asia

About

简历

D: +65 6911 8323

C: +65 9816 1043

E: amelia.tan@careyolsen.com

Laws Practised:

Location:

Singapore

执业法律

办公室

Amelia is counsel in Carey Olsen's litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. She has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, with a focus on complex, multi-jurisdictional shareholder / director litigation, corporate disputes, fraud and asset tracing and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters.

Amelia also has significant experience in seeking urgent interlocutory relief for clients, including freezing orders and injunctions, and enforcement matters and has represented clients in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. She regularly advises listed companies and financial institutions, high net worth individuals and insolvency practitioners in the region.

Amelia is Chair of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Singapore Network and one of the first offshore law practitioners to be approved as a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS). She is also an active member of INSOL.

Amelia is fluent in English and Mandarin.

陈静仪律师（Amelia）是凯瑞奥信新加坡诉讼、破产和重组业务团队的资深高级律师。她在商业诉讼方面拥有丰富的经验，专注于复杂、跨司法管辖区的股东/董事诉讼、公司纠纷、欺诈和资产追踪以及跨境破产和重组事务。

她在为客户寻求紧迫非正审济助方面也拥有丰富的经验，包括冻结令和禁止令以及执行事务。她也曾在高等法院、上诉法院和英国枢密院司法委员会代表客户，定期为该地区的上市公司、金融机构、高资产净值人士和破产从业人员提供法律服务和意见。

陈律师是 IWIRC新加坡区域的主席，是首批获准成为新加坡破产从业者协会（IPAS）会员的离岸律师之一，也是INSOL的现有成员。

陈律师精通英语及华语。

Career

Amelia practised in another leading offshore firm in Singapore before joining Carey Olsen in 2019.

Prior to moving offshore in 2018, Amelia was an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and practised at one of the largest leading Singapore law firm, where she gained extensive experience in international arbitration, corporate and shareholder litigation, trade and commodities disputes and insolvency related matters.

Amelia is admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) and is enrolled as a Registered Associate in the Supreme Court of Bermuda. She is also admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (non-practising) and as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (non-practising).

职业

在2019加入凯瑞奥信之前，陈律师曾在另外一家顶尖离岸律师事务所担任争议解决专家。

在2018年加入离岸法律执业之前，她获得新加坡最高法院的辩护律师资格，并在新加坡最大的领先律师事务所之一执业，在该律所期间，她在国际仲裁、公司和股东诉讼、贸易和商品纠纷以及破产事务方面获得了丰富的经验。

陈律师获得英属维尔京群岛执业律师资格，也获得百慕大群岛执业律师资格。此外，她也持有新加坡最高法院的辩护人和律师资格和英格兰及威尔士最高法院的律师资格。

Advises on

业务领域

Relevant experience

Amelia has been involved in many of the leading decisions in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and has successfully acted for clients in complex factual and legal disputes involving novel issues of law. Recent experience include:

Successfully acted for the Claimant in a four-week trial in relation to a derivative action brought on behalf of a Liberian company for a claim for breach of directors' duties, dishonest assistance and unjust enrichment: Kathryn Ma Wai Fong v Incredible Power Limited et al (BVIHCOM 2015/0047) (18 March 2021).
Successfully acted for Malaysia's largest venture capital fund in the liquidation of an Exempted Limited Partnership ("ELP") where the General Partner had failed to discharge its duties as voluntary liquidators, and is the first Cayman law decision where the Cayman Grand Court clarified that voluntary liquidators of an ELP can be subject to court supervision and can be granted powers that are reserved for court-appointed liquidators: In the Matter of ECM Straits Fund I, LP (FSD 230 of 2022 (RPJ)).
Advising and acting as Cayman Islands and BVI counsel for a leading crypto financial service provider in group restructuring involving entities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands and BVI.
Successfully acted for a minority shareholder in the Court of Appeal in relation to the setting aside of service out of jurisdiction and the stay of unfair prejudice proceedings against majority shareholders where the claim against the company is stayed in favour of arbitration: Siong Beng Seng v Caldicott Worldwide Limited BVIHCMAP 2020/0020 (1 June 2021).

Successfully acted for a minority shareholder in the Court of Appeal on the novel issue of whether an injunction granted under section 43 of the BVI Arbitration Act 2013 is appealable: Hector Finance Group Limited v Caldicott Worldwide Limited BVIHCVAP 2020/0012 (1 June 2021).
Acting for and advising an ASX-listed resources company in relation to key assets in a BVI company and related winding-up and recognition proceedings in the BVI.
Acting for majority shareholders in the just and equitable winding up of Cayman Islands company on the basis that there was a breakdown of trust and confidence in the management of the company.
Acting as BVI advisers to receivers of substantial assets held by Agritrade Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Agritrade International Pte Ltd which has been placed into interim judicial management by the Singapore High Court with USD1.55 billion in outstanding liabilities and faces claims from dozens of creditors including allegations from major lenders of perpetrating a “massive, premeditated and systemic fraud”.

Awards and accolades

奖项和荣誉

Amelia has been listed as a Rising Star consecutively for two years by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in 2023 and 2024. She has also been named in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Offshore Client Choice List in 2024. She was also selected to participate in the inaugural Singapore Leaders Network fellowship programme (SGLN), an initiative led by the Singapore government, the Singapore Economic Development Board, and supported by the private sector. Amelia is one of the five global finalists (and only recipient in Asia) of the IWIRC Rising Star Award in 2022 and is also part of the International Insolvency Institute's (III) highly prestigious and successful NextGen Leadership Program Class XII (2023). Clients speak highly of Amelia, describing her as an "outstanding individual within Carey Olsen" and who is "technically solid, business savvy and always responsive".

陈律师的执业实力倍受认可，并连续两年获选为《法律500强》（The Legal 500）亚太地区“后起之秀（Rising Stars）” （2023和2024年）。同时，她也入选了《亚洲法律杂志》（Asian Legal Business）的2024年度“客户首选离岸律师榜单”(Offshore Client Choice List)。陈律师也在2023年获选参加首届新加坡领导网络 (Singapore Leaders Network) 英才计划，该计划由新加坡政府、新加坡经济发展局牵头，并得到私营部门的支持。她还是2022年International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) “后起之秀”奖的五位全球候选人之一（唯一的亚洲候选人），也是国际破产学会（III）颇具盛名且大获成功的第十二期下一代领导力计划（2023年）的成员。客户对陈律师的评价非常高，称赞她是“凯瑞奥信的杰出个人”，“具有过硬的专业能力和商业头脑，且始终反应迅速”。