Suang Wijaya (黄舒旺)

Managing Director

Languages – English | Mandarin | Bahasa Indonesia

Practice Areas

“Suang is a very tenacious lawyer, capable of delivering top-quality written and oral advocacy.” – Benchmark Litigation 2025

Suang is of Indonesian origin. He is a Raffles Institution alumnus and graduated with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore. He is proficient in Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia. Suang advises on contentious matters including shareholder and corporate disputes, fraud and asset recovery, property disputes and employment matters. Suang is regularly instructed on matters with a Chinese or Indonesian connection.

Achievements

International arbitration (2026): As lead counsel, obtained a case management stay of a claim for a sum of USD 10 million brought to enforce alleged liabilities in a parent-company guarantee arising from a subsidiary’s alleged breaches of a hydrocarbon equipment supply contract. Successfully persuaded the court that the parent company guarantee, properly construed, was not an on-demand guarantee and that therefore the court litigation must await the outcome of a concurrent arbitration between the subsidiary and the claimant dealing with the subsidiary’s alleged breaches of the supply agreement.
Confidential client (2026): As lead counsel, successfully persuading a High Court Judge on the second day of trial to strike out a claimant’s claim for alleged fraudulent misrepresentations. Our basis for striking out was that the Defendant had furnished open offers for amicable resolution that in substance amounted to giving the Defendant all potential reliefs in the action, and this therefore no longer justifies an 8-day trial. This was so, even if the Claimant was dissatisfied that there would be no specific findings on his claims of alleged fraud by the trial Judge.
International arbitration: As lead counsel, secured an award in the amount of USD 3 million on behalf of a renewable energies company after an expedited arbitration involving the breach of share purchase and loan agreements.
Djony Gunawan v Christina Lesmana [2024] SGHC(A) 14, UFN v UFM [2019] SGCA 54 and UFM v UFN [2017] SGHCF 22: As lead counsel, successfully secured a ruling that our Indonesian client is beneficial joint owner of a freehold property and an order for partition and sale of the property.
Adcrop Pte Ltd v Gokul Vegetarian Restaurant and Café Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 152: On behalf of a shareholder, as lead counsel successfully resisting the attempted winding up of company on the novel basis that the winding up application was part of a conspiracy to wrest control of an iconic Indian vegetarian business.

Mission

Suang believes in giving back to society. He has been empanelled by the Supreme Court of Singapore as Lead Counsel in the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences. He is also Honorary Secretary of the Medico-legal Society of Singapore and Council Member for the Singapore Institute of Insurance Council.

Accolades

Chambers & Partners (Global) – Up and Coming Lawyer (Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Singapore)
The Legal 500 – Recommended Lawyer (White Collar Crime: Local)
Chambers & Partners (APAC) – Up and Coming Lawyer in Litigation, Corporate Investigations and Anti-Corruption (Domestic)
Lexology Index (formerly Whos Who Legal) – Recommended for Business Crime Defence
Benchmark Litigation – Future Star (Commercial and Transactions)
AsiaLaw – Notable Practitioner
Doyle’s Guide 2026 – Leading Lawyer (Criminal Defence, White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations)

Testimonials

Suang is a very tenacious lawyer, capable of delivering top-quality written and oral advocacy.