Boon Tat is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group.

Boon Tat is a construction and infrastructure lawyer with over 18 years of experience and is jointly qualified in Singapore and England & Wales.

He has acted on disputes involving public infrastructure projects, oil refineries and petrochemical plants, power plants, water treatment facilities and commercial and residential developments in Singapore, China, Taiwan and Vietnam.

He also advises clients on non-contentious matters in construction projects ranging from tender documentation and process, contract documentation, procurement and project risk management and dispute avoidance.

Boon Tat is recognised as a leading lawyer for construction in Singapore by legal directories Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific and Chambers Asia Pacific.

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  • Representing a consortium of international engineering and construction companies in a US$400m claim in a SIAC arbitration arising out of the construction of a multi-billion US$ oil refinery in Southeast Asia.
  • Representing a leading Southeast Asian engineering and construction company in a SG$46m claim against a statutory body in a SIAC arbitration arising out of a public transportation infrastructure project in Singapore.
  • Representing an international contractor in the defence of a SG$35m claim in a SIAC arbitration brought by a specialist sub-contractor arising out of the construction of an airport terminal in Singapore.
  • Representing a specialist roofing contractor in a SG$14m claim in the Singapore High Court against a supplier for breach of contract arising out of the construction of a multi-billion dollar Integrated Resort in Singapore.
  • Advising main contractors involved in public infrastructure works on project risk management during the life-time of the projects.

Education

  1. 2003 · National University of Singapore, LLB (Honours, 2nd Class Upper)

memberships and associations

  1. Member of the Law Society of Singapore and Singapore Academy of Law
  2. Member of the Law Society of England & Wales
  3. Member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
  4. Member of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore)
  5. Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association