Abhishek Srivastava
Six Battery Road
Level 42
Singapore 049909
abhishek.srivastava@lfmdisputes.com
+65 6232 2155
+65 9221 2543
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Abhishek is an associate in our Singapore office.
He has represented major state-owned entities, Fortune Global 500 companies and other leading companies in high-value and complex international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. His practice spans energy, commodities, infrastructure, shipping, fintech, finance, private equity, shareholder / post M&A disputes, and technology related disputes.
Abhishek has a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and was ranked third overall in his year’s Singapore Bar examinations. At NUS, Abhishek was on the Dean’s List and received the Wee Chong Jin Scholarship for his excellent academic performance. He was also a highly accomplished mooter – winning and receiving the best speaker awards in several local and international moot competitions, including finishing runners up and best oralist in the global rounds of the prestigious Philip C. Jessup Moot Competition in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Abhishek practised in a top-tier Singapore law firm with some of the nation’s top Senior Counsel.
Abhishek is also an Asia-Pacific member of the YSIAC Council, the global steering committee and coordinating body for YSIAC.
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Arbitration matters
Representative cases (including before joining the firm):
Factory lease dispute: Represented a major Japanese metals manufacturer and its Indian subsidiary in an ICC arbitration over a factory lease dispute
Energy arbitration: Currently representing an Indian conglomerate in an ICC arbitration in a dispute over cargo shipment deliveries
Tariff dispute: Currently representing an Asian gas buyer against a leading international LPG fleet operator over the delivery of LPG cargo subject to US trade tariffs
Shareholder dispute: Currently representing a former shareholder of a Singapore telecommunications company backed by a major American private equity firm in an SIAC arbitration over the unlawful redemption of shares
LNG price review dispute: Currently representing a US oil major in an LNG price review dispute
Petrochemical terminal bunkering services dispute: Represented a Malaysian petrochemical terminal in a dispute involving payment for bunkering services
Post M&A dispute: Represented an AI-powered e-commerce firm in a post-M&A dispute regarding the purchase price of a target company
Shipping arbitration: Represented a prominent Indian logistics firm (with major oil and gas producers as clients) against an international maritime and logistics company in SIAC arbitration proceedings over payment of shipping vessels
Tariff dispute: Represented an Asian gas distributor against a Middle Eastern energy company in a dispute involving the delivery of LPG cargo subject to US trade tariffs
Solar power plant arbitration: Currently representing a leading Japanese engineering company against a solar plant owner in an ICC arbitration arising from allegations of the former’s non-compliance with Performance Guarantee Ratios calculated under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract.
Challenge to an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction under the Japan-Mongolia BIT: Part of a team that represented a Japanese healthcare company against a Mongolian state-owned enterprise in a challenge to a SIAC arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction over a dispute arising from the latter’s wrongful seizure of a MNT 70 billion joint-venture project under the Japan-Mongolia Bilateral Investment Treaty (2001).
Credit Suisse AT1 bondholder investment arbitration: Part of a team that advised and represented international Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders in the Asia-Pacific region over the Swiss regulators’ decision to write down those investments, including addressing the jurisdictional issues raised in the attempted consolidation of claims before an ICSID arbitral tribunal.
Setting aside an arbitral award relating to expropriation claims between a solar energy company and Bangladesh: Part of a team that represented a US-based solar energy company against a Bangladeshi statutory board in seeking to set aside an UNCITRAL Rules arbitral award in a dispute arising from the expropriation of the former’s factory assets.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas arbitration: Represented a Singapore LPG trading company against a Hong Kong energy company in a HKIAC arbitration and parallel Singapore High Court proceedings over a US$16 million oil and gas contractual dispute arising from claims that there was an inoperative arbitration agreement between the parties and that there were non-payments for monthly shipments of LPG cargo.
Energy arbitration: Represented a Dubai-based international commodity trader against a Chinese state-owned energy company in a US$10 million SIAC arbitration arising from the latter’s underpayment and non-acceptance of monthly coal cargo shipments.
Post Merger & Acquisition arbitration: Represented a European engineering and construction company against a Hong Kong-based private equity firm in a S$20 million SIAC arbitration arising from the alleged inaccurate recording of EBITDA figures and non-disclosure of debts following the latter’s acquisition of the former’s subsidiary company.
Arbitration-mediation in a construction contractual dispute: Represented an American design consultancy firm in an arbitration-mediation against a Singapore statutory board in relation to a US$13 million construction contractual dispute.
AIFTA Agreement advisory: Advised a multinational corporation with operations in the Asia-Pacific region on its general obligations under the ASEAN-India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) Agreement.
Singapore litigation matters
Representative cases (including before joining the firm):
Fraudulent Misrepresentation and Economic Torts Litigation: Assisted a Senior Counsel in the representation of a major Indonesian property developer against a key Singapore institutional bank in the Singapore High Court and Appellate Division proceedings involving a S$138 million claim of fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy to injure the bank over the sale of luxury residential properties.
Cross-border Cryptocurrency Related Litigation: Represented more than 300 international retail investors as part of a team against a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore litigation proceedings over the recovery of close to US$60 million in misappropriated customer assets.
Shareholder and Company Oppression Related Litigation in the Singapore High Court: Represented the directors of a US$75 million Singapore fintech startup against a major Irish investor in claims relating to minority oppression, conspiracy to injure, and breach of fiduciary duties – and which involved a month-long trial in the Singapore High Court.
Thought leadership
LFM Webinar, Dire Straits of Hormuz (7 May 2026) – Co-speaker
Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law’s ‘SIAC and Institutional Arbitration’ module (in partnership with SIAC and YSIAC Council members) (2 February 2026) – Co-lecturer
YSIAC: Legislative Reform in Arbitration: Winds of change in Singapore and England – Moderator (11 November 2025)
Young Institute of Transnational Arbitration (Young ITA) event, in partnership with Singapore Convention Week 2025: Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Fragmented World: The Role of Arbitration Practitioners in Building Bridges – Co-panellist
Singapore Corporate Counsel Association: Asia Pacific Legal Congress 2025, SIAC Panel: Managing Disputes as in-house counsel – Co-panellist
SIAC Tokyo Conference 2024: Strategies for Effective Dispute Resolution between Japanese and Indian Parties – Co-panellist
Dire Straits of Hormuz: Navigating Force Majeure, Gas Price Reviews and other Legal Rights in Times of Conflict and Uncertainty (Mark Mangan and Abhishek Srivastava, LFM Insight, 24 March 2026)
Substantive protections: MFN jurisprudence explained through an analysis of treaty language, the claimant’s ambition and choice of arbitrator (Mark Mangan and Abhishek Srivastava in The Guide to Investment Treaty Protection and Enforcement, Global Arbitration Review, 27 October 2025)
Ex parte interim relief under the new SIAC Rules (Mark Mangan and Abhishek Srivastava, LFM Insight, 24 February 2025)
New SIAC Arbitration Rules Applicable from 1 January 2025 (Mark Mangan and Abhishek Srivastava, LFM Insight, 18 December 2024)
The Enforcement of Arbitral Awards under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act 1921 in Singapore: An Enforcement Regime that Undermines the New York Convention? (Abhishek Srivastava, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 23 December 2022)
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National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons., First Class); Dean’s List (Final Year); Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin Scholar
Advocate & Solicitor in Singapore (Ranked overall 3rd in the Singapore Bar Examinations (Part B) 2021 – including receiving 2 distinctions and a subject prize award)
Solicitor in England & Wales