Daniel Ng

Daniel is a Managing Associate in the Dispute Resolution department.

His practice focuses on international arbitration work across a range of sectors including energy and infrastructure, commodities trading, construction, and shareholder disputes. He has acted for high net-worth individuals and prominent financial institutions in disputes relating to finance and banking, insurance, and real estate matters.

Daniel is dual-qualified in England & Wales and Singapore.

Daniel has been named in the LexisNexis 40 Under 40 Asia and Southeast Asia lists for 2026, and recognised as one of Singapore’s next-generation lawyers in the ALB Singapore Rising Stars 2026 list. He is also ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for Indonesia - Foreign Firms, 2025, and a Recommended Lawyer for International Arbitration by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024. In addition, he has been recognised in IFLR1000 2022 (Insolvency) as "experienced hands… able to provide timely and quality advice to the business".

Daniel is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Key Experience

• Acting for an American oil and gas exploration company in an arbitration against a state-owned energy company arising from the transfer of operatorship in an Indonesian oil and gas development block
• Acted for an oilfield services company in an arbitration against a Chinese offshore engineering company relating to the design and construction of jack-up drilling rigs
• Acted for a subsidiary of a Singapore-listed company in two arbitrations relating to a back-to-back sale of biodiesel fuel. The arbitrations involved issues of fraud relating to shipping documents and expert evidence on trade finance and Chinese customs laws
• Acted for a Vietnamese national in an arbitration against Singapore and Malaysian companies relating to a share sale and purchase agreement
• Acted for a bank in proceedings before the Singapore High Court to enforce its security against a prominent oil-trader that fraudulently induced the bank to finance its trades
• Advised a bank in a claim against its insurer under a Banker's Blanket Bond for losses suffered due to unrecovered receivables under a trade financing facility
• Advised a bank on its claim against a prominent commodities trader to recover monies paid pursuant to fraudulent tolling arrangements of metal commodities
• Advised a prominent construction and materials company in a corruption probe relating to its bid for projects to develop a major tourist attraction
• Conducted investigations for a bank on the possibility of internal fraud in its overseas branch in relation to letters of credit issued to finance a customer's oil-trading activities

Career History

Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Senior Associate, Drew & Napier LLC
National University of Singapore, Bachelor of Law (LLB)