Peter Doraisamy

Group Managing Partner, PDLegal LLC

Peter Doraisamy is the Founder and Group Managing Partner of PDLegal LLC, a leading full-service regional law firm headquartered Singapore. In 2023, PDLegal set up an office in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2024, the Firm entered into a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with the Singapore office of international law firm Hill Dickinson and formed a strategic association with Malaysian law firm Tan, Siew & Lee (TSL Legal).

With 25 years of practice experience, Peter is widely recognised as a leading advocate. He regularly acts as counsel in complex commercial litigation matters and international arbitration. He is frequently instructed on contentious matters in the areas of Maritime and Shipping, International Trade, Commodities, Restructuring and Insolvency, Insurance, Shareholders’ Dispute, Employment, Corporate Governance, and Fraud and Asset recovery.

Peter has also been invited to sit on committees, sub-committees, and advisory boards of various organisations, such as, the Law Society of Singapore, Maritime Law Association of Singapore, Singapore Shipping Association, National University of Singapore Centre for Maritime Law, and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.

Peter read Law at the University of Nottingham and received an LL.M. (Maritime Law) from the National University of Singapore. Peter was admitted to the Middle Temple as a Barrister-at-Law in 1997 and became an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1999.

Peter’s practice has received recognition in various leading independent legal directories including the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Benchmark Litigation, and Asialaw.

Contributed to

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Challenging Jurisdiction and Anti-suit Injunctions in support of Arbitration in Singapore

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out how a party to arbitration proceedings governed by Singapore law can apply (make an application to) to challenge the jurisdiction of an arbitral (arbitration) tribunal pre and post (before and after) an award has been issued, and also how a party may apply to the Singapore court for an anti-suit injunction restraining litigation (court proceedings) in favour of arbitration. The Practice Note covers challenging arbitrator jurisdiction under the Singapore Arbitration Act (Cap 10) and the International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A). It also covers the process of challenging an award on grounds of lack of jurisdiction. The Practice Note covers anti-suit injunctions in support of international arbitration proceedings and the availability of indemnity costs for breach of an arbitration agreement.

Arbitration

Practice Area

Arbitration

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

1999

Experience

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (2011 - 2017)
Navin & Co. LLP (2007 - 2011)
KS Energy Services Limited (2006 - 2007)
Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP (2002 - 2006)
Ramdas & Wong (1999 - 2002)

Membership

Senior Legal Consultant for HFI Consulting International Limited
Director of the RT ASEAN Network
Advisory Board of the National University of Singapore’s Centre of Maritime Law Inaugural Committee