Joelle is a disputes lawyer specialising in corporate and commercial litigation. She has advised on and acted in commercial litigation matters encompassing a wide range of issues including professional misconduct or negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, breach of confidence, and bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. She regularly advises insurers and insureds on coverage issues, and has also acted as counsel in arbitrations as well as arbitration related applications before the Singapore Courts.

Joelle graduated from National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons). She obtained a distinction in Insolvency Law and Practice in Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations, and is fluent in English and Mandarin.

• Representing a company formerly listed on the Singapore Exchange in a claim for professional negligence against its former auditors.

• Representing a Russian oligarch in a dispute spanning over multiple jurisdictions (Cyprus, BVI, Russia, Singapore and Belize) involving a major Russian-based bank. The dispute involved a sum in excess of EUR 120 million as well as freezing injunctions in multiple jurisdictions, and the appointment of receivers and managers over assets.

• Representing a subsidiary of Gunvor Group in resisting an application to set aside an arbitral award concerning the breach of two contracts for the sale and purchase of gasoil – Year Sun Chemitanks Terminal Corp v Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd [2022] 3 SLR 1271.

• Representing a Singapore public hospital in a dispute involving an insurance claim for losses suffered as a result of fraudulent acts perpetrated by one of its employees which resulted in losses in excess of $5 million.

• Acting for the joint provisional liquidators of a Bermuda-licensed insurer in an application for recognition of foreign proceedings under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency – British Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association Ltd and another v Thresh, Charles and another [2024] 2 SLR 317.

• Co-author, Singapore Annotated Statutes: Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act

• Co-author, Singapore Annotated Statutes: Misrepresentations Act

• Co-author, Chambers Global Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation 2022 (Trends and Developments, Singapore chapter)

• Member, Law Society of Singapore

• Member, Singapore Academy of Law