Larisa Cheng
Director

Overview
Larisa practices civil and commercial litigation, and has experience in international arbitration and arbitration-related Court proceedings, as well as family matters and private client matters.
Larisa graduated from the National University of Singapore with Second Class (Upper Division) Honours. She represented the university in three international moots where her team clinched top positions as winner, semi-finalist and quarter-finalist respectively.
Larisa went on to score two distinctions in the Singapore Bar Examinations and was ranked the Joint 4th Candidate (that is, among the top 18 candidates of her cohort). She was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in August 2016.
Notable Cases
- Representing a former director of a fund management company in defending a claim for unlawful means conspiracy – Asia Euro Capital SPV I LLP v Regulus Advisors Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 279.
- Representing an e-commerce platform in defending a multi-million dollar arbitral claim for non-payment of goods before the SIAC.
- Representing an elderly couple in resisting attempts by their investment advisor to seek a re-trial of claims for deceit brought against him – Pradeepto Kumar Biswas v Sabyasachi Mukherjee [2022] SGCA 31.
- Representing a building material distributor in resisting an application to set aside an arbitral award concerning the breach of a long-term supply contract – CIM v CIN [2021] 4 SLR 1176.
- Representing a healthcare professional in an acrimonious divorce concerning the division of negative equity – UWL v UWM [2021] 5 SLR 1012.
- Representing the CEO of a Nasdaq-listed company in a contested divorce involving financial provision for a child with special needs – TYS v TYT [2017] SGHCF 7
Publications
- Co-author, Chambers Global Practice Guide: Enforcement of Judgments 2022-2024, Singapore
- Co-author, Chambers Global Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation 2022 (Trends and Developments, Singapore chapter)
Appointments and Memberships
- Member, Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law