Adam lau
Associate
Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
Singapore Management University (LL.B)
Adamʼs main areas of practice include litigation and international arbitration relating to commercial and corporate disputes, as well as restructuring and insolvency. He has acted for and advised listed companies, multinational corporate groups, and high-net-worth individuals in commercial and joint venture disputes, domestic and international arbitrations, asset tracing and enforcement proceedings, and contentious probate and trust matters.
Adam graduated from Singapore Management University in 2023 and is admitted to the Singapore Bar.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Matters of significance in which Adam has been involved in include acting for the following:
● A consortium comprising leading real estate and investment groups in a confidential SIAC arbitration arising out of the termination of a S$3.4 billion implementation agreement for a proposed scheme of arrangement.
● One of Singaporeʼs largest construction and civil engineering groups (and its group of Indian subsidiaries) in a confidential, multi-million-dollar dispute against a joint venture partner involving over numerous contentious issues, including cross-border internal investigations, shareholder governance disputes, and advising on strategic joint venture exit and corporate winding-down pathways across Singapore and Indian law.
● The Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr K Shanmugam, and the Minister for Manpower, Dr Tan See Leng, in high-profile multi-jurisdictional defamation suits in the High Court against Bloomberg LP
(reported in Shanmugam Kasiviswanathan v Bloomberg LP 2026 SGHC 147), The Edge Singapore, and Terry Xu (Chief Editor of The Online Citizen).
● The administrators of a substantial estate valued at over S$1.9 billion in contentious probate proceedings in Singapore with parallel proceedings in Hong Kong, including resisting applications for the revocation of a grant of administration and applying to strike out claims alleging beneficial entitlement to the estate.
● High-net-worth investors in a confidential matter valued at approximately S$50 million involving the enforcement of equitable proprietary rights over shares in a Singapore-listed company following loan defaults, including obtaining leave to enforce a SIAC arbitral award, resisting setting-aside applications, and pursuing pre-action discovery against financial institutions in support of asset tracing strategies.
● A specialist subcontractor in a domestic construction arbitration under the SIAC Rules involving claims exceeding S$1.5 million for prolongation costs, variation works, and outstanding payments.
Prior to joining Beacon Law Corporation, Adam trained and practiced at the chambers of a renowned Senior Counsel.