Cherrilynn Chia

Cherrilynn Chia is a Senior Associate at Harry Elias Partnership, focusing on Commercial Litigation. She specialises in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration.

She has experience in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work involving various areas of law such as breach of contracts, sale of goods and services, company matters including shareholder disputes, negligence including medical negligence, sanctions, employment, landlord and tenant, defamation, administrative law and harassment.

Cherrilynn is also prosecuting counsel for the Energy Market Authority. As defence counsel, she has represented clients charged with white-collar and blue-collar offences.

In the course of her practice, she has appeared and represented clients at all levels of courts in Singapore, including the Court of Appeal. She has also acted as counsel in international arbitrations at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

Prior to joining Harry Elias Partnership, she worked in the litigation practice group at a leading international firm. She obtained a distinction in Civil Litigation Practice in the 2020 Part B Singapore Bar Examinations and is dual-qualified, having been admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2021 and as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2025.

She is a contributing editor for Thomson Reuters Practical Law (Employment). Her practice areas are dispute resolution, employment and international arbitration. She holds an LLB (Second Class (Upper Division) Honours) from the National University of Singapore, and is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales, the Singapore Academy of Law and The Law Society of Singapore.