Corina Song

Corina Song is a Partner at Allen & Gledhill LLP, specialising in arbitration and mediation. She is a Senior Accredited Specialist in Maritime and Shipping Law and is dual qualified in Singapore and England. She advises on and conducts complex litigation and arbitration involving charterparties, ship sales, bills of lading, ship mortgage enforcement, trade finance and policy disputes. She also sits as an arbitrator and is currently Vice Chairperson of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), a member of the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators and the HKIAC List of Arbitrators.

She was lead counsel for UBS AG in The “Chloe V” [2025] SGHC 142, successfully resisting a shipowner's claim for damages arising from a refusal to issue a letter of quiet enjoyment. She acted for United Overseas Bank (UOB) in The “Maersk Katalin” [2024] SGHC 282 and [2025] SGCA 42, successfully recovering a US$43 million claim for mis‑delivery against the shipowner, with the Court of Appeal rejecting causation defences. She also appeared before the SICC as lead counsel in DMF v. DMG [2025] SGHC(I)12, successfully resisting a shipowner's application to set aside an SCMA award. She is consistently ranked by Chambers Asia‑Pacific, Benchmark Litigation (as a Litigation Star and among the Top 100 Women in Litigation), and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. She is recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Transport – Shipping by Lexology Index 2025.

Corina holds an LL.M. from University College, University of London and an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Hull. She was called to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales in 1992 and admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1993. She serves as Advisory Board Member of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee and as Secretary of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore (MLAS).