Elsa Chen

Elsa Chen is a Partner at Allen & Gledhill LLP, specialising in dispute resolution and international arbitration. She regularly acts as counsel in complex, high-value commercial disputes, including matters relating to energy and infrastructure, shipping and commodities, joint ventures and shareholders' disputes, banking and financial services, and technology and telecommunications. She is also appointed to the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Court of Arbitration of the LCIA.

She has represented clients in major disputes across the energy, infrastructure, shipping, and technology sectors, acting in international arbitrations under the rules of ICC, LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL, and other leading arbitral institutions. She also advises on investment treaty arbitrations, ESG-related disputes, and cross-border enforcement matters. She is consistently recognised as a leading practitioner in dispute resolution and international arbitration by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2005. She is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and serves as a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.