Quek Mong Hua

Quek Mong Hua is a Senior Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution at Lee & Lee, focusing on Commercial Litigation. He is also a Commissioner for Oaths and a Notary Public.

Mong Hua joined Lee & Lee upon his graduation from the University of Singapore in 1979 and was admitted to the Singapore bar in 1980. In early 1984 he was admitted as a partner, making equity partnership in 1986. In 1992 he left the firm to join the Singapore Legal Service, serving as a District Judge with the Subordinate Courts for two years and thereafter as a Senior State Counsel with the Attorney-General’s Chambers, where he held the appointment of Deputy Head, Civil Division. In 2000 he rejoined Lee & Lee as an Equity Partner.

He has enjoyed a versatile litigation practice spanning both civil and criminal matters at trial as well as appellate levels. His expertise covers civil and commercial litigation, criminal litigation, insolvency litigation, and family, wills, trust and estate litigation.

Some of his more recent work includes acting as lead counsel for a high-net-worth client claiming about S$1 billion from an international bank in respect of trading losses, which was amicably settled before discovery; acting as co-counsel in an ICC arbitration concerning a foreign airport terminal with a claim of about US$500 million; acting as lead counsel for the majority owners of Gillman Heights in their successful application to the Strata Titles Board to approve the en bloc sale for S$548 million and in subsequent appeals decided in their favour; and acting as lead counsel in successfully defending a CEO of a stock broking firm against a claim of about RM98 million for alleged negligence and breach of fiduciary duties.

Mong Hua holds various directorships in civic and corporate organisations and sits as a member of the Military Court of Appeal. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the National University of Singapore and is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore.