Rebecca Chia

Rebecca Chia is a Partner in the Litigation and International Arbitration practices at Allen & Gledhill LLP, specialising in dispute resolution. She regularly acts in complex contentious matters, with a particular focus on technology‑related disputes involving payment services, crypto exchanges, and digital banking services. She also advises on contentious corporate commercial matters including employment disputes and disputes involving shareholders and directors.

She has acted for Indonesian entities in a EUR multi‑million claim against a European multinational corporation in an ICC arbitration, for a major local bank in the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal in relation to a multi‑million arbitral dispute against an Indian corporation, and for liquidators in a successful clawback action against former directors and shareholders. She has also acted for a digital bank licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in a Singapore High Court claim and worldwide freezing injunction application, and for two investors in a multi‑billion dollar investor‑state treaty arbitration. She was seconded to Google's legal team in 2021, appointed as a Young Independent Counsel by the Singapore High Court in 2024, and is an Accredited Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre.

Rebecca holds a B.A. (Hons) in Law (First Class) from the University of Oxford and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2017. She is a co‑author of Lexology In‑Depth: Asset Tracing and Recovery (12th Ed, 2024).