Jarret Huang

• Confidential ICC Arbitration: A US$2 Billion contractual dispute between two of the largest infrastructure companies in the world concerning the acquisition of a business and allegations of, inter alia, misrepresentations, breaches of covenants and warranties, and fraud. Instructed on behalf of the defendant multinational with Dan Toledano KC and Simon Atrill KC.

• Confidential ICC Arbitration: A US$100m dispute over the effect of EU, UK, US, and Swiss sanctions on the long-term supply of Russian coal. This dispute entailed close scrutiny of various sanctions regimes, detailed expert evidence as to the coal and shipping markets, and allegations (by the claimant) of fraud. Instructed on behalf of the defendant European energy-generator with Alex Gunning KC.

• Three Confidential ICC Arbitrations: Arbitrations valued at c.US$170m concerning three oil drilling rigs in the Gulf. This dispute entailed consideration of, inter alia, the effect of the US-Iran conflict on the relevant market for the quantification of damages. Instructed on behalf of a major international energy services provider with Neil Kitchener KC. 

• Confidential HKIAC Arbitration: A US$300 million contractual dispute between a Chinese state-owned enterprise and a PE fund arising out of the operation of an international airport in a major Chinese city. Instructed on behalf of the defendant state-owned entity with Ng Jern-Fei KC.

• Confidential ICC and UNCITRAL Arbitrations: A US$100 million contractual dispute between the two largest telecommunications companies in a major African jurisdiction. The dispute involved allegations of fraud and state collusion, complex issues of foreign law, and legal counsel from three different jurisdictions. Instructed on behalf of the claimants with Alexander Brown KC and Laurence Emmett KC.

• Confidential UNCITRAL Arbitration: A US$200 million dispute involving claims in fraud, bailment, conspiracy, and misrepresentation against one of the world’s largest oil field services companies arising out of the alleged loss of a rig off Fujairah. Instructed on behalf of the defendants with Neil Kitchener KC.

Jarret has extensive experience of advocacy in the context of international arbitration, having cross-examined expert and factual witnesses in the course of his practice in England and Singapore. Jarret has also written extensively on arbitration in the leading international journals. In addition, Jarret has experience of providing expert evidence in proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 

• Salur & Anor v Getir BV & Ors: Claims valued at several hundred million Euros by the Founders of a major international tech platform against, inter alia, the sovereign wealth fund of a Gulf State. The company in question, Getir BV, was once valued at US$12 Billion. This dispute entails consideration of the parties’ investment agreement, allegations of conspiracy, and breaches of obligations to negotiate in good faith. Instructed on behalf of the claimant high net worth individuals with Lord (David) Wolfson KC, Nick Sloboda KC, and Ben Zelenka Martin. 

• Barry Maloney v Falcon VII Investments Sarl: Dispute over shareholder rights and exit provisions in the contractual arrangements underpinning a private equity fund’s investment in a tech “unicorn” valued at around US$2 billion. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2025. Instructed on behalf of the defendant private equity fund with Lord (David) Wolfson KC and Joyce Arnold.

• Irongate Limited v St James’ Place Wealth Management Plc: Dispute between St James’ Place Wealth Management and one of SJP’s former “Appointed Representative” network firms which has the potential for wide-ranging implications across the SJP network. Instructed with Sonia Tolaney KC and Ben Zelenka Martin. 

• BNP Paribas SA v VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co: Expedited hearing of a claim for an anti-suit injunction (“ASI”) in relation to proceedings brought in Vietnam. The grounds on which anti-suit relief was sought included an exclusive jurisdiction clause in an aircraft financing agreement in favour of England, various other contractual provisions, and the “quasi-contractual” basis for anti-suit relief. Instructed for BNP Paribas, the successful ASI claimant, with Conall Patton KC.

• PIFSS v Al-Rajaan: Claims against c.45 defendants worth around US1 Billion arising out of the alleged payment of secret commissions, bribery by various banks and financial institutions, and money-laundering. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2025. Instructed on behalf of Union Bancaire Privée (a Swiss private bank) and members of the de Picciotto family with Tom Adam KC, Douglas Paine, and Rob Harris.

Jarret has also been instructed (primarily with Lord (David) Neuberger KC and Dan Toledano KC) on the provision of expert opinions for several other major Banking & Finance disputes, notably in claims arising out of the collapse of a major Cryptocurrency exchange, claims involving Argentine sovereign debt, and an acquisition by a major European bourse.

• Confidential ICC Arbitration: A US$100m dispute over the effect of EU, UK, US, and Swiss sanctions on the long-term supply of Russian coal. This dispute entailed close scrutiny of various sanctions regimes, detailed expert evidence as to the coal and shipping markets, and allegations (by the claimant) of fraud. Instructed on behalf of the defendant European energy-generator with Alex Gunning KC.

• Confidential CPR 52.30 Proceedings: Confidential proceedings on behalf of a leading tech company to re-open a final appellate decision. These proceedings, which grappled with allegations of fraud, dishonesty, and other such misconduct, arose out of one of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases and went towards whether the company in question could continue as a going concern. Instructed with, among others, Laurence Rabinowitz KC, Niranjan Venkatesan KC, and Henry Hoskins.

• PIFSS v Al-Rajaan: Fraud claims against c.45 defendants worth around US$900 million arising out of the alleged payment of secret commissions, fraud, and money-laundering. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2025. Instructed on behalf of Union Bancaire Privée (a Swiss private bank) and members of the de Picciotto family with Tom Adam KC, Douglas Paine, and Rob Harris.

• Confidential ICC and UNCITRAL Arbitrations: A US$100 million contractual dispute between the two largest telecommunications companies in a major African jurisdiction. The dispute involved allegations of fraud and state collusion, complex issues of foreign law, and legal counsel from three different jurisdictions. Instructed on behalf of the claimants with Alexander Brown KC and Laurence Emmett KC.

• COPA v Wright: Dispute over the identity of “Satoshi Nakamoto”, the inventor of Bitcoin, with follow-on claims worth several billion pounds. The proceedings involved extensive expert evidence on cryptocurrencies and forensic technology, as well as allegations of fraud and the falsification of evidence. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2024. Assisted, among others, Lord Grabiner KC and Craig Orr KC, for Dr Wright.

• Tamar Perry v Jacques Henri Georges Esculier: US$50 million claims following a multinational Ponzi scheme involving complex questions as to the proprietary nature of interpleader relief (on the part of the banks involved), the governing law applicable to a Ponzi scheme, and the availability of restitutionary relief. Proceedings were brought in, inter alia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Israel, and the BVI. 

In addition to his civil fraud practice, Jarret also has extensive experience with criminal fraud claims, having prosecuted (as lead counsel, sole counsel, and as a junior in a team) several of the largest frauds to come before the Singapore Courts. These include, among others, a major commodities fraud, an international auto-trading licensing conspiracy (for which the defendant had been listed on the Interpol Red List), and an insurance fraud perpetrated by directors of a Singapore Listco. 

• Salur & Anor v Getir BV & Ors: Claims valued at several hundred million Euros by the Founders of a major international tech platform against, inter alia, the sovereign wealth fund of a Gulf State. The company in question, Getir BV, was once valued at US$12 Billion. This dispute entails consideration of the parties’ investment agreement, allegations of conspiracy, and breaches of obligations to negotiate in good faith. Instructed on behalf of the claimant high net worth individuals with Lord (David) Wolfson KC, Nick Sloboda KC, and Ben Zelenka Martin.

• B&D Clays & Chemicals Limited v Castle Water Limited: Acted for Castle Water in successfully resisting an appeal in the Court of Appeal on the construction of the Water (Meters) Regulations 1988. The proper construction of the Regulations was described by the Court of Appeal in its judgment as being “critically important” for the statutory scheme, which impacted “millions of domestic and non-domestic consumers”. Instructed with Neil Kitchener KC. 

• Siccar Point (Cayman) Holdco I Limited v Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited: Claims arising out of the sale and purchase of a corporate group engaged in the estimated £3.3 Billion exploration, development, and production of the Rosebank Field in the North Sea. The claim arises out of the Supreme Court’s decision in ex parte Finch, and is the first case considering Finch’s effects on existing contingent consideration arrangements. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2026. Instructed on behalf of Ithaca with Laurence Rabinowitz KC and Laurence Emmett KC.

• Confidential Court of Arbitration for Sport Proceedings: Instructed by a major Russian football club with history in the Champions League to provide an Expert Report to the CAS in relation to a dispute as to the effect of UK and EU sanctions on the payment of player transfer fees. Instructed as sole counsel. 

• Delivery Hero SE v Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd: Dispute concerning the proper construction of a payment processing partnership for all of Delivery Hero’s card payments in the Asia Pacific region, as well as whether Delivery Hero had complied with various obligations to use all reasonable endeavours. Valued at in excess of US$100m. Instructed with Sa’ad Hossain KC. 

• Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Co WLL v Elanus Holdings Ltd: Contractual dispute between scions of the Qatari royal family over the ownership of the Idol’s Eye diamond, a 70.21 carat diamond formerly owned by the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2024. Instructed on behalf of Elanus Holdings with Sa’ad Hossain KC and James Nadin. 

• COPA v Wright: Dispute over the identity of “Satoshi Nakamoto”, the inventor of Bitcoin, with follow-on claims worth several billion pounds. The proceedings involved extensive expert evidence on cryptocurrencies and forensic technology, as well as allegations of fraud and the falsification of evidence. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2024. Assisted, among others, Lord Grabiner KC and Craig Orr KC, for Dr Wright.

• Shovlin v Money Expert Insurance Services Limited: Dispute over whether certain acts in American proceedings amounted to a submission to Californian jurisdiction such that the defendants’ jurisdiction challenge was unsuccessful. This entailed consideration of, among other things, s.33 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and Art 26 of the Brussels I (Recast) Regulation. Assisted Saul Lemer, for the defendants. 

• Salur & Anor v Getir BV & Ors: Claims valued at several hundred million Euros by the Founders of a major international tech platform against, inter alia, the sovereign wealth fund of a Gulf State. The company in question, Getir BV, was once valued at US$12 Billion. This dispute entails consideration of the parties’ investment agreement, allegations of conspiracy, and breaches of obligations to negotiate in good faith. Instructed on behalf of the claimant high net worth individuals with Lord (David) Wolfson KC, Nick Sloboda KC, and Ben Zelenka Martin.

• Confidential Advice to a major European Stock Exchange: Provided advice to a major European stock exchange as to the risk of an unfair prejudice action following the proposed €5.3 Billion takeover and acquisition of an entity by way of a cross-class cram down. Instructed with Dan Toledano KC.

• Confidential Advice on a major international oil and gas acquisition: Provided advice to a multinational oil and gas investor as to the enforceability of irrevocable covenants to support a £150m acquisition (to be effected by scheme of arrangement ) given by shareholders of the target entity. Instructed with Niranjan Venkatesan KC. 

• Barry Maloney v Falcon VII Investments Sarl: Dispute over shareholder rights and exit provisions in the contractual arrangements underpinning a private equity fund’s investment in a tech “unicorn” valued at around US$2 billion. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2025. Instructed on behalf of the defendant private equity fund with Lord (David) Wolfson KC and Joyce Arnold.

• Carlsberg Breweries A/S v CSAPL Holdings: A US$1.3 billion dispute before the Singapore Courts involving Carlsberg and its Indian joint-venture partners. The claims included, among other things, allegations of conspiracy, breaches of implied terms of good faith, and abuse of process. The dispute was ultimately settled in end-2024. 

• Confidential Cayman Proceedings: Claims arising out of a s.238 appraisal process provided for under the Cayman Companies Act, which involved consideration of similar provisions (particularly in Delaware) and their operation. Assisting Camilla Bingham KC for the dissenters seeking to trigger the s.238 appraisal process. 

• Confidential Claim: Confidential claims valued at c. US$400m arising out of the alleged fraud and breach of fiduciary duties by various directors and managers of a Real Estate Investment Trust. The claims are being pursued in, inter alia, deceit, ss.90 and 90A of FSMA 2000, and misrepresentation. Instructed on behalf of the Claimants with Seb Isaac KC and Veena Srirangam.   

Jarret has a particular interest in shareholder disputes, having been responsible for teaching both the shareholder derivative and the unfair prejudice / minority oppression actions during his previous teaching career.

• Siccar Point (Cayman) Holdco I Limited v Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited: Claims arising out of the sale and purchase of a corporate group engaged in the estimated £3.3 Billion exploration, development, and production of the Rosebank Field in the North Sea. The claim arises out of the Supreme Court’s decision in ex parte Finch, and is the first case considering Finch’s effects on existing contingent consideration arrangements. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2026. Instructed on behalf of Ithaca with Laurence Rabinowitz KC and Laurence Emmett KC.

• Confidential ICC Arbitration: A US$100m dispute over the effect of EU, UK, US, and Swiss sanctions on the long-term supply of Russian coal. This dispute entailed close scrutiny of various sanctions regimes, detailed expert evidence as to the coal and shipping markets, and allegations (by the claimant) of fraud. Instructed on behalf of the defendant European energy-generator with Alex Gunning KC.

• Three Confidential ICC Arbitrations: Arbitrations valued at c.US$170m concerning three oil drilling rigs in the Gulf. This dispute entailed consideration of, inter alia, the effect of the US-Iran conflict on the relevant market for the quantification of damages. Instructed on behalf of a major international energy services provider with Neil Kitchener KC.

• Confidential Advice on a major international oil and gas acquisition: Provided advice to a multinational oil and gas investor as to the enforceability of irrevocable covenants to support a £150m acquisition (to be effected by scheme of arrangement ) given by shareholders of the target entity. Instructed with Niranjan Venkatesan KC.

• Confidential De-commissioning Adjudication: Instructed by an oil major in a dispute concerning the decommissioning fund for a group of North Sea wells, with Michael Watkins. 

• Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group: The largest ever group litigation brought in the English Courts, concerning the collapse of the Fundao tailings dam at the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex in Brazil. The claims are valued at c. £33 billion and involve around 600,000 individual claimants. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2024. Assisting, among others, Dan Toledano KC and Nick Sloboda KC, for BHP.

• Ok Tedi Fly River Development Foundation Ltd v PNG Sustainable Development Program Limited: Claims before the Singapore Courts against, amongst others, a company set up by BHP and Papua New Guinea (“PNG”) for disaster recovery and relief following the discharge of two billion tonnes of untreated mining waste from an open-pit mine in PNG (the “Ok Tedi Mine”). The claims were in breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and in unjust enrichment – and centred on allegations that the defendant company had failed to properly disburse monies to communities affected by the mining disaster. 

• Siccar Point (Cayman) Holdco I Limited v Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited: Claims arising out of the sale and purchase of a corporate group engaged in the estimated £3.3 Billion exploration, development, and production of the Rosebank Field in the North Sea. The claim arises out of the Supreme Court’s decision in ex parte Finch, and is the first case considering Finch’s effects on existing contingent consideration arrangements. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2026. Instructed on behalf of Ithaca with Laurence Rabinowitz KC and Laurence Emmett KC.

Jarret also has advised extensively on energy and mining-related disputes. Examples of Jarret’s advisory work includes advice to an oil major on expert determinations arising out of the decommissioning of various North Sea platforms, advice to a Singaporean oil and gas freight entity on Russian sanctions, and advice to an entity engaged in exploration and storage on minimum lifting quantities under a terminal facility agreement. Jarret has also provided advice on green energy and renewable projects, including a major windfarm development and on a supply agreement for the production of biofuels. 

Jarret also has a keen interest in climate change litigation, and has contributed to an Opinion by the Commonwealth Climate Law Initiative on the ambit and limits of director liability arising out of climate change concerns. Jarret’s contributions to the Opinion were described by the authoring silk as being of “an exceptional standard”. 

• Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group: The largest ever group litigation brought in the English Courts, concerning the collapse of the Fundao tailings dam at the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex in Brazil. The claims are valued at c. £33 billion and involve around 600,000 individual claimants. One of The Lawyer’s “Top 20” cases of 2024. Assisting, among others, Dan Toledano KC and Nick Sloboda KC, for BHP.

• Ok Tedi Fly River Development Foundation Ltd v Ok Tedi Mining Ltd: A representative action before the Singapore Courts by 150,000 affected claimants arising out of the discharge of two billion tonnes of untreated mining waste from the Ok Tedi Mine. The total value of the claims was estimated at US$1.5 billion before a substantial proportion of the claims were struck out because, among other things, they were inappropriate for the Court’s representative jurisdiction. 

• Confidential Claim: Confidential claims valued at c. US$400m arising out of the alleged fraud and breach of fiduciary duties by various directors and managers of a Real Estate Investment Trust. The claims are being pursued in, inter alia, deceit, ss.90 and 90A of FSMA 2000, and misrepresentation. Instructed on behalf of the Claimants with Seb Isaac KC and Veena Srirangam.

• Confidential Commercial Court Proceedings: Instructed to resist injunctive relief sought by the seller in an M&A transaction on grounds that certain regulatory conditions necessitated as conditions precedent had not been satisfied. Instructed for the purchaser with Sonia Tolaney KC and Adam Rushworth.

• BNP Paribas SA v VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co: Expedited hearing of a claim for an anti-suit injunction (“ASI”) in relation to proceedings brought in Vietnam. The grounds on which anti-suit relief was sought included an exclusive jurisdiction clause in an aircraft financing agreement in favour of England, various other contractual provisions, and the “quasi-contractual” basis for anti-suit relief. Instructed for BNP Paribas, the successful ASI claimant, with Conall Patton KC. 

• Playtech Services Malta Limited v Tecnologia en Entretenimiento Caliplay: A claim for an ASI against Mexican and US parties in relation to proceedings brought in Mexico arising out of a dispute between two online gaming / betting companies. The claim is noteworthy for the extensive ancillary relief sought beyond an ordinary ASI. Assisted Orlando Gledhill KC and Mehdi Baiou, for the ASI Claimant. 

• Civiello v Brodahl: A claim for a worldwide freezing order and other relief against a judgment debtor who had not paid a foreign judgment debt. The claim involved complex questions as to the application of the Lugano Convention, and the proper application of the Court’s discretion to grant worldwide (as opposed to domestic) freezing relief. Acted for the successful injunction defendant.

Jarret also has extensive evidence of urgent worldwide Mareva (freezing) injunctions before the Singapore Courts, notably including in a case concerning freezing relief sought by a Russian bank against a former Russian Government Minister (who was formerly Chairman of the board of Russia’s largest engineering company). Jarret also worked on the subsequent applications for fortification in the same set of proceedings.