Raghunath Peter Doraisamy graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Nottingham and received an LL.M. (Maritime Law) from the National University of Singapore.
Peter has extensive civil litigation experience with a focus on maritime and commercial disputes. He regularly engages in advisory work and dispute resolution in shipping and maritime law (including charterparty and bill of lading disputes, shipbuilding/repair, collisions and arrest), insurance (including marine insurance), international trade, company law, insolvency and arbitration.
His non-contentious matters usually involve advisory work and drafting in relation to joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, construction, repair, conversion, sale & purchase and chartering/operations/management of ships and onshore/offshore drilling platforms, ship finance and registration.
Representative Matters
Wet/Dry Shipping
+ Acted for P & I Club in actions brought by cargo interests and a container terminal for damage to cargo and containers caused by an explosion and resulting fire in the container terminal.
+ Acted for P & I Club and hull underwriters in actions brought by cargo interests for loss and damage in excess of US$5 million arising from an explosion and resulting fire on board member's container vessel.
+ Acted for owners in arbitration proceedings against bunker suppliers for substantial damage to the vessel's main engines arising out of the supply of off-specification fuel oil.
+ Acted for owners in relation to the 2010 sinking of a tugboat off Pedra Branca.
+ Acted for owners in an Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) arbitration involving a US$85 million claim for breach of a long-term charterparty of a floating warehouse.
+ Acting for a contractor in a High Court suit facing a claim from vessel owners and engine manufacturers for damages in excess of S$2 million resulting from an engine room fire.
Shipbuilding, Repair and Conversion
+ Acted for a Singaporean shipyard in a claim for loss and damage brought by owners for alleged negligence in the conversion of their vessel to enable her to perform cable-laying works.
+ Acted for owners in an arbitration proceedings against an United Arab Emirates-based builder for damages arising from delay and negligence in the construction of an offshore platform.
+ Acted for owners in a claim against a manufacturer of controllable pitch propellers for loss and damage arising from defects in design.
International Trade/Trade Finance
+ Acted for a Japanese logistics company in its defense of six separate High Court actions brought by international trade finance banks for losses in excess of US$100 million arising from the alleged fraudulent issuance of warehouse receipts for nonexistent cargo.
+ Acted for a commodities trader in its claim amounting to US$3 million brought by way of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration for non-delivery of sulphuric acid.
+ Acted for a commodities trader in arbitration proceedings involving a claim for failure to deliver cargo valued at US$2.4 million.
+ Acted for palm-oil trader in a High Court suit involving a claim in excess of US$1.7 million involving allegations of conspiracy to defraud.
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Other Litigation/Arbitration
+ Acted for a listed company in mediation proceedings for claims in respect of a failed joint venture to own and operate a vessel valued at US$130 million.
+ Acted for a shipyard contractor in a Singapore Ministry of Manpower prosecution involving an industrial accident at a local shipyard.
+ Acted for an engineering contractor in arbitration proceedings facing a claim of gross alleged negligence in the construction of offshore-rig-related equipment.
+ Acted for a U.S.-based information technology company as claimant in an Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) arbitration against a local listed company involving a US$2 million dispute in relation to the establishment of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
+ Acted for a claimant company in a High Court suit (and appeal to the Court of Appeal) against a financial institution for breach of a letter of offer.
+ Acted for liquidators in the winding up of regional container shipping line with debts in excess of US$30 million.
Non-Contentious Matters
+ Acted for an Indonesian-listed company in the purchase of a mobile offshore oil production unit for US$35 million; advised on the terms of the memorandum of agreement and other sale documents entered into by the parties.
+ Acted for buyer in relation to three new building contracts for self-propelled jack-up barges for construction at a shipyard in the United States at a contract value of US$170 million.
+ Acted for a buyer in relation to a construction contract for a Friede & Goldman Super M2 design jack-up rig to be built in an United Arab Emirates-based yard at a contract price of US$150 million.
+ Acted for a purchaser in its acquisition of an offshore jack-up drilling unit damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
+ Acted for a Singapore-listed company in the sale and lease back of an oil tanker valued at US$18 million.
+ Acted for a purchaser in its US$80 million acquisition of an Oslo OT-listed company active in the provision of management services, operation and supply of on and offshore drilling and accommodation units.
+ Acted as Singapore counsel for a U.S.-based fund and its manager in a proposed US$300 million investment in a Singapore-based venture to acquire, operate and/or charter a large fleet of small tankers.
+ Acted as Singapore counsel for a U.K.-based subsea oil and gas services group in its acquisition of a well intervention services provider.
+ Acted for a Singapore-listed company in its tripartite joint venture to supply offshore support vessels for the Gorgon gas project in Western Australia.
+ Acted as Singapore counsel for a French-based global player in the energy and transmission business in connection with the restructuring of its worldwide businesses.
Admissions
+ Singapore
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