R. Govin

Govin is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Gurbani & Co LLC and serves as a Foreign Legal Consultant at Sutedja & Sianturi. He has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration, and has been practising primarily as a litigation and arbitration lawyer and arbitrator since 1989. He has been engaged mainly as Lead Counsel in civil litigation, international arbitration, and occasionally as Arbitrator, handling disputes involving insurance, including marine insurance, cross-border, commercial and personal investments, infrastructure construction projects such as power plants, hydroelectric dams and oil rigs, shipbuilding, rig construction, sales and purchase, carriage of goods by sea, air and road, freight forwarding, ship sales and purchase, chartering, shipping casualties including sinkings, groundings, collisions, piracy and fire, as well as personal injuries and death.

Prior to establishing Gurbani & Co LLC, Govin was admitted to practise in the Singapore Bar in 1989 after graduating with Honours from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has also advised and been engaged by international law firms in the cross-border enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in various jurisdictions across the ASEAN countries, India and China through a well-established network of local correspondent firms.

 Govin's practice also involves advising on corporate and commercial matters, including the setting up of new business projects, companies, joint ventures, acquisitions of businesses and other corporate ventures and agreements involving start-ups in South East Asian countries, China and India. He is engaged in the negotiation, structuring and drafting of all types of commercial agreements, including applications for business licences. Over the last three decades, he has worked with various law firms from around the world, including those from the UK, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, on cross-border transactions and dispute resolution.

Govin completed the CIARB Fellowship and Award Writing Course in 2006. He is recognised by Asialaw as an outstanding lawyer for Client Service Excellence in delivering high-quality service in Shipping and Insurance. Most recently, he achieved certifications for Family Office Advisors-Foundation and Trust Services in 2022, further expanding the services he offers.