Ng Jern-Fei KC (England & Wales)
Ng Jern-Fei KC (England & Wales)
Ng Jern-Fei KC (England & Wales)
“Jern-Fei is one of the leading lights of the English bar for Asia-related disputes.” “He is a real superstar!” - Who's Who Legal

Call: 2002 (England & Wales)
Inner Bar: 2018 (England & Wales)
Called to the Bar in the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands (ad hoc)
Admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 2022

Education

  • MA, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
  • Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law
  • BA (Law) Hons, Trinity College, University of Cambridge

Contact

Email:jfng@templechambers.com
Tel:(+852) 2523 2003

Secretary

Name:Lilian Wong
Email:lilian@templechambers.com
Tel:(+852) 2248 1972

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languages

English, Putonghua, Cantonese, Malay, Indonesian

Practice Areas

  • Arbitration
  • Scholarship And Prizes

  • Levitt Scholarship, Lincolns Inn
  • Hollond Scholarship, Trinity College
  • Whittaker Scholarship, Trinity College
  • Sir Thomas More Award, Lincoln’s Inn
  • Hardwicke Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
  • Profile

    Ng Jern- Fei KC is an experienced counsel specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, with extensive experience appearing before courts and tribunals and sitting as arbitrator in different jurisdictions, including England, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

    Acted as counsel in some 350 cases and as arbitrator in some 30 cases (as presiding, sole and co-arbitrator) pursuant to, amongst others, ICC, HKIAC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC, PCA and UNCITRAL Rules. Was one of the youngest Queen’s Counsel to be appointed in 2018. Described in the legal directories as “an absolute superstar of the Bar”, “simply the best”, “one of the biggest names for Asia-related arbitration” and an “absolutely brilliant advocate!”

    He is also described as a “highly skilled strategist and terrific advocate” with “first-class advocacy skills” that is both “smooth and persuasive”; “one of the most talented counsel I have worked with on issues of strategy, where he is always several steps ahead of the current state of proceedings”. He is “a very talented silk” who is "already in the zone of a leader in international arbitration" and who has an ability to “present practical legal solutions that not only win you the battles, but also the war.”

    “Extremely intelligent and tactically astute, he is one of a kind and is highly sought after.” “He shows tenacity in fighting his client’s corner and has the ability to swiftly produce forceful oral rebuttals”; “will fight like a gladiator to win the case”; “very proactive and, once instructed, takes control of a case and pushes it forward to the advantage of the client”; “super intelligent, very knowledgeable”.

    Described as having a “blue-chip practice”; litigation experience that is “top-class”, with “an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law”; “superb lawyer and strategist” who “can master complex facts quickly” and who “provides impeccable oral and written advocacy”. He “can eat documents for breakfast” and has a “formidable reputation in Asia Pacific as an arbitrator and counsel”.

    • Recommended by The Legal 500 UK as a leading practitioner in five areas: Commodities; Energy; International Arbitration; Offshore; Tax;
    • Recommended by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific as a leading practitioner in three areas: Commercial; Shipping and Commodities; Construction, Energy and Infrastructure;
    • Recommended by Chambers UK as a leading practitioner in Energy and Natural Resources;
    • Recommended by Chambers Asia as a leading practitioner in International Arbitration: The English Bar in the Asia-Pacific Region; International Arbitration: The English Bar in Singapore;
    • Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) List of Arbitrators;
    • Member of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC) Panel of Arbitrators;
    • Member of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)’s Panel of Arbitrators.

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