Three Crowns has been recognised in the “Arbitration: The Elite” category of Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025.
Clients commend the team’s “focus on quality work product” and “great ability to break down the legal implications of highly complex technical issues”, noting that the team is “very resourceful in anticipating and adapting to opposing counsel’s shifting strategies”.
Daryl Chew is commended for his “strong ability to lead and manage complex arbitrations” and described as “truly first rate… very responsive, commercial and technically excellent”. Penny Martin is described as “brilliant: calm, strategic and an excellent lawyer” who has “deftly built a strategy for a complex international arbitration and is an expert in her field”. Other clients note that Shaun Pereira “is a force to be reckoned with” and that his “written advocacy is some of the best I have seen”.
Chambers notes the team’s extensive experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors across the Asia-Pacific region, shareholder disputes and its active representation of commercial and sovereign state clients in LCIA, SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL matters.
ABOUT DARYL CHEW
Daryl is the managing partner of the firm’s Singapore office. He has an active portfolio of arbitrations involving a wide range of applicable laws and venues, arising from energy, construction, M&A, joint venture, and general commercial disputes.
Daryl also serves as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings.
Chambers and The Legal 500 commend his “outstanding track record”, “superb written advocacy”, “valuable strategic input”, and recommend him for “consistently high-quality work”. Clients in these directories observe that he “scores highly for excellence in proceedings that turn on complex points of law” and describe him as “a brilliant all-round talent” and a “phenomenal advocate with the ability to turn the most complex facts in a case into simple, attractive and persuasive argument”. Daryl features as a “Global Leader” in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, which describes him as “a top name for international arbitration” with “great problem-solving skills”. Prior editions of Who’s Who Legal have ranked him as “one of the brightest” and “most highly regarded” partners in Asia Pacific. He also features in the inaugural “Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist – Southeast Asia” and was named among “30 People to Watch in the Business of Law in Asia in 2022” by Asia Law Portal.
ABOUT PENNY MARTIN
Penny, counsel in the Singapore office, has more than a decade of experience in international commercial arbitration, public international law, and international human rights law. Her primary focus has been on energy-related disputes, including disputes relating to long-term oil and gas agreements (including environmental, abandonment and decommissioning, and cost recovery issues), renewable energy, gas pricing, licensing, and intellectual property.
Penny was named a “Rising Star” in International Arbitration in The Legal 500 UK having been previously recognised as “Highly Regarded”. She received her BA/LLB (Hons) from Monash University and LLM in Public International Law (with Distinction) from the University of Glasgow. Penny is admitted to practice in England and Wales and Victoria, Australia.
ABOUT SHAUN PEREIRA
Shaun, counsel in the Singapore office, has advised and represented States, State-owned entities and multinational corporations in disputes subject to arbitration under the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and AAA-ICDR rules in proceedings across the energy, construction, and financial services sectors.
Shaun is recognised in Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, in which clients describe him as having “a brilliant mind capable of grasping complex new concepts”, of being skilled at “grasping the technical fine points”, and as being “well versed in the complexities of construction disputes”. He teaches as Adjunct Faculty at the Singapore Management University and has published on international arbitration in leading journals, including the Journal of International Arbitration, the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, and the Civil Justice Quarterly.
Shaun previously served in a judicial capacity as a magistrate and assistant registrar in the High Court of Singapore and the Singapore International Commercial Court. Before that, he clerked for the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court of Singapore.