Surabhi Bansal

Associate

  • Consultant & Head of Admiralty
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
  • Senior Accredited Specialist (Maritime & Shipping),
    Singapore Academy of Law
biography

Surabhi is an associate in Incisive Law.

Surabhi graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2023 with a Bachelor of Laws. She was also the Head of Publications (Notes) of the LSE Law Review, a student-run law journal with international outreach.

Surabhi was admitted to the Singapore Bar as Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court in 2026. Her areas of practice include international arbitration and civil litigation matters, as well as non-contentious advisory work.

In her free time, Surabhi plays the violin and enjoys a good novel.  

qualification
Education

Bachelor of Laws (LLB), The London School of Economics and Political Science

Professional Association and Membership

The Law Society of Singapore
Singapore Academy of Law 

Languages

English
Hindi

Notable matters
Mareva and Anti-Suit Injunctions
  • Assisted in an application for a Mareva Injunction 
Fraud & Misrepresentation
  • Acted for a Singapore commodity trading company in a US$300 million fraud claim involving financing based on forged warehouse receipts. Successfully resisted pre-action discovery and interrogatories applications before the Singapore Court and obtained an injunction against the adverse parties.
  • Acted for a Singapore commodity trading company in a fraud case arising from the trading and storage of gold and precious metals in warehouses.
Admiralty and Shipping
  • Acted for a terminal and arrested a VLCC for an allision caused by the VLCC against the terminal’s berth.
  • Acted for an oil trading company in the arrest of multiple vessels arising out of the insolvency of an oil supplier.
Notable Matters
  • Advised global insurance broker Pacific Prime on its multi-million acquisition of Singapore-based insurance tech company CXA Group.
  • Advising Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as lead arranger for the purchase of two LNG new buildings by SPVs owned by BW Pavilion (a joint venture between BW and Pavilion Energy), (Deal of the Year, 2016. Maritime Money: Project Finance).
  • Advised Oro Negro as issuer of the largest high yield bond (US$725million) ever issued in the Norwegian market (Norwegian Bond Deal of the Year, 2015. Marine Money Offshore).
  • Advised Singapore based Epic Shipping group on its refinancing and subsequent merger with Greek based Pantheon.
  • Advising on a US$900 million bond issue restructuring.
  • Special counsel for US trustee in bankruptcy relating to major international bankruptcy.
  • Preparation of tender documents for Sentosa Cove Development.
practices
Criminal Law
Corporate
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