Core Practice Areas & Specializations

• Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
• Insolvency & Commercial Litigation
• Banking & Finance Litigation
• Construction & Energy Law
• Tax

Experience & Expertise

Stephen A. Singh (FCIArb) has over 30 years of experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. He has appeared before most Caribbean courts, including the CCJ and OECS Court of Appeal in various banking, insolvency and construction matters, and before specialist tribunals on regulatory disputes. He regularly provides advice in diverse areas such as oil and gas sales contracts, and downstream tax matters. Stephen has also appeared in high-profile arbitration cases and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Career Path to Date

• JCS Caribbean Law – Senior Partner, Head of Litigation (2009 – Present)
• Lex Caribbean – Partner, Head of Litigation (2000 – 2009)
• De Nobriga, Inniss & Co. – (1989 – 2000)
• M. Hamel-Smith & Co. – Associate (1987 – 1989)

Educational Background

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – FCIArb (2014)
• Hugh Wooding Law School – LEC (1987)
• University of the West Indies – LLB (Upper Second Class Honours) – (1985)

Recent Experience 

• H.M.B. Holdings Ltd v. The Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda; Freetown Destination Resort Ltd. (formerly Reply Destinations Ltd); First Caribbean International Bank (Barbados) Ltd. – (2024) Antigua (Fraudulent Misrepresentation Conspiracy)
• Methanol Holding (Trinidad) Limited v. The Board of Inland Revenue – (2021) corporation tax proceedings challenging withholding tax assessments raised by the Board on exempt and non-exempt income and the distribution of dividends to shareholders. Successfully represented client before the Tax Appeal Board in having withholding tax assessment reversed.
• Association of Caribbean States v. Kennedy Pemberton – (2024) (Sovereign vs Diplomatic Immunity)

Publications, Presentations & Trainings

• “The Legal Framework for E&D in Trinidad and Tobago” International Oil and Gas Finance Review (2002)
• Encouraging Cross Border Mediation – The Singapore Convention (Sept. 2020) – https://myadr.co

Memberships

• Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago