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Sharon Lin
Partner | Singapore
Secretary Dorothy Koh
Operating as Withers KhattarWong LLP in Singapore.
Sharon is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team and leads the Professional Liability practice group in Withers Khattarwong.
In more than 2 decades of litigation practice, Sharon has been involved in many high profile matters and has successfully represented clients in the State Courts and the High Court of Singapore.
The focus of Sharon's work is on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of insurance where she advises and acts for the major insurance companies in Singapore in various classes of insurance, with a special focus on professional indemnity insurance. She acts as defence counsel for various Real Estate professionals in disciplinary proceedings by the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) before the Disciplinary Committee and Appeals Board. She is also appointed by Singapore Medical Council (SMC) in professional disciplinary matters against doctors.
Sharon's portfolio also includes a significant amount of commercial litigation and arbitration cases, such as mining disputes, breaches of fiduciary duties, minority oppression, trademark infringement and tort of conspiracy claims. Sharon has delivered numerous seminars/ webinars and she has contributed to several chapters in the Singapore Atkin's Court Forms (Personal Injury, Third Party proceedings, Discovery, Payment into and out of Court and Discontinuance).
Sharon is an accredited Mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), an accredited Mediation Advocate with International Mediation Institute (IMI) and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).
Achievements
Sharon is recognised as a leading individual in Singapore since the 2020 edition of Who's Who Legal: Professional Negligence (now known as Lexology) and ranked in Lexology Client Choice: Professional Negligence 2025 and 2026. Sharon is listed in the Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific Guide 2026 as a 'Litigation Star' in the Insurance category.
Sharon is also recognised as a key lawyer in the Dispute Resolution team at Withers Khattarwong LLP by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guides and is a known figure "in the insurance sector, specialising in professional indemnity".
Me in a minute
Experience
Track record
2-step 99-1 cases
Represented real estate agents and/or salespersons in a series of high profile disputes arising from so called "2-step 99-1" residential property transactions in Singapore, involving allegations of illegal stamp duty avoidance and misrepresentations in connection with the structuring of property purchases. The matters typically involve claims against property agencies, individual salespersons and conveyancing law firms, raising recurring issues on the scope of advisory duties, reliance, causation and loss following IRAS enforcement action. The work includes defending salespersons and related parties in complex, fact heavy litigation, with overlapping factual matrices and legal issues across multiple proceedings. [Read the media coverage by Business Times here; and The Straits Times here and here]
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) case
Federal Fire Engineering Pte Ltd v Eigen E&C Pte Ltd & Others [2025] SGMC 72: Successfully acted for Eigen in its counterclaim for damage to a BESS unit caused by a third party service provider during the commissioning of the said BESS unit. This is the first BESS dispute case in Singapore.
Cambodia shopping mall dispute
Advised and acted for a Cambodian entity in an SIAC arbitration against another Cambodian entity on disputes arising from a development and sale of a shopping mall in Cambodia contract valued at S$5 million.
Disciplinary proceedings
Representing and advising real estate professionals in disciplinary proceedings before the disciplinary tribunal and appeals board.
Mining dispute
Advised and acted for a Mongolian copper/gold mine owner in an SIAC arbitration against a Chinese entity on disputes arising from a breach of a joint venture agreement valued at S$500 million.
Misrepresentation and conspiracy claim
Broadley Engineering Pte Ltd v Award Engineering Pte Ltd & Anor [2026] SGMC 33: Successfully defended a real estate salesperson in a claim and counterclaim for misrepresentation and conspiracy in relation to a tenancy of a worker's dormitory. This case is the first reported Singapore case to consider whether a principal may be liable for deceit where he fraudulently causes an innocent agent to make a false representation to a third party.
Personal injury claim
Low Woon Hong v Lim Chun Yong [2026] SGHC(A) 4: Successfully represented the Appellant in a personal injury claim and reduced the award by SGD 1.3 million at the Appellate Division.
Misrepresentation claim by GCB buyer
Lam Wing Yee Jane v Realstar Premier Group Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 344: Successfully defended Realstar in a misrepresentation claim by GCB buyer. [Read the reported decision here and report on The Business Times here and on The Straits Times here]
Insight
External publications
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Business Times article on the Singapore Convention on Mediation. Link: $
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Author, ‘Personal Injury, Road Traffic/Fatal Accidents', chapter, Atkin's Court Forms Singapore, LexisNexis - 2018 (re-issue)
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Co-author, ‘To mediate or not to mediate? Viewpoint from an insurer law practitioner', Singapore Mediation Centre's newsletter - 4 October 2016
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Assisted Ms. Deborah Barker, S.C in updating the chapters in A Guide to Termination of Employment in Singapore, 2nd edition, LexisNexis, 2008
Admissions
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Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore (2007)
Education
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National University of Singapore, LL.B (Hons), 2002 to 2006
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Psychology and Mediation Course, Regent's University London, 2017
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International Entry Course, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, 2018
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Fellowship Assessment Course, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, 2018
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
Memberships
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Member, Professional Indemnity Committee of the Law Society of Singapore
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Associate Mediator, the Law Society of Singapore Mediation Scheme
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Regent's University London Accredited Mediator
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Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) Accredited Mediator
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International Mediation Institute (IMI) Accredited Mediation Advocate
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Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
Key dates
- Year joined: 2007
- Year became partner: 2014