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Ece is an Associate with a background in commercial law and international arbitration. She is the Editorial Assistant of the Construction Law Journal published by Sweet & Maxwell. She has worked on setting aside a Winding Up Order in the High Court of England & Wales and an array of interim applications in international commercial arbitration, including a request for a Partial Final Award in respect of an âundisputed sumâ. Representative matters include:
Prior to joining Hamish Lal Partners, Ece gained sound experience through internships in industry and in law firms. This included assisting in an ICC-administered international construction arbitration and supporting senior associates in drafting loan and securitisation agreements. Her commitment to legal practice extends to Pro Bono work, demonstrated by her role as a student advisor at Southwark Pensioners Centre, where she provided guidance on welfare rights to local residents, and as a mentor for the Legal Outreach Project through which she supported students from underrepresented backgrounds with their academic and career aspirations.
During her time as a Trainee Solicitor, Ece moderated a panel during London Arbitration Week 2025 on “International Construction Arbitration â Pursuit of Effective Expert Evidence”. As part of a Secondment to Hong Kong and Japan, she marshalled Judge Anselmo Reyes SC at the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and completed certification courses on international arbitration, advocacy, and mediation at both Doshisha University in Kyoto (DOMANI Class of 2026) and Kobe University in Japan.
Ece is a member of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Very Young Arbitration Practitioner Network. She has drafted several Client Alerts and has been published in a leading peer-reviewed journal:
The US Supreme Court has been asked to clarify the legal regime governing non-signatories to arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act. In particular, the Court is now asked to resolve whether state law principles of equitable estoppel apply to a claim to extend an arbitration agreement, or whether âfederal common lawâ derived from a […]
Apportionment of liability amongst participants in an unincorporated joint venture is complex. Such complexity is increased when one participant is in dispute with the joint venture and the absence of arbitration joinder means that there are two arbitrations. This gives rise to questions of the boundary of jurisdiction of each Tribunal and to questions about […]
Arbitral awards are rarely set aside. In DWL v DWM,[1] the Singapore High Court dismissed an application to set-aside an arbitral award for excess of jurisdiction or breach of natural justice. Eminent judges have been clear âthere is a difference between, on the one hand, a party having no opportunity to address a point or […]
In JKD and anor v IKC,[1] the English High Court dismissed a challenge under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to an arbitral Order refusing to restrain a call on a bond. This is another important case because it reinforces the thinking that section 68 challenges apply only to Awards (not arbitral Orders) and […]
In DSS v DST,[1] the Singapore High Court found that an award, where 108 out of the 211 paragraphs were wholesale or substantial reproductions of excerpts from a related award, was not rendered in breach of natural justice. The Claimant said that the reproductions were not limited to reciting of uncontroversial procedural matters but âextend […]
In TTSJV W.L.L and others v BapCo Refining B.S.C (TTSJV),[1] the English High Court dismissed an application for an injunction against a bond call. Applications to restrain bond calls are difficult, given the high threshold. London has reaffirmed the position that a call on an âon-demandâ bond can only be restrained in cases of fraud […]
