Vergis S Abraham SC

About Vergis S Abraham SC

Vergis S Abraham SC is the Managing Director and Founder of Providence Law Asia LLC, a specialist disputes practice he established in 2012. Admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1999 and appointed Senior Counsel, he has over 25 years of experience in contentious work across Asia, having practised in both Singapore and London. He appears before the Supreme Court of Singapore and the Singapore International Commercial Court, and is an accredited international arbitrator sitting on the panels of SIAC, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Dubai International Financial Centre, the Astana International Financial Centre Court, and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration. He grew Providence Law Asia from a specialist counsel practice into a team of close to 20 lawyers.

Court records document 14 case appearances between January 2024 and December 2025, heard in the High Court (8 cases), the Singapore International Commercial Court (4 cases), the Court of Appeal (International Division) (1 case), and the Court of Appeal (1 case). The caseload is led by arbitration (10 cases), with further matters in civil procedure, legal profession, company law, contract, agency, criminal law, res judicata, international law, injunctions, criminal procedure and sentencing, and insolvency law. Across these appearances he acted for defendants in 4 cases, respondents in 3, and as counsel for claimants, applicants, appellants, and a non-party in further matters.

Abraham's portfolio of notable matters includes some of the largest and most complex disputes in Singapore's recent history. He acted for the liquidators of Hin Leong Trading in a liquidation with a debt profile exceeding US$4 billion, represented the founders of Three Arrows Capital in proceedings involving more than US$1.3 billion in frozen assets, and successfully resisted claims exceeding US$1.8 billion in a landmark decision for PDV Marina, a Venezuelan state-owned oil company. Other significant matters include a US$2.4 billion restructuring for a Singapore chemicals company that produced landmark insolvency judgments, lead counsel work in a SIAC arbitration exceeding US$200 million for the promoters of Future Retail, and the defence of Li Shengwu in contempt proceedings and Lee Suet Fern in disciplinary proceedings, both connected to the Lee Kuan Yew estate.

Named Benchmark Litigation Singapore Lawyer of the Year in 2024, Abraham is recognised as a Who's Who Legal Thought Leader in commercial litigation and investigations and a Global Leader in arbitration. He was named ALB Managing Partner of the Year in 2019 and ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Asialaw, and Legal 500. He holds Fellowships with the Singapore Academy of Law and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, serves on the Ministry of Law's Public Defender's Office Board, and is a former Chairman of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association's Legal Practice Committee and of the Law Society of Singapore's Criminal Legal Aid Scheme. Appointed a Law Society Pro Bono Ambassador for 2021/2022, his pro bono work includes securing a sentencing reduction from five years to two days in Chan Kum Hong Randy v PP, a full acquittal after retrial in Yunani bin Abdul Hamid v PP, and the first Bar reinstatement by the Court of Three Judges in over 20 years.