Looi Ming Ming
⚒️ What do you do?
As a Partner at Eldan Law LLP, my practice centres on dispute resolution, with a focus on construction law, my specialist area since I was called to the Bar in 2003. On a general commercial litigation front, I’ve just concluded a High Court trial on breach of a duty of care arising from a negligent misstatement in a marketing brochure.
🏆 What is your proudest achievement?
My daughters will joke that it was my aggregate score of 275 for my Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) at the ripe old age of 12! I’d brought up my score with the good intentions of encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence. But it has since backfired and is now simply a way for my girls to take digs at me - “Yes 275”- they chime with rolled eyes when I (gently) remind them to study!
But in truth, my proudest achievement in life is being a mother. It’s been a joy being with my girls and watching them blossom into loving and kind little humans.
Professionally, successfully obtaining an arbitral award for an American architectural firm (for lead medical planner services for an integrated healthcare project) was extremely rewarding. The arbitration was conducted in a hybrid videoconference/in-person format amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, but we managed to work around the US-Singapore time-difference, for a near-total victory!
⌛ There are now 25 hours in a day! How do you spend your extra hour?
I would dedicate it to exercise! I love staying fit and working out, but this often gives way to the demands of work and life. With an extra hour, I’d be headed to the park for a run, to the gym, or to the yoga studio! Keeping the body healthy nourishes the heart, mind and soul.
🚀 If you weren't a lawyer, what would you do?
I’m always asking my husband when I can retire and be a ‘tai tai’! I would no doubt excel at that. But seriously, I’d love to be an entrepreneur and it would likely involve beauty and wellness. Or I would be in a creative field, using the art of persuasion for filmmaking, storytelling, or the advertising industry.
😋 Your favourite food haunt
I love sushi! But I also have a real soft spot for claypot chicken rice and my favourite one is New Lucky Claypot Rice at 44 Holland Drive. I head there once or twice a month with the family for my fix! Our standard order is for 4 persons, ‘kei liao’, with watercress pork rib soup on the side. With that, life is complete.