Smitha Menon heads WongPartnership’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice and is a partner in the firm’s International Arbitration, India, and Asset Tracing and International Enforcement practices. Her work spans complex cross-border restructurings, contentious insolvency proceedings, and enforcement actions across jurisdictions. Smitha holds office-bearer and leadership roles in several international institutions: she is a vice president of the International Insolvency Institute, has served two terms on the ICC Court of Arbitration, and sits on the SIAC Specialist Panel of Arbitrators for Restructuring & Insolvency Disputes. She is also a council member of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. In 2020, Smitha was the first Singapore lawyer to receive the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation’s “Woman of the Year in Restructuring (Asia)” award.
Publications
Co-author of the Singapore - Market Insights and Singapore chapters in the International Fraud & Asset Tracing Law Guide , published 13 October 2026 , alongside Wendy Lin , Jill Ann Koh and Daniel Liu .