Practising Lawyer in Singapore and Malaysia since 1990. Author of key Practitioners Texts  Halsbury's  Shipping Titles, Forms & Precedents on Shipping, Bullen & Leake Malaysia on Carriage, Annotated Merchant Shipping Laws

Dual qualified Singapore and Malaysian lawyer with 29 years of experience, graduating with LLB 2nd Class Upper Honours from National University of Singapore, holder of LLM from University of Malaya. Handling both contentious and non-contentious matters. Core areas include Admiralty & Shipping, International Trade & Logistics, Marine & General Insurance and Oil & Gas. Empanelled with key Arbitral Institutes. Author of key Practitioners Texts. Adjunct Lecturer at BAC, Malaysia’s largest law school.

Handled litigation cases in Singapore and Malaysia for direct clients and as Counsel for Law Firms. Details and reported cases upon request, including arguing the Inaugural Reported Decision of the Malaysian Admiralty Court, Only case in Singapore and Malaysia covering IMDG Code in detail, largest Oil & Gas Dispute in Malaysian Courts. 

In 2016, he was shortlisted amongst the Top 5 Disputes Lawyers for Malaysia in the Asialaw Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards.
 
Chambers in its 2019 Listing has described him: ‘Philip is a very senior lawyer with a long-standing presence in the market and a deep knowledge of maritime law. He has an impressive track record on shipping disputes, including arbitrations, and has notable experience advising on non-contentious mandates.’

Conducted arbitrations in Malaysia, Singapore and internationally as Arbitrator and Counsel.

More details of Philip’s experience can be found on his Profile on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipteoh
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