MinnNaing Oo
Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP; & Managing Partner, Allen & Gledhill Myanmar

Minn Naing Oo is the Managing Director of Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) and a Partner of Allen & Gledhill. He is an experienced international arbitration practitioner and arbitrator. Minn is also the former Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Apart from his time at SIAC and in private practice, Minn was previously a Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore overseeing Singapore’s WTO and free trade agreement negotiations.


He was also previously Singapore’s representative to the UNCITRAL Working Group on revising the UNCITRAL arbitration rules. In addition, he has worked on the drafting of the Myanmar Arbitration Law 2016.


As an arbitrator, Minn has sat in cases involving various subject matter and sectors, including investment and joint ventures, project development, telecommunications, insurance, and distribution. He has sat as a sole arbitrator as well as a member of three-member tribunals.


Minn has spoken at numerous events and written widely on international arbitration.


He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.


Minn graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB in 1996. He obtained an LLM in 2001 from Columbia University as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.


He is fluent in English and Myanmar/Burmese.


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CONTACT

Phone: +65 9012 5659 

Email: minn.naingoo@allenandgledhill.com

Nationality: Singaporean

Place of Residence: Singapore

Language(s): English, Burmese, and Bahasa Melayu (Limited Working Proficiency)

MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
  • CHARTERPARTIES
  • COMMODITIES COAL
  • COMMODITIES GRAIN
  • OIL & GAS
  • SHIP BUILD & REPAIR
  • SHIP SALE & PURCHASE
  • BUNKERING
  • MARINE INSURANCE
  • COMMODITIES (OTHER THAN COAL OR GRAIN)
  • SHIP FINANCE
  • PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

    Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

    Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators

    Panelist, World Trade Organisation

    Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre

    Arbitrator, China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission

    Arbitrator, Shanghai Arbitration Commission

    Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration

    Arbitrator, South China International Arbitration Centre (Hong Kong)

    Specialist Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Centre

    ADMISSIONS
  • SINGAPORE
  • USA, NEW YORK
  • EDUCATION

    Bachelor of Laws, LLB, National University of Singapore (1996) 

    Masters of Law, LLM, Columbia University (2001): Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

    DIRECTORY LISTINGS

    Minn is listed on Chambers, Legal 500, and the International Financial Law Review