Appointed as arbitrator in more than 200 commercial disputes. More than 75 % of these are international. In most instances, acted as the sole or presiding arbitrator.
Mediated over 80 cases with more than 75% settlement rate
Conducted arbitrations both locally and abroad under institutional rules of the ICC, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission, UNCITRAL Rules, Singapore Commodity Exchange, Singapore Bunker Claims as well as ad hoc arbitrations
Recent Honours/Citations/Appointments:
Appointed as amicus curiae by the Chief Justice to appear before the Court of Appeal in PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Persero) v Dexia Bank SA [2007] 1 SLR 597
Who’s Who Legal Singapore 2008 – described as “a very well-known name”, “internationally renowned figure” consistently recommended to our researchers” (at page 27)
Chambers’ Asia 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 – ranked as one of Asia’s most “in demand” “leading individuals” in arbitration “who always inspires confidence in arbitration”, and one who “handles a high volume of cases in a time-efficient manner”
Appointed by UNDP as international consultant to Vietnam in the drafting of its New Arbitration Law 2009
Appointed by the Policy Implementation Assistance Project of the Canadian International Development Agency as international expert to the Judicial Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam for the review of the Arbitration Law 2009 (27-28 August 2009 in Hoi An)
Appointed as UNCITRAL’s international consultant on the Digest of Case Law on International Commercial Arbitration (w.e.f. September 2009)
Conferred Bintang Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (BBM)(The Public Service Star) in August 2009