Partner & Head of International Arbitration (Asia Pacific), White & Case, Singapore; Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore – Energy Arbitration; Adjunct Lecturer, Queen’s University, Ontario - International Commercial Arbitration.
Current activity
Professional focus
Energy and power
M&A
Gas and Oil
Infrastructure and Transport
Investment Disputes
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Areas of law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Construction law
Civil law
Common law
Energy law
Corporate law
International investment law
My career
- Education: Dr iur (summa cum laude), Université de Fribourg (2018); Master of Laws - University of Melbourne (2006); Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Deakin University (1999); Bachelor of Commerce - University of Melbourne (1996).
- Bar admissions: Avocat au Barreau de Paris (2010) (omis); Solicitor-Advocate, England and Wales (2004/2019); Barrister and Solicitor, Victoria (2000).
- Prior professional experience: ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France (2001-2005); Minter Ellison Lawyers, Melbourne, Australia (1999-2001).
Arbitration experience
Chair, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator in arbitrations under various rules (AIAC, DIAC, ICC, HKIAC, LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL etc).
Publications
- Interest in International Arbitration (2019) OUP
- Project Finance in Managing ‘Belt and Road’ Business Disputes: A Case Study in Legal Problems and Solutions (Michael Moser, Chiann Bao eds) (2021) 245-283 (with Philip Tan)
- Specific Performance of Contractual or Other Pre-Existing Obligations in Provisional and Emergency Measures in International Arbitration (Julien Fouret ed) (2023) 168-192 (with Clemency Wang)
- Multi-party, multi-contract rules and the arbitrators’ role in finding consent in Liber Amicorum in Honour of Dr Pierre A. Karrer (2017), (Sherlin Tung, Patricia Shaughnessy eds)
- The ICC Rules of Arbitration in Concise Arbitration (2015, 2nd ed) (Loukas Mistelis, ed.) (with Stephen R. Bond and Marily Paralika) (and 2010, 1st ed)
- A Uniform, Three-step Approach to Interest Rates in International Arbitration in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law: Synergy, Convergence and Evolution, Liber Amicorum Eric Bergsten (2011) (Stefan Kröll et al, eds).
Languages
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- English
- French
- conversational German
Memberships
- Vice-Chair, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- International Law Association (Singapore branch)
- LCIA
- SIAC Users’ Council.