Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators has engaged Maxwell Chambers to act as our Secretariat.  Members will, of course, be very familiar with Maxwell Chambers, as Singapore’s principal venue for arbitration hearings, but also for hosting and convening many events for the arbitration community.  This is an exciting new partnership, which will enable us to take advantage of the Maxwell Chambers team’s extensive knowledge of the arbitration market and links with practitioners engaged in arbitration in Singapore.

The new Secretariat team will be led by Karen Tan and Isabel Ho.  Karen is a Strategic Advisor to Maxwell Chambers and has extensive experience working with voluntary organisations similar to SIArb in her former role at the HKIAC.  Isabel is the Deputy Head of Business Development and Marketing and will oversee the Secretariat’s day-to-day operations.

We wish to thank Allison, Ee Lim, Beatrice and the team at CMA for their efforts on behalf of SIArb over the last two years.  The new team at Maxwell Chambers took over from CMA earlier this week and should now be contacted in relation to all SIArb matters.  They can be contacted on the usual SIArb email addresses (including secretariat@siarb.org.sg), by phone on +65 6595 9020 or by post at 28 Maxwell Road, #03-15 Maxwell Chambers Suites, Singapore 069120.  Please bear with us whilst the new team get settled in. 

In the meantime, our programme continues.  We have just held an International Entry Course and we have more events coming soon.  I look forward to getting back in touch with you all soon and, I hope, seeing you at our events.

Kind regards,

Andrew Pullen

President, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators