The Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) is pleased to announce that the Mock Arbitration Workshop 2015 is now open for registrations.

SYNOPSIS OF THE WORKSHOP

SIArb will be conducting a half-day Mock Arbitration Workshop based on a video produced by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). SIArb trainers will guide participants through selected scenes from the video, which follows a fictional dispute from emergency arbitrator proceedings, to challenge of arbitrators, the examination of witnesses and the award.

Each segment will be followed by live presentations by the trainers and discussions of the issues that are played out in the videos. This Workshop is designed to give those with some theoretical knowledge of arbitration a demonstration of how procedural and substantive controversies can arise and are dealt with in the real world of arbitration. 

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME  

ABOUT WORKSHOP LEADER  

Mr. Johnny Tan Cheng Hye, BBM is the founding partner of LT&T Architects. A Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), having served two terms as President from 2007 to 2011, he specialises in the area of alternative dispute resolution, especially arbitration. Johnny is a member of the panel of arbitrators of SIAC, SIArb, KLRCA, HKIAC, DIAC, SCIA, LCIA, IIAM and SIA. In 2015, he is appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Commercial Arbitration Centre, Cambodia. Johnny is an accredited adjudicator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) where he also sits on the Construction Adjudicator Accreditation Committee (CAAC). Johnny has also held various positions in the Singapore Institute of Architects and served as its Vice-President from 1998 to 2000. He has been extensively involved in the drafting of the SIA Standard Conditions of Contract (5th to 9th Edition), including making it SOPA compliant. Johnny has been appointed as arbitrator in both institutional and ad hoc arbitration cases in Singapore, Brunei and Dubai. He has also been appointed as adjudicator as well as review adjudicator in several adjudication applications. In addition to an active practice in architecture and ADR, Johnny is also Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors of Singapore Polytechnic and Chairman of the Board of SP International. He also chairs its School of Architecture and the Built Environment Advisory Committee and the Admin and Development Committee.  

ABOUT TRAINERS

Mr. Edmund Kronenburg began his career at Drew & Napier in 1997, and is today the Managing Partner of Braddell Brothers LLP, Singapore’s third-oldest law practice, founded in 1883 by the sons of Singapore’s first Attorney-General.  

He appears as counsel in trials and appeals before the Singapore courts, as well as in international commercial arbitrations, predominantly conducted under the SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL Rules. He also sits as an Arbitrator; his present appointments include tribunals seated in Indonesia and Vietnam.

The Legal 500 (Asia-Pacific, 2012 to 2015 ed.) Guide describes him as “aggressive”, “articulate”, “good strategist”, “trusted confidant”, “good advocate” and “best in class”, as well as having a “flair for arbitration”. Chambers & Partners (Asia-Pacific & Global, 2013 to 2015 ed.) report that Edmund “… is a top-notch lawyer who comes up with comprehensive and pragmatic advice”; “… is valued by clients, not only "because we need his knowledge and experience in the law, but more than that, because he is streetwise"; "… a deeply experienced litigator who is well versed in commercial disputes and provides sound advice to his clients"; and “… impresses clients with his strategic approach. One source comments: ‘He has the ability to think beyond the conventional and has brilliant ideas in terms of legal strategy.’”

Edmund’s practice areas include Corporate and Commercial Litigation & Arbitration, Medical Negligence, Employment, Cross-Border Family Litigation, Corporate Insolvency and Injunctions. Between 2011 and now, he and his team have been instructed on matters involving Mareva / Freezing Injunctions with a combined value of approx. USD 1 billion.

Mr. Kevin Nash, Deputy Registrar of SIAC, Kevin assists the Registrar, Ms Tan Ai Leen, in the administration of cases filed with SIAC and the supervision of SIAC’s multinational Secretariat. In his previous role as Counsel at SIAC, Kevin administered more than 250 arbitrations under various institutional rules including the SIAC Rules and UNCITRAL Rules. He also handled numerous cases conducted under the Expedited Procedure and Emergency Arbitrator applications for urgent relief prior to the constitution of a tribunal. Kevin holds a B.A. from Mount Allison University and a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School. Kevin worked at one of Canada’s prominent ‘Seven Sister’ law firms and then went on to study an LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration at Stockholm University. He is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor with the Law Society of Upper Canada. Kevin speaks English and French.  

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