Opening Remarks by Chairperson

Mr. Yu-Jin Tay – Partner & Head, International Arbitration (Asia), Mayer Brown LLP; Vice-President, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators

Introduction to Interim Measures Available in International Arbitration Including:

*Case study on security for costs application by Respondent and interim injunction application by Claimant:

1. Claimant's injunction application
2. Respondent's security for costs application

*Case study is to be provided beforehand to participants

Q & A Session 

Ms. Cathryn Neo is a bilingual (English and Mandarin) and dual-qualified (Singapore and Australia (Vic)) lawyer. She has a broad commercial practice with experience in international arbitration, insolvency and restructuring, and mediation. Cathryn has handled high-value commercial disputes under SIAC, ICC and HKIAC rules in the financial as well as energy and construction sectors. An accredited HKIAC Tribunal Secretary, Cathryn has assisted tribunals in numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitrations in her previous role as an Associate for one of the leading arbitrators, Michael Hwang S.C.
Cathryn regularly assists clients in managing cross-border litigation, including before the Australian, Brunei and Indonesian courts. She advises and acts for global financial institutions in several prominent contentious insolvency and restructuring matters in the Singapore courts. Cathryn is also an accredited mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre.
She has co-authored a book chapter and several case reports on landmark arbitration decisions which are published in Kluwer Institute for Transnational Arbitration Case Reports. Cathryn sits on the Women in Practice Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and the SIArb Continuing Professional Development Committee.

Mr. Steven Lim is an arbitrator and barrister. He has over 75 appointments in international cases as presiding, sole, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator. He is on the SIAC, HKIAC, ICDR, KCAB, JCAA, CIETAC CAAI, AIAC, THAC, HIAC, Qingdao Arbitration Commission and IDRC (India) panels and has sat in ICC, SCMA, LMAA, UNCITRAL Rules and ad hoc cases. Steven also appears as lead counsel in international arbitrations. He is a member of the English and Singapore bars.
He has been noted in legal directories as “an excellent arbitrator who is very balanced”, “he has a thorough and thoughtful approach to cases”, “a respected arbitrator with extensive experience handling commercial arbitrations”, and “an excellent counsel with excellent understanding of law and great commercial insight”.

Ms. Khyati Raniwala is an international arbitration associate at Reed Smith in Singapore. She has represented parties in proceedings under the rules of major arbitral institutions at all stages of the arbitral process. She has experience in cross-jurisdictional commercial disputes across a wide range of sectors, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. She also has prior experience in Singapore commercial litigation matters.
Khyati spent a number of years as a member of the Secretariat of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). At SIAC, she administered and managed over 200 cases related to energy, international trade, construction and infrastructure, joint venture and shareholder disputes. She was responsible for the administration of arbitrations under various versions of the SIAC Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules involving applications to the SIAC Court relating to consolidation and/or joinder, jurisdictional objections, arbitrator challenges, emergency arbitrations, as well as the SIAC-SIMC Arb-Med-Arb protocol.

FEES

(includes materials, if any)

• Asia Pacific Institute of Experts (APIEx)
• Marine Offshore Oil & Gas Association (MOOGAS)
• Regional Arbitral Institute Forum (RAIF)
• Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) 
• Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA)
• Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA)
• Society of Construction Law Singapore (SCL (S)) 

SILE CPD Points 
Practice Area: Alternate Dispute Resolution 
Training Level: General
Public CPD Points: 2