BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20160927T163000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9dc056fd0da6b883d6fa1b8e58bca17b CATEGORIES:Seminar CREATED:20170718T104358 SUMMARY:Singapore Arbitration from Birth to Boomtown – The Past 25 Years LOCATION:1 Marina Boulevard\, NTUC Centre\, Level 9 Room 903\, Singapore 018989 DESCRIPTION:About the Seminar:\nThe arbitration scene in Singapore is booming now. But this is the result of evolution over the last 25 years. The landscape today has been totally transformed from that of the early days, where foreign co unsel were once shut out from acting in Singapore-seated arbitrations (ala Turner (East Asia) Pte Ltd v Builders Federal (HK) Ltd and anor [1988] SGHC 28), to one that expects to engage with increasingly diverse groups of use rs.\nJoin Mr Alvin Yeo SC as he reflects on the development of the arbitrat ion scene in the post-Turner era to the present, discusses the evolving nor ms in arbitration practice, and offers his views on the challenges to be ov ercome by Singapore Arbitration in the future.\n Seminar Programme:\n4.00 – 4.45pmRegistrations and Standing Buffet Reception4.45 – 4.50pmOpening Rema rks by Chairperson\nMr. Chan Leng Sun SC – President, SIArb; Principal, Bak er & McKenzie.Wong & Leow\n4.50 – 5.50pmSingapore Arbitration from Birth to Boomtown – The Past 25 Years \nMr. Alvin Yeo SC– Senior Counsel, C hairman & Senior Partner WongPartnership LLP\n \n5.50 – 6.00pmQ&A S ession6.00pmSIArb Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017The talk will be followe d by the SIArb AGM. SIArb members in the audience are invited to stay for t he AGM.About the Speaker:\n Alvin YEO, Senior Counsel, is the Chairman & ; Senior Partner of WongPartnership LLP. He was appointed Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2000 at the age of 37, the youngest ever to be appointed. His main practice areas are banking and corporate dispute s, restructuring and insolvency, and construction and civil engineering mat ters, and he has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings in Singapo re and the region. In 2017, Alvin was honoured with the "Outstanding Contri bution to the Legal Profession" Award from Chambers Asia-Pacific in recogni tion of exceptional work in his field, his continued contribution to the As ian legal arena and for having had a significant and lasting impact on his market, as well as an outstanding lawyer in his own areas of practice. Alvi n is recognised as a leading litigation and arbitration counsel in internat ional legal directories such as The Legal 500: Asia Pacific; IFLR1000; Cham bers Global; Chambers Asia-Pacific.Alvin is a member of the Court of the SI AC, the ICC Commission and a fellow of the SIArb. He is the Vice-President of the LCIA Asia Pacific's Users' Council, and sits on the Panel of Arbitra tors in HKIAC, ICDR, KCAB, KLRCA, SCIA and SIArb's Panel for Sports in Sing apore.\nAbout the Chairperson:\n Leng Sun is Baker & McKenzie’s Global Head of International Arbitration. He is qualified in Malaysia,Singapore an d England. Leng Sun was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2011. Apart fro m being counsel, Leng Sun is a Chartered Arbitrator and is also on the pane l of leading arbitral institutions. Leng Sun is President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). He is a member of the Committee on the Si ngapore International Commercial Court. Leng Sun was a legal officer of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva and a SIAC-CIAC Observer to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration. He is the author of the book Singapore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co-Editor of Conflict of Laws in Arbit ration.\nDownload brochure HERE (http://www.siarb.org.sg/images//Events/Sin gapore-Arbitration-from-Birth-to-Boomtown---The-Past-25-Years-18-July-2017_ 1.pdf).\n\n\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
About the Seminar:
T he arbitration scene in Singapore is booming now. But this is the result of evolution over the last 25 years. The landscape today has been totally tra nsformed from that of the early days, where foreign counsel were once shut out from acting in Singapore-seated arbitrations (ala Turner (East Asia) Pt e Ltd v Builders Federal (HK) Ltd and anor [1988] SGHC 28), to one that exp ects to engage with increasingly diverse groups of users.
Join Mr Alvin Yeo SC as he reflects on the development of the arbitration scene in the post-Turner era to the present, discusses the evolving norms in arbitration practice, and offers his views on the challe nges to be overcome by Singapore Arbitration in the future.
Seminar Programme:
4.00 – 4.45pm | Registrations and Standing Buffet Reception |
4.45 – 4.50pm | Opening Remarks by Chairperson Mr. Chan Leng Sun SC – President, SIArb; Principal, Baker & McKenzie .Wong & Leow |
4.50 – 5 .50pm | Mr. Alvin Yeo SC– Senior Counsel, Chairman & Senior Par tner WongPartnership LLP
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5.50 – 6.00pm | Q&A Session |
6.00pm | SIArb Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017 |
The talk will be followed by the SIArb AGM. SIArb membe rs in the audience are invited to stay for the AGM. |
About the Speaker:
Alvin YEO, Senior Counsel, i s the Chairman & Senior Partner of WongPartnership LLP. He was appointed Se nior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2000 at the age of 37, th e youngest ever to be appointed. His main practice areas are banking and co rporate disputes, restructuring and insolvency, and construction and civil engineering matters, and he has extensive experience in arbitration proceed ings in Singapore and the region. In 2017, Alvin was honoured with the "Out standing Contribution to the Legal Profession" Award from Chambers Asia-Pac ific in recognition of exceptional work in his field, his continued contrib ution to the Asian legal arena and for having had a significant and lasting impact on his market, as well as an outstanding lawyer in his own areas of practice. Alvin is recognised as a leading litigation and arbitration coun sel in international legal directories such as The Legal 500: Asia Pacific; IFLR1000; Chambers Global; Chambers Asia-Pacific.Alvin is a member of the Court of the SIAC, the ICC Commission and a fellow of the SIArb. He is the Vice-President of the LCIA Asia Pacific's Users' Council, and sits on the P anel of Arbitrators in HKIAC, ICDR, KCAB, KLRCA, SCIA and SIArb's Panel for Sports in Singapore. |
About the Chairperson:
Leng Sun is Baker & McKenzie’s Global Head of International Arbitration. He is qualified in Malaysia,Singapore and Eng land. Leng Sun was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2011. Apart from bei ng counsel, Leng Sun is a Chartered Arbitrator and is also on the panel of leading arbitral institutions. Leng Sun is President of the Singapore Insti tute of Arbitrators (SIArb). He is a member of the Committee on the Singapo re International Commercial Court. Leng Sun was a legal officer of the Unit ed Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva and a SIAC-CIAC Observer to th e UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration. He is the author of the book Singa pore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co-Editor of Conflict of Laws in Arbitratio n. |
Download br ochure HERE.
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