The (UK) Lawyer magazine reports that Baker & McKenzie?s Singapore member firm Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow has appointed former Ang & Partners partner Chan Leng Sun as a principal in its dispute resolution practice.
With 18 years of experience, Chan has expertise in litigation and arbitration with a particular focus on shipping, trade and commerce, oil and insurance. He chairs the Singapore Law Society ADR Committee and is vice-president of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. At the beginning of this year, he was appointed Senior Counsel – Singapore?s equivalent of QC – by the city state?s chief justice.
?We?re dealing with increased globalisation in challenging economic times; an upturn in commercial disputes is a common by-product,? said Mini vandePol, Baker & McKenzie?s Asia Pacific head of dispute resolution. ?I see Singapore as having a unique position in Asia Pacific: while it has a sophisticated and highly respected court system, it?s even better known for being the arbitration heart of Asia
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