In a bid to further raise the city-state’s Singapore’s profile in international arbitration and dispute resolution, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) has established the ICC Singapore Arbitration Group.

The group will be chaired by Smitha Rajan Menon, a partner at WongPartnership and the Singapore representative to the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Andrew Yeo, a partner at Allen & Gledhill, will be the vice-chair. Other members include locally based Singaporean and foreign arbitration practitioners, Singaporean arbitration practitioners based overseas, academics and corporate counsels.

A release from the SBF said that group will work to represent the Singapore business community in support of the work of the ICC Policy Commission on Arbitration and ADR; promote ICC arbitration and other dispute resolution services in the region; and further develop the expertise of the regional dispute resolution community through capacity building activities.

 Last year, the ICC ranked Singapore 11th in the list of number of arbitrators by nationality, with 35 Singaporean arbitrators having been confirmed or appointed to ICC arbitral tribunals. The ICC Arbitration Case Management Office in Singapore, set up in April 2018, has already administered its first 100 cases.

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