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I regularly speak and teach on topics connected with my practice, including international arbitration, adjudication, dispute avoidance and resolution, mediation, FIDIC and other contracts, and construction and engineering law. Past events include:
- Joint Course Director and Faculty Member for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Applied Arbitration for Fellows Course, held as part of the Singapore Convention Week, Singapore, 2023 to date
- Speaker at dedicated client seminars and workshops across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America, including but not limited to Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, Tokyo, Dubai, London, Paris, Washington DC
- Speaker at “When ICC Arbitration Meets FIDIC Contracts”, ICC-YAAF (Young Arbitration and ADR Forum), Hong Kong, June 2023
- Moderator of a panel on the Belt and Road Initiative, “SCL S’pore 2nd Focus on Asia Conference”, Singapore, September 2019
- Moderator of a panel with Rimsky Yuen SC (former Secretary of Justice, Hong Kong) and Sarah Grimmer (Secretary-General of HKIAC), “Greater Bay Area Legal Connectivity Series: Session 1 – Enhancing Mutual Judicial Assistance for Arbitrations in the Greater Bay Area”, Hong Kong, October 2018
- Speaker at “International Conference for Colombian MNCs – The China Connection”, a series of seminars co-organised with the American Chamber of Commerce, Bogota / Medellin / Cali, October 2018
- Speaker at “BAC/BIAC 2018 Hong Kong Summit on Commercial Dispute Resolution in China”, Hong Kong, October 2018
- Speaker at “4th ICC Asia Conference: 60 Years of the New York Convention – Still in its Infancy?”, Hong Kong, June 2018
- Speaker and Faculty Member on Expedited Procedure at “SIAC Academy Seoul 2018: Time and Cost Savers at SIAC – Emergency Arbitration, Expedited Procedure and Early Dismissal”, Seoul, June 2018
- Speaker at “Contract and Claim Administration for International Construction Projects: Practical Suggestions to Help Avoid Disputes”, a seminar co-organised with FTI Consulting, Tokyo, June 2018
- Moderator at “HKIAC’s Chasing the Money – Enforcement and Beyond Part II”, Hong Kong, December 2017
- Speaker at “How to Preserve Your Ability to Enforce Contracts Involving a Chinese Counterparty”, organised for the Hong Kong Corporate Counsel’s Association, Hong Kong, August 2017
- Speaker at “Best Practices in Managing Disputes in Commercial Cross-Border Contracts – Making it Work for You”, organised for AustroCham, Hong Kong, February 2017
I also write regularly on a broad range of subjects, including:
- “Legal Abroad: Doing business in Indonesia’s fast-growing construction industry”, Building Magazine, May 2025
- “Legal Abroad: Doing business in Singapore”, Building Magazine, May 2021
- Contributing Chapter Author for “Mediation in Singapore: A Practical Guide (3rd Edition)”, General Editors: Danny McFadden and George Lim SC, published by Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell, December 2020
- Contributing Editor for the “Singapore Journal of Construction Law”, published by Lexis Nexis and the Singapore Academy of Law, 2016-2019
- Various client alerts on arbitration, enforcement, interim relief, third-party funding, and PRC-related developments, including landmark court decisions in Hong Kong and Mainland China
- “Design Obligations under a Design-and-Build Contract – Reflections on the Way Forward Post-MT Hojgaard”, [2018] 2 SingJCL 1
- “The Architect’s Certification Functions and Contractual Recourse under the SIA”, [2017] 1 SingJCL 11
- “How to Deal with Disputes”, The Project Manager, Society of Project Managers Singapore, 2014
- “A Decision To Swear By: Guidance on Concurrent Delay and Global Claims”, Construction Law Newsletter, Society of Construction Law Singapore, 2013