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Kent Napier Phillips

Address: 

c/- Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee
OUE Bayfront
50 Collyer Quay
Singapore 049321

Phone Number: 
+65 6571 6616
Fax Number: 
+65 6238 0737
Email: 
Kent.Phillips@blplaw.com
Born: 
1972, New Zealand
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
New Zealand
Education: 
B.Com/LL.B. (Hons), University of Auckland
LL.M. (Lond), London School of Economics
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Law Society England & Wales, London, 2001
Barrister & Solicitor of High Court of New Zealand, Auckland, 1996
Present Position: 
Partner, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee
Professional Experience: 

Partner and Global Head of International Arbitration, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP; Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, London; Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP, London, Associate, Linklaters, London, Associate, Simpson Grierson, Auckland. Experience: high value commercial dispute resolution over 20 years, often relating to services and infrastructure in the resources, energy and oil & gas sectors. Jurisdictions of focus: India, West Africa, Russia, now Indonesia and Vietnam

Professional Associations: 

Director, CIArb – Singapore branch; Member, LCIA

Panels of Arbitrators: 

SIAC

Arbitration Experience: 

In specialist international arbitration practice in London (and now Singapore) for more than 15 years, conducting dozens of arbitrations under all major international rules. Seats include London, Brussels, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore, with applicable laws including both civil and common law. Conduct of all stages of proceedings, from interim measures to advocacy at trial.

Arbitral appointments in London and Singapore under SIAC and ICC Rules, including expedited, emergency and other sole appointments in substantial commercial matters across a variety of sectors, jurisdictions and applicable laws.

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Mining and Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Trade
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Mining Journal articles (August 2012): White Industries Australia Ltd v Coal India Ltd.; BLP Legal Update (March 2013): Churchill/Planet Arbitration Claims against Indonesia; South China Morning Post (3 July 2013): CIETAC’s rivalry with other arbitration bodies; Asia’s arbitration centres: credible alternatives for Russian parties? Russian Arbitration Day, May 2015.