Christopher Lau
32 Maxwell Road
#02-04 Maxwell Chambers
Singapore 069115
Served as Judicial Commissioner, Supreme Court of Singapore, 1995 to 1998; as counsel acted for a wide range of clients from ship owners, P&I Clubs, insurance companies, Singapore Statutory Boards, banks, public corporations to MNCs; is now full-time arbitrator and mediator; independent non-executive director of Wing Tai Holdings Ltd, Chairman of its Audit and Risk Committee and member of its Nominating Committee
Member of: the LCIA Court; ICC Commission on Arbitration; the International Arbitration Committee of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board; Drafting Group updating ICC’s Report on Construction Industry Arbitrations; ICC Task Force on Decisions as to Costs; ICC Task Force on Maximizing Probative Value of Witness Evidence; IBA Mediation Committee;; Task Force on IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration; Working Group IBA Rules on Investor-State Mediation; Board of Advisors of the New York International Arbitration Center; Council of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration; the Panel of Arbitrations various arbitral institutions including Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) ; Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA); Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) (formerly Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)); Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB); Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC); International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR); South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Has served as chair, co-arbitrator or sole arbitrator in over 130 mostly international arbitrations conducted either on an ad hoc basis or under, amongst others, AIAC (formerly KLRCA), HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, JCAA, KCAB, LCIA, LMAA, SCMA, SIAC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules in respect of investment as well as all aspects of commercial disputes including construction, corporate, maritime, energy, communication, military & defence procurements involving the laws of various common and civil law jurisdictions including those of Singapore, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong SAR, PRC, Mongolia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Korea, Thailand, Qatar, Denmark, Cambodia, England & Wales and New York
PUBLICATIONS FROM JURIS:
White Industries Australia Ltd v. India, Final Award (Nov 30, 2011)
PUBLICATIONS:
Christopher is a frequent and sought-after speaker at arbitration conferences and has contributed to various books and articles on arbitration. His representative publications include:The Asian Perspective on Advocacy Chapter in Doak Bishop’s The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration (2nd ed.,2010); Party Autonomy - The Turning Point, Dispute Resolution Int’l, Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010); Arbitration in Asia? Yes – but Where?, Int’l Law Practicum Vol.23 No. 1 (2010); Singapore Chapter in Frank-Peter Weigand’s Practitioner’s Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration (2nd ed., 2009); Process of obtaining evidence and discovery in Asia Chapter in Juris’ Asian Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to Arbitration (2007); Regional Overview and Recent Developments in IGLG’s International Arbitration in Asia Pacific 2007; Opportunities in multiparty maritime arbitration in ANZ Maritime Law Journal (2011), Obstacles and Opportunities - Whither Summary Dispositions? Festschrift Neil Kaplan (2012), Equality of Arms in International Arbitration: Do Rules and Guidelines Level the Playing Field and Properly Regulate Conduct? – An Arbitrator’s Perspective ICCA Mauritius (2016), Assignments ‘Mid-Arbitration’: Some Practical Considerations Chapter 2 in Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Choice of Law in International Arbitration, Liber Amicorum Michael Pryles (2018)