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Francis Xavier

Address: 

4 Battery Road #26-01
Bank of China Building
Singapore 049908

Phone Number: 
65 6535 3600
65 6232 0551 (direct)
Fax Number: 
65 6538 8598/ 65 6533 0827 (direct)
Email: 
francis.xavier@sg.rajahandtann.com
Born: 
1964; Malaysia
Languages: 
English Malay
Nationalities: 
Malaysian
Education: 
LLB (Hons) - National University of Singapore (1988).
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore in May 1989;
Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in September 2001.
Present Position: 
Executive Partner - M/s Rajah & Tann (Oct 1999 to present);
Head, Commercial Litigation Practice Group (Dec 1998 to 2016)
Regional Head, Dispute Resolution (November 2014 to present)
Professional Experience: 

Partner - M/s Rajah & Tann (Nov 1998 to present); Partner - M/s Allen & Gledhill (1996 - Nov 1998); Chartered Arbitrator CIArb (UK); Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators.

Professional Associations: 

Vice President, Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Chairman, Listings Appeals Committee, Singapore Stock Exchange; Immediate Past Chairman, Singapore Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK); Member, Council of Law Reporting, Singapore Academy of Law; Member, Users’ Council, Singapore International Arbitration Center; Faculty member, Approved Faculty List of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK); Member, Professional Affairs Committee, Professional Values Chapter Singapore Academy of Law; Member, International Promotion of Singapore Law Committee, Singapore Academy of Law; Member, Panel of Arbitrators Law Society Arbitration Scheme; Member, Complaints Panel of the Singapore Pharmacy Council; Chairman, Junior College Law Conference Organising Committee, Singapore Academy of Law; Honorary Auditor, ASEAN Law Association.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Panel of Arbitrators, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration; Panel of International Arbitrators, Kigali International; Panel of Arbitrators, Pacific International Arbitration Centre.

Arbitration Experience: 

Counsel and arbitrator in numerous arbitrations.

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Disputes
Commercial Litigation
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

A number of publications on Arbitration and Business Law.