Jayems Dhingra
20, Ayer Rajah Crescent, #09-17
Singapore 139964
Singapore
(Past positions): 45 Years - 22 years as Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Mediator, and Course Director for Management Development Courses and Management Consultant. 5 years as “Managing Director” (Singapore & Malaysia), 5 years as “General Manager” (Singapore & Malaysia), 13 years in Projects, Operations and Plant Management (Electrical, Marine, M & E, Automation, Power & Utilities, Civil Construction) in multiple countries across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and US.
Director, Vis East Moot Foundation Limited, Hong Kong (2016 – Present); Chairman, CaseTrust Advisory Council and Governance Council Member of Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) (2015 – Present); Member, Board of Management and Audit Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK (2012- 2018); Member, Professional Development Committee (2017-2018), Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliances (GRC) Committee (2015-16), of Singapore Institute of Directors; Member, Drafting Committee, LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement for Oil & Gas Industry (2019-2020), AIPN (USA); Member, Drafting Committee, International Dispute Resolution Agreement for Oil & Gas Contracts (2017), AIPN (USA); Member, Drafting Committee, Drilling Contract (2018-19), AIPN (USA); Member, Legal Committee (till 31 Dec 2015), Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC); Member, Shipping & Transport Committee (2014 - 2016) HKGCC; Committee Member of the CIArb East Asia Branch (Hong Kong), (2006 – 2010); Director / Committee Member of the CIArb (Singapore) Chapter & Branch from incorporation till June 2010.
Admitted to Panels of International Arbitrators: WIPO, Switzerland; Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA); KCAB, Seoul, Korea; HKIAC, Hong Kong; AMTAC, Australia; SCMA, Singapore; ACICA, Australia; AIAC (KLRCA), Malaysia; CIArb, UK; ICA, India; DIAC, UAE; SISV, Singapore; VIAC, Austria. Mediator (Gazette Appointment), Community Mediation Centre, Ministry of Law, Singapore; Mediator, Singapore International Mediators Institute (SIMI).
Conducted Arbitrations as Chairman, Tribunal Member and Sole Arbitrator. Published 20+ Arbitral Awards for Disputes Related to: Civil Construction and Infrastructure Development, Charter Party and Maritime arbitrations, Rig-building, Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Contracts, Sub-sea Pipe Laying, Offshore Construction, and related Works, Offshore Support Vessels Charters and E & P Subsea Services Fleet, Power Plants, Highways Infrastructure and Real Estate Agencies and Sales Purchase Agreements.
- (Aug 2021, to be published in ELR). Can Arbitration be an Effective Forum for Enforcing Claims against Non-Contractual Third Parties, for Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights?
- (August 2020), Granting Injunctions in Arbitral Awards against Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights – An Act of Balancing Fair and Equitable Treatment with Proportionality and Dissuasiveness. Mid-Year Review, ACICA, Sydney, Australia.
- (2017, December). Can Seamless Flow of Trade and Sustainability of OBOR Economies be Fathomed – Without Harmonization of Trade Laws and Adoption of UN Model Laws? 2017 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference, Regional Centre, Korea.
- (2016, December). Relevance of Arbitration in Threat to Sovereignty Cases and Applicability of UNCLOS 1982. Paper for publications of 2016 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference, Regional Centre, Korea.
- (2016, December). Are the State Regulators Being Challenged or Undermined by Financial Technology & Borderless Digital Payment Platforms? Paper presented at 2016 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference, Regional Centre, Korea.
- (2015, November). Can Justice be served without Transparency in International Commercial Arbitrations? Paper presented at 2015 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference, Macau.
- “Growing Potential for Procedural Misconduct in Un-administered Maritime Arbitrations.” International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators XIX, Hong Kong (May 2015).
- “It’s Time to Unseal Sealed Offers in International Arbitration – as a Negotiation Strategy or Pressure Tactics?” Arbitration International 28, Issue 3 (2012): 505 - 526.
- “Force Majeure Event Clauses - A Risk Sharing Strategy in Charter Party for Offshore E & P Rigs and Shipbuilding Contracts.” International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators XVIII (May 2012): 392 – 405.