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Matthew Secomb

Address: 

White & Case Pte. Ltd.

8 Marina View #27-01

Asia Square Tower 1

Singapore 018960

Phone Number: 
+65 63 4713 25
Email: 
msecomb@whitecase.com
Website: www.whitecase.com
Born: 
1973, Melbourne, Australia
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
Australian
Education: 
Dr iur (summa cum laude), Université de Fribourg, 2018; LLM, University of Melbourne, 2006; LLB (Hons), Deakin University, 1999; BCom, University of Melbourne, 1995.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Avocat au Barreau de Paris (2010);
Solicitor, England and Wales (2004);
Barrister and Solicitor, Victoria, Australia (2000)
Present Position: 
Partner, White & Case, Singapore; Adjunct Associate Professor, National University of Singapore – Energy Arbitration; Adjunct Lecturer, Queen’s University, Ontario – International Commercial Arbitration.
Professional Experience: 

Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris (2001-2005); Article clerk and then solicitor, Minter Ellison Lawyers, Melbourne, Australia (1999-2001).

Professional Associations: 

ICC Australia (Chair of Arbitration Committee); Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; German Institution of Arbitration (DIS); International Law Association (Singapore branch); LCIA; SIAC Users’ Council.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AIAC, HKIAC, ICC Australia, KCAB, SIAC.

Arbitration Experience: 

Chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in arbitrations under various rules (ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, etc.).

Areas of Specialization: 
Civil & Commercial Law
Construction
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
MR. WILLIAM NAGEL (UNITED KINGDOM) v. THE CZECH REPUBLIC DECISION BY THE SVEA COURT OF APPEAL (SWEDEN) RENDERED ON 26 AUGUST 2005 - Stockholm International Arbitration Review (SIAR) 2006 No. 2
Mr. William Nagel v. The Czech Republic - Chapter 5 - Investment Arbitration Decisions
Publications: 

Interest in International Arbitration (OUP, 2019); The ICC Rules of Arbitration in Concise Arbitration ((2015, 2nd ed)) (Loukas Mistelis, ed.) (with Stephen R. Bond and Marily Paralika); A Uniform, Three-step Approach to Interest Rates in International Arbitration (2011) International Arbitration and International Commercial Law: Synergy, Convergence and Evolution, Liber Amicorum Eric Bergsten 431; Commentary – Arbitration Reform in Australia (2010) 2 Paris Journal of International Arbitration 547 (with Michael Polkinghorne); Life After the Moot in The Vis Book: A Participant’s Guide to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2008) (Janet Walker, ed.) (with Christian P. Alberti); William Nagel v The Czech Republic: Is the “Investment Question” Jurisdictional, Substantive or Both (2006) 2 Stockholm International Arbitration Review 147 (with Michael Polkinghorne); Practical Issues In Arbitration Practice Involving The People’s Republic of China (2006) Mealey’s International Arbitration Report 30 (with Michael Polkinghorne); Questions pratiques nées de la procédure arbitral impliquant la République populaire de Chine (2006) (15 September – 15 November 2006) Decideurs 159 (with Michael Polkinghorne); Interest in ICC Arbitral Awards: Introduction and Commentary (2004) 15(1) ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin 53 (with Lara Hammoud); Awards and Orders Dealing with the Advance on Costs in ICC Arbitration: Theoretical Questions and Practical Problems (2003) 14(1) ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin 59 Les entreprises françaises face au Bribery Act (2011) 80 Option Droit & Affaires 10 (with Sabrina Mannai); Drafting Oil and Gas Dispute Resolution Clauses: (it’s always) time to think more creatively (2011) Paris Energy Series No. 5 (with Michael Polkinghorne)