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Richard Tan

Address: 

10 Collyer Quay, #27-00
Ocean Financial Centre
Singapore 049315
Singapore

Phone Number: 
+65 6389 3073
Fax Number: 
+65 6389 3096
Email: 
richard.tan@rtanarbitrators.com
richardtan.arbitrator@gmail.com
richard.tan@stamfordlaw.com.sg
Born: 
1954, Singapore
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Singaporean
Education: 
University of Singapore, LLB Hons, 1979
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Singapore Bar, 1980 and qualified also to practice in England and Wales
Present Position: 
Full-Time Arbitrator
Consultant, Stamford Law Corporation
Professional Experience: 

Chartered Arbitrator, FCIArb; Chairman, Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators, Singapore Branch (current); Past President, Singapore
Institute of Arbitrators; disputes practitioner and senior partner, Lee & Lee
(1980-2007); head, international arbitration practice group Singapore/South
Asia, Lovells (2007-2010); Past Board Member SIAC; Adjunct Associate
Professor, National University of Singapore on the NUS-Kings College MSc
programme on Construction Law and Arbitration; Advisory Board member to
UNCTAD on a programme for dispute resolution; member Practice & Standards
Committee, CIArb.

Professional Associations: 

Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators; Fellow Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; President of the Singapore
Institute of Arbitrators.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong
International Arbitration Centre, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center,
AAA/ICDR, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, National Board of
Arbitration Indonesia (BANI), the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre of
Arbitration, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Singapore Law Society,
SIAC-Singapore Stock Exchange-Derivatives Trading, WIPO Arbitration and
Mediation Centre panels for domain name, film and media, FRAND and
AGICOA disputes; SMC panel for domain name disputes under the Singapore
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and the SIAC panel of arbitrators for
emergency relief (Emergency Arbitrator panel).

Arbitration Experience: 

Appointed as Sole Arbitrator, Party Appointed
Arbitrator, Chairman or President of Arbitral Tribunal, Emergency Arbitrator in
many international arbitrations in Asia and internationally involving disputes in
construction, engineering, commercial, energy, joint ventures, shareholders
agreements, corporate, technology, intellectual property, media, entertainment;
conducted arbitrations under the substantive or procedural laws of Singapore,
Malaysia, PRC, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand,
Myanmar, Brunei, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Mauritius, New Caledonia,
Australia, many countries in Europe as well as the Middle East and the United
States of America; wide experience dealing with parties and counsel from
different cultural and legal backgrounds; taught and lectured extensively on
arbitration.

Areas of Specialization: 
International Banking & Finance
Mining and Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Intellectual Property
Entertainment Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
“The New SIAC Rules” in the IPBA Journal, September 2010;
“Singapore as a Global Arbitration Hub” in the CIArb Journal December 2013
and many others.