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Alastair Henderson

Alastair Henderson

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

- International arbitration

- Litigation and dispute resolution

- Commercial litigation

- Construction and infrastructure disputes

- Global advocacy

Career

Alastair is a partner based in our Singapore office. Alastair is ranked among the leading arbitration practitioners in Asia and is one of the region's best-known names in this field. He handles cases from many sectors and industries including construction, infrastructure, transport and energy projects; international commercial contract disputes; joint venture and shareholder cases; cross-border trading and investment disputes; and specific areas of international law. His clients include governments, public bodies, international banks, and major regional and multinational companies. Alastair is also an active arbitrator and has served on tribunals throughout the region as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator. He is familiar with cases under the rules of the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC (formerly KLRCA), LCIA, Thai Arbitration Institute, Thailand Arbitration Centre (THAC) and Indonesian National Arbitration Institute (BANI) as well as UNCITRAL rules and pure ad hoc cases. Alastair worked for 5 years in London before moving to Asia in 1993. After several years each in Hong Kong and Bangkok, he is now based in Singapore from where he works on cases across the region and beyond as managing partner for Southeast Asia.

For additional information on Alastair ’s professional background, please visit: https://www.hsfkramer.com/our-people/a/alastair-henderson

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Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Singapore

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Band 1

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Alastair Henderson is particularly active in energy and natural resources, construction and shareholder arbitration, especially cases before SIAC.

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