Andrew Chan

Practice Areas

International Arbitration; Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

Andrew’s practice encompasses commercial work, and he is a specialist in dispute resolution (especially arbitration), trusts, and insolvency (corporate and personal). In arbitration, he has acted as counsel, been appointed arbitrator and appointed to give expert evidence on Singapore law. He has also given expert evidence for use in foreign courts and in arbitration and has mediated insolvency disputes. Andrew has also represented the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as Singapore counsel in an investment treaty arbitration.

Andrew was presented the “Minister for Law Outstanding Volunteer Award”, the highest volunteer award for individuals given by the Ministry of Law Singapore, for providing expertise and helping shape insolvency practice in Singapore.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore.

Panel of arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Law Society Arbitration Scheme, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Asian International Arbitration Centre.

Director, American Arbitration Association-ICDR Ltd.

Publications

General Editor of the leading local practitioner’s book entitled Law & Practice of Corporate Insolvency.

Co-authored two works on personal insolvency: Butterworths Annotations of The Singapore Bankruptcy Act and Law And Practice of Bankruptcy In Singapore and Malaysia.

Consultant Editor of Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore volume on Insolvency, and co-authored the Singapore chapter of the publication Arbitration in Asia.

Co-authored Singapore chapter of the Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation by Kluwer.

Co-authored Reconciling Singapore’s ambitions as a debt restructuring hub and as a global financial centre in Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) Journal on Insolvency by SAL.