Career
Professor Benjamin Hughes is an independent arbitrator, adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and a member of the Investment Committee of Omni Bridgeway. Previously, Professor Hughes was a member of the faculty at Seoul National University Law School, the founding co-chair of the international dispute resolution practice group at one of Korea’s largest full-service law firms and a member of the international arbitration team at Shearman & Sterling in the US and Singapore. Since leaving law firm practice in 2013, he has been appointed in over 200 arbitrations with several billion dollars in dispute.
Professional Memberships
Professional Affiliations:
• Adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
• Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre
• Member of the Investment Committee of Omni Bridgeway
• Editorial board member of the Asian International Arbitration Journal, the Korea Arbitration Review, and the Journal of Korean Law
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and the College of Commercial Arbitrators
Academic Distinctions:
• Dean Robert McKay Scholar, NYU School of Law
• Global Legal Fellow, NYU School of Law (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Korea (SNU College of Law)
• SNU Academic Scholarship, SNU College of Law
• Harvard-Yenching Institute Fellowship, Harvard University
• Fulbright Grantee, Korea
• President’s Academic Scholarship, Trinity University
