Chee Meng Tan SC

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Deputy Chairman of WongPartnership LLP. Main areas of practice are general civil litigation, construction and engineering dispute resolution, criminal law, insurance, professional indemnity and disciplinary proceedings. Practises also as arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator.

Career

Appointed Senior Counsel, 2006, Deputy Managing Partner, 2008, Deputy Chairman, 2015 of WongPartnership LLP; Previously Partner/Managing Partner Harry Elias Partnership 1993-2007; Deputy Senior State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers; Deputy Director at the Commercial Affairs Department from 1987 – 1993; Civil Engineer with PWD from 1981 – 1984; Board member of Urban Redevelopment Authority and Ausnet Services Ltd; Advisor and Immediate Past Chairman of the School Management Committee of the Assumption English School.

Professional Memberships

Panel of Specialist Mediators of Singapore International Mediation Centre; Panel of Arbitrators of Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia (Bani Arbitration Center); Member of Criminal Legal Assistance Steering Committee; Member of Singapore Academy of Law’s Council of Law Reporting; Panel of Presidents for Law Society’s Disciplinary Tribunal; Ethics & Research Sub-Committee of Thomson Medical Centre; Chairman of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee; Accredited Adjudicator appointed under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 30B).