Paul Tan
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Band 2
About
Provided by Paul Tan
Practice Areas
Paul specializes in international arbitration (commercial and investor state), international litigation and arbitration-related litigation. He leads the arbitration practice for Gibson Dunn in Asia.
His practice focuses on managing high-value disputes across Asia. He acts for leading corporations, global insurers, financial institutions, funds and Asian governments across a range of concerns, including telecoms, natural resources, technology and media, oil and gas, construction and real estate, private equity, banking and financial institutions and ESG. He has been appointed an expert on Singapore law, and sits as an arbitrator in SIAC and ICC cases.
Paul is co-author of: Commentary on the Singapore International Arbitration Act (Oxford University Press, 2023), The Law and Theory of International Commercial Arbitration in Singapore (Academy Publishing, 2022), A Singapore Law: 50 Years in the Making (2017) and the forthcoming edition of the world-renowned Mustill & Boyd’s treatise on commercial and investment arbitration.
Paul is appointed by the Government as a member of the Income Tax Review Board and also serves on the disciplinary panel for the Accountancy and Corporate Regulatory Authority. He is also an executive committee member of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative and a member of YSIAC.