Drew & Napier LLC

Dispute Resolution

Managing Director, Dispute Resolution;

Head, Greater China, International Trade, Private Client Disputes Practice

Randolph is the Managing Director of our Dispute Resolution Department. He practices as an advocate, arbitrator and mediator and is keenly involved in international arbitration and cross border disputes.  He is a panel arbitrator and mediator of various local and international institutions and a Fellow of arbitral institutes of UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Malaysia.

Randolph has been recognised by Chambers Global and Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in the area of dispute resolution in Singapore and China for the past eight years, in addition to being endorsed by Best Lawyers International since 2017 for arbitration and mediation in Singapore and ranked as a Benchmark Litigation Star practitioner for 7 consecutive years.

Randolph has been praised by legal publications and clients for being “especially experienced in China-related arbitrations, having advised numerous Chinese clients on high-stakes disputes, and acted as counsel in arbitrations held under CIETAC rules”; and as a “Leader of a ‘very accessible and efficient’ team, who is ’well versed in international arbitration, willing to listen and extremely business-oriented’.” (Chambers and Partners)

Randolph joined Drew & Napier in 1990 after graduating with academic prizes and topping the final examination and public international law course at the National University of Singapore.

English, Mandarin

Assessor, Ministry of Law Panel of Assessors for COVID-19 Temporary Relief Primary Panel Arbitrator, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Panel Arbitrator & Mediator, Asian International Arbitration Centre Panel Arbitrator, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators Panel Arbitrator (Foreigner), Shanghai Arbitration Commission Panel Arbitrator of the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center) Panel Arbitrator of the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission / Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration Arbitrator, The Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei International Arbitrator, The Russian Arbitration Center of the Institute of Modern Arbitration of the Russian Federation Mediator & Neutral, The Mediation & Conciliation Network Member of the Panel of Neutrals under the Law Society of Singapore Neutral Evaluation and Determination Scheme Fellow, Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Arbitrators' & Mediators' Institute of New Zealand Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, Indian Council of Arbitration Senior Fellow, Bali International Arbitration & Mediation Center Member, International Bar Association Member, Society of International Law (Singapore) Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law Notary Public & Commissioner for Oaths

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (1989) Admitted to the Singapore Bar (1990)