Mr Lok Vi Ming > LVM Law Chambers LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Mr Lok Vi Ming

+65 6206 7880 lokviming@lvmlawchambers.com View profile

Work Department

Arbitration

Aviation

Corporate and Commercial Disputes

Construction Law

Insolvency and Restructuring

Insurance

Professional and Medical Negligence

Shareholder Disputes

Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT)

Position

Managing Director

Career

Vi Ming is a seasoned and well known Senior Counsel with more than three decades of advocacy experience, having led countless cases at all levels of the Singapore Courts and before both local and international arbitration tribunals in institutions all around the world.

Prior to forming LVM Law Chambers, Vi Ming practiced in Rodyk & Davidson for 30 years, rising to the position of Senior Partner and garnering generous accolades of the effectiveness and incisiveness of his advocacy skills as a litigation lawyer. He was elected to the post of President of the Law Society of Singapore in 2013 and 2014, and also served as a former Vice President of the Singapore Academy of Law. He is regularly named in international publications such as the International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers and Chambers as a leading practitioner.

Mr Philip Bass, a noted international aviation insurance lawyer and a partner of Clyde & Co, who has worked with Vi Ming on various matters both before the High Court and the Court of Appeal has said this of Vi Ming: “Having known Vi Ming for over 20 years, he remains my ‘go to lawyer’ for the complex, multi jurisdictional cases where you need technical ability and an advocate who is ‘good on his feet’ in Court. He also happens to be very nice to work with.”

Mr Lim Chee Wee, a partner at Skrine, Kuala Lumpur and a former President of the Malaysian Bar Council had this to say – “I have had the privilege of working with and instructing Vi Ming on a number of briefs. Vi Ming is user friendly, always thinking of the best and most effective solution and strategy for the client, whether in or out of the court room, a highly effective cross examiner with a style so disarming, witnesses don’t realize they have conceded their own case. Vi Ming is reliable and highly ethical. A formidable advocate one would always want in one’s corner.”

Vi Ming is both a highly sought-after arbitration counsel and as well as an arbitrator. He is also a highly regarded insurance litigator, and continues to serve as Chairman of the Professional Indemnity Committee of the Law Society of Singapore.

He has acted and advised clients in complicated transactions for the supply of telecommunication equipment, service and infrastructure; various cross-border commercial and shareholder disputes; disputes relating to the development of land; and international TV and media broadcasting rights disputes.

Vi Ming pioneered what has been widely recognised as the leading contentious aviation practice. He is well known for having led the defence teams for Singapore Airlines in the SQ006 incident and for SilkAir in the MI185 incident. To date, Vi Ming continues to be consulted and instructed on many aviation and airline related claims, and he remains the counsel of choice for many insurers and insurance consultants for conduct of such claims.

Vi Ming is known for having led defence teams in high-profile cases such as the Slim 10 case, a landmark product liability decision in Singapore.

Languages

English, Chinese

Memberships

• Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Kuala Lumpur International Arbitration Centre, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration
• Principal Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre
• Chairman, Law Society’s Professional Indemnity Committee
• Chairman of the Temasek Junior College Advisory Committee
• Member, Board of Trustees of UniSIM
• Vice Chairman, Bethesda Care and Counseling Services Centre (an Institute of Public Character)
• Aldo Chairman, Bethesda Bedok-Tampines Church
• Director, Singapore International Mediation Centre
• Director, Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust
• Fellow, Singapore Academy of Law
• Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
• Chairman, Nominating and Remuneration Committee of Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust