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Professor Lawrence Boo

Position

Professor Boo is one of Singapore’s leading international arbitrators, having sat as arbitrator in more than 300 cases and written numerous awards. His cases included those administered by the ICSID, ICC, CIETAC, SIAC, LCIA, HKIAC, AAA, KLRCA, BANI, as well as ad hoc arbitrations. Many of his recent cases involve disputes arising from mergers/acquisitions, oil/gas and energy resources, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure developments and international trade.

Boo has consistently been described by Chambers’ Asia-Pacific in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and ranked as one of Asia’s most “in demand” “leading individuals” in arbitration “who always inspires confidence in arbitration”, as one who “handles a high volume of cases in a time-efficient manner” and “much sought after for his “no-nonsense approach and academic distinction”.

He is the author of Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore Volume 2 – Arbitration (Lexis-Nexis 2020 re-issue) and one of the co-authors of UNCITRAL Digest on the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (UN July 2012). He leads in the teaching of international commercial arbitration at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore since 1994. He also teaches at Bond University, Australia.

Career

• Ad hoc District Judge, Singapore (2007–2012)
• Executive Deputy Chairman, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2004–2009)
• CEO and Registrar, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (1991–1996)
• Solicitor, Supreme Court of England & Wales (1997)
• Commissioner for Oaths, Singapore (1989)
• Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (1981)

 

• Member, SIAC Court of Arbitration (2017–)
• Fellow, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (FACICA) (2004–)
• Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2000–)
• Fellow, Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (FAMINZ) (1998–)
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) (1994–)
• Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb) (1994–)

 

• Member, Shanghai Arbitration Commission (2013–)
• Singapore’s nominee, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators
• Member, ICSID Panel of Concilliators (2011–2017)
• Member, CEDR Commission on Settlement in International Arbitration (2007–)
• Member, BAC Panel of Arbitrators (2006–)
• Member, ICC Arbitration Commission (2004–2006)
• Member, CMAC Panel of International Arbitrators (1997–)
• Member, KCAB Panel of Arbitrators (1996–)
• Member, CIETAC Panel of Arbitrators (1994–)
• Member, AAA Panel of International Arbitrators (1992–)
• Member, SIAC Panel of Arbitrators (1992–)
• Member, AIAC (formerly KLRCA) Panel of Arbitrators
• Member, HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators

 

• Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute (2009–)
• Member, Advisory Board of the Singapore Mediation Centre (1998–2004)
• Member, Panel of Mediators, Singapore Mediation Centre (1998–)
• Member, Panel of Community Mediators, Ministry of Law (1998–2012)
• Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Electricity Market Company (2003–)

 

• State Representative to UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration (2004–2009)
• Law Reform Consultant, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore (2001–)
• Special Consultant to Attorney-General’s Chambers on Review of Arbitration Laws (1996–2000)
• Member, Inter-Ministry Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution (1996–1997) (Recommended setting up of community mediation centres leading to enactment of the 1997 Community Mediation Centres Act)

• Vice-Chairman, Sub-Committee on Arbitration Law, Law Reform Committee (1993–1994) (Recommended Adoption of UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, leading to the enactment of the 1994 International Arbitration Act)

 

• Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Australia
• Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Languages

Mandarin.

Education

• M, National University of Singapore (1988)
• B (Hons), University of Singapore (1980)