Biography
Steven is an arbitrator and barrister. He has over 120 appointments as presiding, sole, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator, seated in Singapore, England, USA, India, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
He has extensive experience with SIAC, ICC, ICDR, SCMA, KCAB, UNCITRAL Rules, and ad hoc cases involving Indo-Pacific jurisdictions and farther afield, and is on the SIAC, HKIAC, ICDR, KCAB, JCAA, and CIETAC panels, amongst many others.
He is a member of the English and Singapore bars, a fellow of CIArb, SIArb, AIADR and is a SIMC specialist mediator. He is also instructed as lead counsel in arbitrations.
He has extensive experience with disputes and parties from across the world including Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Australia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, Peru, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Denmark, Russia, BVI, Mauritius, Rawanda, and South Africa.
He has experience with a broad range of commercial disputes covering private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, share options, agency, internet gaming, licensing, hotel management, coal, mineral, agricultural commodities and trading contracts, mining, oil and gas, energy, offshore engineering, ship and rig building, and construction projects.
He has been noted in legal directories as “the perfect arbitrator”, “his awards are well-reasoned and clear”, “he manages cases very well, instilled confidence in the parties and demonstrates confidence, competence and ability in dealing with cases, both a pleasant and effective tribunal member”, “all the representatives and parties came away thinking they got a very good and fair hearing”, “he is very good at getting to gripes with legal areas”, “he is always on top of his cases and has a very good judgment and excellent manner”, “a fair-minded and extremely capable arbitrator”, “an excellent arbitrator who is very balanced”, “a highly respected figure across the gamut of APAC-related commercial disputes”, “an outstanding up-and-coming superstar with a nice and sensible manner”, and “an excellent counsel with excellent understanding of law and great commercial insight”.
He is the author of “Time to Re-Evaluate the Common Law Approach to the Proper Law of the Arbitration Agreement” and Discerning the Fine Line Between Disregard and Misapprehension – Appeals Under the Cloak of Natural Justice, amongst other publications.