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Tat is a dispute resolution practitioner based in Singapore. He has three decades of extensive experience in litigation, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and collaborative dispute resolution practices, and has appeared as counsel in all levels of the Courts of Singapore and in domestic and international arbitrations. He has represented local and international clients in high value cases involving multiple jurisdictions and spanning across a wide range of industries, including energy, recycling, entertainment, construction, manufacturing and real estate Tat heads his firm's dispute resolution practice, which has received accolades and awards for its mediation and civil litigation practice. He has been commended by The Legal 500 (2016) as being “knowledgeable and sharp”, leading a team that “punches above its weight in heavyweight commercial litigation”. He has been appointed as an expert in Singapore law for foreign court proceedings, as sole arbitrator in SIAC and LSAS proceedings, as sole mediator in cases administered by SMC, SCCDR, FJC and CAO and as chair and member of tribunals convened by the Chief Justice, Singapore, Singapore Medical Council and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. He has also been appointed to serve on public committees undertaking reviews of the litigation processes in the State Courts. He is accredited with many distinguished mediation panels, including SMC (Singapore), SIMC (Singapore), NEMS (Singapore), SCCDR (Singapore), FJC (Singapore), JIMC (Kyoto, Japan), AAA-ICDR (USA), CEDR (UK), HKMAAL (Hong Kong) and NMAS (Australia). He is an IMI certified mediator, and has been appointed as a Designated Hong Kong Mediator under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Mainland China, and a Mediator / Regional Consultant of the Compliance Advisory Ombudsman (CAO), International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group. He is a member of SMC’s Board of Directors, a member of IMI’s Independent Advisory Committee, Co-Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee, and Chair of the Society of Mediation Professionals (Singapore). He is also a 2017 Weinstein JAMS International Fellow. Tat is a contributor to various publications including Singapore Civil Procedure published by Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell, Mediation in Singapore: A Practical Guide published by Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell, Lexis Practical Guidance – Dispute Resolution published by LexisNexis. He has been commended by Who’s Who Legal: Mediation (2016) as 'always prepared for the unexpected, a quality that makes him a true asset to any mediation', by Who’s Who Legal: Mediation (2017) as an “outstanding” mediator and “a distinguished figure in Singapore mediation”, and by Who’s Who Legal: Mediation (2018) as 'the best in Singapore' for mediation services by his peers.