Chan Leng Sun, SC
Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Chambers
Chan Leng Sun was appointed a Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2011. He is a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Court of Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is the former Global Head of Arbitration of Baker McKenzie and the Immediate Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). He is the Deputy Chairman of the SGX Appeals Board.

Leng Sun is qualified in Malaysia, Singapore and England. He has a broad commercial practice that covers technical disputes, maritime law (including sea, air and land transportation), international trade, insurance and company law. Leng Sun has acted as counsel or sat as arbitrator in arbitrations seated in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, China, Korea, Malaysia, London and USA under ad hoc and institutional rules such as ICC, SIAC, SCMA, LMAA, ICDR, CIETAC, HKIAC and KCAB rules. He is a Chartered Arbitrator. He is a Chairperson of the arbitration panel jointly appointed by the EU and Korea under the protocol on cultural cooperation of the Korea-EU FTA. Leng Sun had also served as a legal officer of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva.

Leng Sun is the author of the book, Singapore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co-Editor of Conflict of Laws in Arbitration. Leng Sun is the Singapore country contributor to Tetley’s Marine Cargo Claims (4th Ed). He has contributed chapters for numerous treatises, such as The Role of Arbitration in Shipping Law, published by Oxford University Press (Goldby and Mistellis eds, 2016), The Developing World of Arbitration, published by Hart Publishing (Reyes and Gu eds, 2018) and ASEAN and the Belt and Road Initiative, published by Academy Publishing (Bitas ed, 2021).
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CONTACT
Phone: +65 6817 9173 

E-mail: lschan@duxtonhill.net

Country of Residence: Singapore

Nationality: Singaporean
MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
  • CHARTERPARTIES
  • COMMODITIES COAL
  • COMMODITIES GRAIN
  • CARGO LOSS & DAMAGE
  • PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
    Chartered Arbitrator
    Singapore Institute of Arbitrators – Former President, Fellow
    Singapore International Arbitration Centre - Panel Arbitrator, Member of SIAC Court and
    former Deputy Chairman
    Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrator - Panel Arbitrator
    Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre – Panel Arbitrator
    Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) - Panel Arbitrator
    International Centre for Dispute Resolution - Panel Arbitrator
    China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) - Panel Arbitrator
    China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC) - Panel Arbitrator
    Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) - Panel Arbitrator
    Committee on the Singapore International Commercial Court - Member
    Singapore Maintenance of Parents Tribunal – Past President
    Singapore Disciplinary Tribunal - President
    ADMISSIONS
  • SINGAPORE
  • ENGLAND AND WALES
  • MALAYSIA
  • EDUCATION
    Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Malaya 1988;

    Master of Laws, University of Cambridge 1990 (Kuok Foundation Scholar, Pegasus Cambridge Scholar, Honorary Shell Scholar);