Name
BOO Geok Seng, Lawrence
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Designation
Adjunct Professor |
Qualifications
LLM, LLB (NUS), FCIArb, FSIArb, FAMINZ, Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Solicitor (England & Wales) |
Appointment(s)
Deputy Chairman, Singapore International Arbitration Centre |
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Email Address: lawrenceboo@siac.org.sg; lawboo@arbiter.com.sg |
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Office Tel: (65) 6516-4191 |
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Office Address
Room #xx-xx
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Eu Tong Sen Building
469G Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259776
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Research Interests
International Commercial Arbitration
Trade Dispute Mechanism
Competition Law
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Subjects Taught
International Commercial Arbitration
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Brief Biodata
Lawrence Boo is the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He has been appointed by the Chief Justice to act as the appointing authority for arbitrators in Singapore since 2004. He is a Law Reform Consultant to the Attorney-General's Chambers and represents Singapore at the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration and Conciliation. He is also Singapore's National Correspondent to UNCITRAL's Case Law on UNCITRAL Text (CLOUT).
Boo is an active arbitrator and mediator. He has sat as arbitrator in more than 150 arbitrations and more than 50 mediations and has written numerous arbitral awards. He is on the panel of many international arbitral institutions including American Arbitration Association (AAA) New York, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).
Boo leads the teaching of 'International Commercial Arbitration' at the NUS Faculty of Law since 1994 and is the Course Director for the Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration.
His publication in the Halsbury's Law's Of Singapore Vol 2 (Arbitration) has been cited with approval by courts in Singapore and Malaysia. He also appeared as amicus curiae before the Court of Appeal in the leading case of PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Persero) v Dexia Bank SA [2006] SGCA 41
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Representative Publications
1. Halsbury's Laws of Singapore Vol 2 - "Arbitration" (LexisNexis; 1998 and Re-Issue 2003)
2. ICCA Handbook on International Arbitration - chapter on "Singapore" (Kluwer, Netherlands 1996 and Update 2003; ISBN 90-6544-9671)
3. ADR in Asian and Pacific Countries , Now and in the Future, chapter on "Singapore" (International Cooperation Department, Research and training Institute, Ministry of Justice, Japan,2003)
4. Annual Review of Singapore Cases (2001 to 2005) - chapters on 'Arbitration' (2001) 2 SAL Ann Rev 24; (2002) 3 SAL Ann Rev 29; (2003) 4 SAL Ann Rev 45; (2004) 5 SAL Ann Rev 47; (2005) 6 SAL Ann Rev 49
5. "Modifications, Changes and additions Made by States Adopting the UNCITRAL Model Law on international Commercial Arbitration" (Jointly by UNCITRAL-SIAC, 2006; ISBN 981-05-5515-6))
6. "Recent Developments in the Maritime Law of Singapore" (1997) Int Jr Shipping Law Vol 2 p 225-233
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