NUS Law Professor Tan Cheng Han receives C C Tan Award

Congratulations to Professor Tan Cheng Han, S.C. ’87 on receiving the esteemed C C Tan Award at the recent The Law Society of Singapore’s Scary Decisis Annual Dinner 2024!

Since 2003, the Law Society has presented an annual award to a member of the Bar who exemplifies the highest ideals of the legal profession—honesty, fair play, gentlemanliness and personal integrity. The award is named after the first President of the Law Society, Mr Tan Chye Cheng, or C C Tan as he was widely known, who embodied these ideals. Etiquette is reflected in many of these qualities. Click here for the list of award winners over the years.

On the win, Professor Tan said, “I feel very honoured to have received the C C Tan Award, which is given to a member of the Law Society who exemplifies the values of honesty, integrity and fair play. In my career at the Bar, I have tried my best to live up to these ideals and I am humbled that my peers think me worthy of this Award. It means a lot to me.”

About Professor Tan Cheng Han
Professor Tan Cheng Han, S.C. was Dean of NUS Law from 2001 to 2011, Chairman of the NUS EW Barker Centre for Law and Business from 2012 to 2019, and Dean of the City University of Hong Kong School of Law from 2019 to 2022. He is presently the Chief Strategy Officer of NUS Law. His other current roles include being a Senior Consultant at Wong Partnership LLP, Chairman of Singapore Exchange Regulation Pte Ltd, President of the Asian Law Schools Association, and a member of the Singapore Business Federation’s Board of Trustees. He maintains an active practice as counsel and arbitrator and has received many arbitral appointments as sole, presiding and co-arbitrator.

Recently, Professor Tan was appointed to the Asia Advisory Council of the AAA-ICDR. The American Arbitration Association is one of the largest arbitral institutions in the world. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution is the AAA’s international arm.

Professor Tan has been active in public service. These include being Chairman of the Public Accountants Oversight Committee, the Media Literacy Council, NTUC First Campus and Caritas Singapore. He has also served as Deputy Chairman of Sport Singapore and the Singapore Exchange’s Listing Advisory Committee, as a member of the Securities Industry Council, the Corporate Finance Committee and the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society, and on the boards of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. Professor Tan has also sat as a member of the Military Court of Appeal and as a Specialist Judge.