TAN 
Xi'en Rachel

 
Instructor (Legal Skills Programme)

Rachel is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She is currently part of the leadership team at the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy and Associate Counsel at an independent law firm. Rachel trained at, and was an associate at large law firms in Singapore, and clerked for a world-renowned arbitrator. Rachel also spent three years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Foreign Service Officer from 2011 to 2014.

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Contact

lawtxr@nus.edu.sg
TB-07-01

Education

LLB (Hons), BA (Hons) (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Current Courses

Legal Analysis, Research & Communication

Rachel is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She is currently part of the leadership team at the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy and Associate Counsel at an independent law firm. Rachel trained at, and was an associate at large law firms in Singapore, and clerked for a world-renowned arbitrator. Rachel also spent three years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Foreign Service Officer from 2011 to 2014.

Rachel’s interests focus on international dispute resolution. She holds a BA (Hons) and an LL.B (Hons) from the National University of Singapore, and is an accredited Tribunal Secretary at the HKIAC. Rachel has won several prizes, including placing 3rd in the Christopher Bathurst Essay Prize Competition in 2017, placing 1st in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Singapore) Procedural Order Competition 2018, and winning the Championship of the Essex Court Chambers –SAL International Mooting Competition 2019.

Other Publications

Rachel Tan Xi’en and Bethel Chan Ruiyi, ‘Examining Principle and Legality: Singapore’s Experience at International Courts and Tribunals‘ (Singapore Law Blog, 11 April 2019)

Rachel Tan Xi’en, ‘Case Comment: Swissbourgh Diamond Mines (Pty) Ltd and others v Kingdom of Lesotho [2018] SGCA 81‘ (Singapore Law Blog, 16 January 2019)

Rachel Tan Xi’en and Lucy Reed, ‘Developing Singaporean Jurisprudence on Reviewing Investor-State Arbitral Awards: Kingdom of Lesotho v Swissbourgh Diamond Mines (Pty) Limited and Others [2017] SGHC 195‘ (Singapore Law Blog, 9 October 2017)


  • Legal Skills
  • International Law
  • Arbitration
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution