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One of the founding directors of Helmsman, Ian is an authority on commodity trading and shipping law.
In 2019, he became one of the first senior accredited shipping and maritime law specialists appointed by the Singapore Academy of Law. What’s more, he was recognised by Euromoney Expert Guides as one of the world’s 30 Best of the Best Shipping Lawyers. In 2016, Best Lawyers Singapore named Ian as Trade Lawyer of the Year.
Publications
- “Registrability of liens on sub-freight in Singapore” [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 45-46
- “Registrability of liens on sub-freight: the last word or not?” [2018] Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 490-496
- “Liens on sub freight revisited: Charge or sui generis right of interception?” [2018] Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 14-19
- “Two recent decisions on the law of ship arrest in Singapore” [2012] 9 Shipping & Transport International 27-29
Contributing author, Peter Ellinger and Dora Neo (eds), The Law and Practice of Documentary Letters of Credit (London, Hart Publishing, 2010)
Qualified to practise in Singapore, England and Wales, Ian read law at the National University of Singapore (LL.B) and obtained his LL.M at Cambridge University. Awarded the Justice Tan Ah Tah Prize in his PLC class, Ian is a member of the adjunct faculty at the Singapore Management University, School of Law, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, and an Adjunct Fellow of the NUS Centre for Maritime Law. He contributes to academia regularly, and has published in Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Quarterly.