Alvin has represented States in disputes before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, and arbitral tribunals. Some representative cases are:
Counsel in the Timor Sea Treaty Arbitration between Timor-Leste and Australia
Counsel in the B1 case between Iran and the United States of America before the Iran-US Claims Tribunal
Counsel for India in The “Enrica Lexie” Incident arbitration between Italy and India
Counsel for Bolivia in Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala between Bolivia and Chile before the International Court of Justice
Counsel for Colombia in Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia) and Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) before the International Court of Justice.
Alvin graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2012. He is based in Perth and teaches public international law and business law at the University of Western Australia. For his PhD, he is looking at how international courts and tribunals rely on national court decisions as a source of international law
