CHEN 
Zhida

 
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Zhida is an Associate Director of Helmsman LLC, a boutique law firm specializing in international commodity trading and shipping law. His main focus lies in international commodity trade, trade finance, and “dry” shipping work (including charterparty and bill of lading disputes). He not only regularly appears in the Singapore courts, but also acted as counsel in international arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional (including LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC). He also regularly advises clients on non-contentious matters, ranging from commodity sale contracts and charterparties to US and UN sanctions.

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Contact

lawcz@nus.edu.sg

Education

LLM (New York University); LLB (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Current Courses

International Commodity Trading Law Clinic

International Legal Process

Zhida is an Associate Director of Helmsman LLC, a boutique law firm specializing in international commodity trading and shipping law. His main focus lies in international commodity trade, trade finance, and “dry” shipping work (including charterparty and bill of lading disputes). He not only regularly appears in the Singapore courts, but also acted as counsel in international arbitrations, both ad hoc and institutional (including LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC). He also regularly advises clients on non-contentious matters, ranging from commodity sale contracts and charterparties to US and UN sanctions.

Zhida graduated with First Class Honours in Law from the National University of Singapore (“NUS”). He also has a Masters of Law in International Legal Studies from New York University. Before joining private practice, he served as a Justices’ Law Clerk of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

He has been teaching as an adjunct at the NUS Faculty of Law since 2014.

  • Public International Law
  • Shipping and Admiralty Law
  • Contract Law
  • Tort Law
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