Danielle is a member of the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Policy Panel, Singapore Mediation Centre and a member of the International Law Association (ILA) Business and Human Rights Committee. She is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore where she leads on climate change law and policy issues as well as cyber law and governance issues. Danielle is concurrently a Senior Advisor with DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, and a Consultant with KGP Legal LLC (member of Inter-Asia Law Alliance).
Danielle’s experience spans across a range of public international law issues including trade and investment, environment and climate change, international security including international cyber norms, human rights, law of the sea and sanctions and compliance matters. She has advised and represented the Singapore Government at international negotiations and dispute resolution. Danielle was lead counsel in multiple negotiations at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. In the same capacity, she also helmed recent UNFCC and Paris Agreement climate change talks and a WTO panel proceeding (as a third party). In addition, she was an advisor to the Singapore government in the Case concerning Land Reclamation by Singapore in and around the Straits of Johor (Malaysia v Singapore) before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Danielle is a member of the panel of arbitrators appointed under the UK-Singapore Free Trade Agreement and was recently appointed as panelist in a dispute under the WTO. She served as an elected alternate member of the Implementation and Compliance Committee established under the Paris Agreement (Jan 2020 – July 2021) to promote compliance and facilitate the implementation of the Paris Agreement. She chaired the General Assembly of Parties to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 2009 and was appointed a WIPO expert on mission in 2009. In addition, Danielle was a member of the Genetic Modification Advisory Committee established by the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry (2016 to July 2021); and a Member of the Intellectual Property Hub Master Plan (Singapore) Steering Committee and Co-Chair of Subcommittee 2 appointed by the Singapore Ministry of Law.
Danielle was formerly the Deputy Director-General of the International Affairs Division of the Singapore Attorney-General’s Chambers and Deputy Chief Executive/Deputy Director-General of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. She was also a formerly a District Judge; Justices’ Law Clerk and criminal prosecutor. She was a Council Member of the Singapore branch of the ILA between 1st Jan 2017 and 31 Dec 2023.
Danielle holds an LLB (Honours) from the University of Bristol and LLM (First Class Distinction) from the University of Cambridge. She is admitted as Advocate & Solicitor (Supreme Court of Singapore) and Barrister-at-Law (England & Wales) (Middle Temple).
