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Andrew Lee

PDLegal LLC
Andrew graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree in 2008 and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 2009. Prior to joining PDLegal LLC in January 2017, Andrew started his practice career in one of Singapore’s leading firms before joining the Singapore office of a US-based international law firm.

In October 2017, Andrew was featured as one of “Asia’s brightest young legal minds under 40 years of age making waves” by Asian Legal Business. Andrew was also named as one of “Singapore’s most influential legal minds aged 40 and under for 2018” by the Singapore Business Review. In September 2022, Andrew was named as a “Rising Star for Dispute Resolution” by Asialaw Leading Lawyers.

Andrew’s experience extends to the areas of maritime, offshore oil and gas, energy and international trade disputes. Andrew’s experience extends to charterparty disputes, marine insurance disputes, shipbuilding and/or repair disputes, ship collisions and ship arrests, and disputes involving bills of lading and documentary letters of credit and investigations. Andrew had the opportunity to act as counsel in one of the first offshore cases to be heard by the Singapore International Commercial Court. Andrew has also acted as counsel in SIAC, UNCITRAL, LMAA and SCMA arbitration proceedings.

Andrew has also acted in complex commercial and civil disputes involving director and shareholders disputes as well as minority oppression cases. Andrew also regularly advises his clients on corporate business and regulatory compliance matters.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2009

Experience

  • Duane Morris & Selvam LLP (2012 - 2017)
  • Rodyk & Davidson LLP (2008 - 2011)

Membership

  • Law Society of Singapore
  • Singapore Academy of Law
  • Judicial Officer – Singapore Rugby Union
  • Judicial Director – Touch Football Singapore

Qualifications

  • LLB (2008)
  • Admitted to the Singapore Bar (2009)

Education

  • National University of Singapore (2004-2008)

1 Contributions by Andrew Lee

Singapore arbitration: jurisdiction challenges, repudiation, anti-suit relief, stays, non-party proceedings, winding-up and indemnity costs
PRACTICE NOTES
Singapore arbitration: jurisdiction challenges, repudiation, anti-suit relief, stays, non-party proceedings, winding-up and indemnity costs
Challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal pre-award—Singapore’s Arbitration Act and International Arbitration Act Singapore operates a dual-track arbitration framework: the Arbitration Act, 2001 (AA) applies to domestic references, while the International Arbitration Act 1994 (IAA) governs international arbitrations whether the seat is in Singapore or abroad, including those conducted outside Singapore. Both statutes recognise separability, treating the arbitration agreement or clause as autonomous, distinct and independent from the underlying contract. They likewise embody the doctrine of Kompetenz-Kompetenz, vesting the tribunal with competence to rule on its own jurisdiction—including the conclusion that it lacks authority over the parties’ dispute should that be the case. The High Court of Singapore in Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd observed that the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (Model Law) empowers the arbitral tribunal to decide if it has jurisdiction to hear the disputes in question, including issues concerning the validity and existence of the arbitration agreement...
Arbitration
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