Quentin Loh, S.C.
Name:
Quentin Loh Sze On
Age:
58 yrs 8 months
Marital Status:
Married with two sons and a daughter
Summary
Quentin Loh Sze On, SC, leads the Construction and Projects and Insurance and
Reinsurance Practice Groups, and is a key member of the international arbitration group
of Rajah & Tann LLP. He joined Rajah & Tann in 2001. Prior to that, Quentin was the
Managing Partner of Cooma Lau & Loh, a firm he co-founded in 1978. He was appointed
Senior Counsel in January 1999.
Quentin has had a distinguished practice in all aspects of construction claims, both
contract drafting as well as dispute resolution, commercial litigation and arbitration
(domestic and international). He is also a leading insurance law practitioner, having acted
in numerous insurance (especially Contractor’s All Risks and Liability Insurance) and
reinsurance claims.
Education
St Joseph’s Institution
(O levels-1967)
Raffles Institution
(A levels- 1969)
National University of Singapore (1970-1974)
Work History
Executive Committee, Rajah & Tann LLP (since January 2008)
Executive Committee, Rajah & Tann (2001 – 2007)
Head of (1) Construction and Projects Practice Group, and (2)
Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group, Rajah & Tann LLP
Managing Partner, Cooma Lau & Loh (1990 – 2001)
Partner, Cooma Lau & Loh (1977 – 2001)
Legal Assistant, Rodyk & Davidson (1975 – 1977)
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Current Appointments
1. Member, Law Society Professional Indemnity Insurance
Committee (Chairman from April 1998 to December 2007,
Member since May 1991)
2. Accredited Adjudicator, Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC),
under the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment
Act 2004
3. Teaching Faculty, Singapore Mediation Centre, for training of
Adjudicators under the Building & Construction Industry
Security of Payment Act 2004
4. Member, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s panel of
Arbitrators
5. Member, Panel of Disciplinary Committee Chairmen under
Section 90(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act (since 1st July
2004)
6. Chairman, ad hoc Law Society Committee, to comment on
proposed changes to the Insurance Act, (Cap.142)
7. Director, Maxwell Chambers Pte Ltd (3 November 2008 to 2
November 2009)
Previous Appointments
1. Honorary Legal Adviser to the Singapore Insurance Institute
2. Member, Military Court of Appeal, Ministry of Defence, (1991-1993)
3. Member, Law Society Committee for Appointment of Notaries Public and
Commissioners for Oaths (1980s, before function was taken over by the Singapore
Academy of Law)
4. Member, Inquiry Committee Panel under the Legal Profession Act (1 December 1991 to
30 June 2004)
5. Member of the Senate, Singapore Academy of Law (1 year appointment from 7 January
2007)
Books
1. Law Relating to Specific Contracts in Singapore: Insurance Chapter (Sweet & Maxwell
Asia, 2008)
2. Modern Advocacy: Perspectives from Singapore – Chapter 14 on Advocacy in
International Arbitration (Singapore Academy of Law, 2008)
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3. Confidentiality in Arbitrations: How Far Does It Extend (Singapore Academy of Law
Monograph Series, 2007)
4. International Insurance Law & Regulation (Longman Law, Tax & Finance) Author of
Chapter on Singapore
5. The Duty of Counsel Before an Alternative Dispute Resolution Tribunal Wege zur
Globalisierung des Rechts – Reinhold Geimer (C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Oscar Beck oHG, 1999)
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CURRICULUM VITAE
STEVEN CHONG, SC
Personal Data
Date of Birth:
22 September 1957
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse:
Melissa Anne Teo Eu-Leng
Partner at Allen & Gledhill
Children:
Jonathan (16) studying at ACS
Nicola (13) studying at MGS
Timothy (11) studying at ACS
Educational History
National University of Singapore
LL.B.(Hons) Singapore (Second Class, Upper Division) 1982
Called to the Bar in 1983
Practice and Academic Appointments
Appointed Senior Counsel in 1998.
Accredited Arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Lecturer in-charge of the Admiralty Practice Course at the Postgraduate Practice Law
Course (since 1994).
Commissioned Officer of the Singapore Navy
Other Related Activities
Singapore Jurisdiction Member to the Executive Council of the Inter-Pacific Bar
Association (1991-1993, 2002-2004).
Member of the Singapore Citizen Committee of Inquiry
Member of the Legal Sub-Committee of the Singapore Shipping Association
Council Member of the Singapore Shipping Association (2003/2005)
Member of the Maritime Advisory Group to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Appointed to the panel of Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Supreme Court
(2003/2005)
Appointed Iceland’s Honorary Consul to Singapore in 2003
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Professional Career
Joined Drew & Napier as a Lawyer in 1983. Became Partner in 1986. Became Head of the
Shipping Department in 1991. Was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and was
appointed Joint Managing Partner at the end of 1997. Joined Rajah & Tan on 2 January
1998. Head of the Shipping & Admiralty Practice Group from 1998 to-date. Appointed
Managing Partner in 2004.
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DR PHILIP N PILLAI
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
LLB First Class Hons (Singapore) (1971)
LLM (Harvard) (1973)
SJD (Harvard) (1982)
Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
Solicitor, England & Wales
Singapore Public Service Medal (“BBM”) 2003
Shook Lin & Bok LLP
Senior Partner
Managing Partner
Partner
since 1998
1992 - 1997
since 1986
Allen & Overy Shook Lin & Bok JLV
Joint Managing Partner
National University of Singapore
Faculty of Law
Vice Dean
Associate Professor
2000-09
1971-1985
1982 - 1985
1980 - 1985
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE
Corporate Finance & M&A, International Finance
International Trade & Regulation
Securities, Collective Investment Schemes
Regulatory
Indonesia/India Practice
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PUBLIC & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Current
ST Engineering Ltd
Director & Audit Committee member
since 2000
Chair, Nominating Committee
ST Electronics Ltd
Director
since 2000
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Director
Since 2003
Member Audit Committee
Prudential Assurance (Singapore) Pte
Ltd
Director & Audit Committee member
2007-current
Hotung Investment Holdings Limited
Director
since 1997
Audit Committee Chair
Singapore: Legal Service Commission
Member
2007-2010
Haggai Institute, Atlanta
International Board of Trustees
Chairman
2004-06
Member
current
Haggai Institute, Singapore
Director
Singapore International Arbitration
Centre
Member, Regional Panel of Arbitrators
2003-06
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow
since 2005
Ministry of Trade and Industry
National Marketing Workshop
Working Group Member
1989
Singapore Academy of Law
Publications Committee Member
1989
Services Sub-Committee, Economic
Committee,
Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry
Legal Services Working Group
Member
1985
Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Executive Committee
Member
1983 - 1986
National University of Singapore
Senate Member
1976 - 1985
Board of Legal Education, Singapore
Member
1981 - 1985
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Executive Committee and Board of Trustees
Member
1981 - 1985
Singapore Conferences on
International Business Law
Organising Committee Executive Secretary1982
- 1986
and Advisory Committee Member
Conference I
:
Current
Problems
of
International Trade Financing :
September 1982
Conference II :
Current
Issues
in
International Financial Law :
August 1984
Conference III :
Current Developments in
International
Securities,
Commodities
and
Financial
Futures Markets : September
1986
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Singapore Institute of Directors
Fellow
since 2000
Previous:
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Director & Audit Committee member 200005
Singapore International Foundation
Board of Governors
Member
1991-2005
Singapore Academy of Law, Senate
2005-2007
Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Secretary
General 2001-5
Chairman, Singapore Committee on
Company Legislation and Regulatory
Framework, 2001-2003
Lindeteves-Jacoberg Limited
Director / Audit Committee Member 19962005
Media Corporation of Singapore
Director and Audit Committee Chairman
1994 – 2000
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MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
1. Company Law and Securities Regulation
(1987) Butterworths
2. Sourcebook of Singapore & Malaysia
Company Law 2nd Ed. (1986) Butterworths
3. Companies & Securities Handbook Singapore & Malaysia (1984) Butterworths
4. State Enterprise in Singapore : Legal
Importation and Development (1983)
Singapore University Press
International Law Office Legal Newsletter
(Internet publication :
http://www.internationallawoffice.com/ )
Capital Markets/Derivatives (Singapore) & Overview
Contributing Editor (since 1999)
Butterworths Journal of International Banking &
Finance
International Advisory Board
Member
1996 - 1997
Butterworths (Asia) Pte Ltd
Consultant Editor
The Company Lawyer, London
Overseas Editor/Advisor
International Financial Law Review
International Advisory Board
2003 to current
Singapore Television Twelve Pte Ltd
Chairman
1994 – 1999
Singapore Management University
Council Member
1997 - 1999
MAS Committee on Governance of
Exchanges
Member
1998
Minister of Law Legal Services
Review Committee
Member
1998 - 1999
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1993 – 1998
Singapore General Hospital Pte Ltd
Director
1988 - 1999
Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Cross Border Investments Section
Chairman
1992 - 1996
Programme Coordinator
1996
Secretary General
2001 to 2005
Nanyang Technological University
Council Member
1991 - 1995
Action Committee on Indian Education
Member
1990 - 1991
Singapore Indian Development
Association
Board Member
1992-1996
Institute of Policy Studies
Advisory Committee
Member
1990-1998
Stock Exchange of Singapore Ltd
Deputy Chairman
1988 - 1989
Board Member
1986 - 1994
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
Board Member 1986-1996.
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