The Singapore International Arbitration Act

Nelson Goh is a partner at Pallas Partners LLP, an elite dispute resolution firm with offices in London and New York. He holds an LL.B. from the National University of Singapore and LL.M.s from New York University and the University of Cambridge (First Class Hons), where he was a Cambridge Trust Scholar. Nelson has been involved in arbitrations administered by all leading institutions and ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules. He teaches investment arbitration at Queen Mary University of London and sits on Peer Review Board of the ICSID Review and Editorial Board of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review. He has published extensively on international arbitration and public international law in leading academic journals and is admitted to practice in England & Wales (solicitor-advocate) and Singapore. Jonathan Lim is a partner at WilmerHale LLP with a focus on complex international disputes. He has represented companies and governments in over 25 'bet-the-company' commercial and investment treaty arbitration disputes in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. He also regularly sits as arbitrator. He has advised international organizations and governments on public international law issues and assisted with the drafting of legislation, including in Fiji, Iraq, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, and Tonga. Among other appointments, he is a visiting senior fellow at the National University of Singapore, where he lectures on arbitration, Co-Chair of the Asia-Pacific Forum for International Arbitration, and a member of the International Court of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa. Paul Tan is a partner of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and heads the firm's arbitration practice for Asia. He is globally recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and Who's Who Legal as a lead advocate in international arbitrations (including treaty-based arbitrations) and arbitration-related litigation. He is a co-author of the forthcoming edition of Mustill & Boyd's treatise on international arbitration, and co-authored Singapore Law: 50 Years in the Making. Paul also holds first class degrees from the National University of Singapore and the University of Oxford.

1: Arbitration in Singapore
2: Regulation of Procedural Aspects of Arbitration
3: Interface with Other Dispute Resolution Forums
4: Interpretation of Part II of the Act
5: Arbitration Agreements
6: The Effect, Interpretation, and Applicability of the Model Law
7: Stay of Court Proceedings in Favour of Arbitration
8: Number and Appointment of Arbitrators
9: Appeals from Jurisdictional Rulings and Order 69A
10: Arbitrability
11: Powers of the Arbitral Tribunal
12: Court Powers in Aid of Arbitration
13: Disapplication of the Model Law and the IAA, the Application of Rule of Arbitration, and Conciliation
14: Awards and Interest on Awards
15: Taxation of Costs and Proceedings Otherwise Than in Open Court
16: Setting Aside an Award
17: Immunities of Arbitrators, Appointing Authorities and Arbitral Institutions
18: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards