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Andrew Chan is a Partner in Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Deputy Head of the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group. His practice encompasses commercial work, and he is a specialist in dispute resolution (especially arbitration), trusts, and insolvency (corporate and personal), in particular schemes of arrangement and compromise (cross-border and domestic) where he has advised on and structured schemes involving major corporations. In arbitration, he has acted as counsel, been appointed arbitrator and appointed to give expert evidence on Singapore law. He has also given expert evidence for use in a foreign court.
Andrew has been noted as a leading insolvency and restructuring lawyer in The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (APL500) since 2005 and in Chambers Asia (2008 to 2011). The APL500 2007/2008 edition recommends him for international arbitration. Chambers Asia (2011) describes Andrew as “a well-recognised and respected figure in the insolvency sector.” The PLC Cross-border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook (2007/2008 and 2008/2009) lists Andrew as a leading lawyer in the area and describes him as a “highly regarded cross-border insolvency specialist”. Andrew is noted in the world write up of Who’s Who Legal for Insolvency and Restructuring (2010) to be “a ‘luminary’ of the Singapore insolvency bar according to peers”. The 2010 Guide to the World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers lists Andrew as a leading practitioner. He is also listed under Insolvency and Reorganisation in the Best Lawyers International.
Andrew is a Fellow and Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (as well as being on its panel of tutors) and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is on the panels of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Law Society Arbitration Scheme, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre For Arbitration. He is also Chairman of the Insolvency Committee of Law Society, a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS) and Director of the American Arbitration Association-ICDR Ltd.
Andrew has written over 60 articles covering many areas of the law and has contributed to various publications. On insolvency, Andrew is the General Editor of the leading local practitioner’s book entitled Law & Practice of Corporate Insolvency. Andrew has also co-authored two works on personal insolvency: Butterworths Annotations of The Singapore Bankruptcy Act and Law And Practice of Bankruptcy In Singapore and Malaysia. He is also Consultant Editor of Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore volume on Insolvency. On arbitration, he has co-authored the Singapore Chapter of the publication Arbitration in Asia. Andrew’s writings have been cited in decisions of the Singapore Court of Appeal, High Court and District Court.
Andrew read law at the National University of Singapore. He is fluent in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
In October 2011, Andrew was presented the “Minister for Law Outstanding Volunteer Award”, the highest volunteer award for individuals given by the Ministry of Law Singapore, for providing expertise and helping shape insolvency practice in Singapore.
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