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Harold Or is a Partner and a member of the Maritime & Aviation Practice Group and the Banking Practice Group. He acts for banks, other lenders and shipowners on all aspects of non-contentious shipping work including ship finance and leasing transactions, ship sale and purchase, charterparties, shipbuilding contracts and ship/mortgage registration. He also advises on non-contentious aviation matters such as aircraft finance, leasing and registration.
Harold holds a B Soc Sci (Hons) degree in economics from the National University of Singapore and an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of London. He qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at Inner Temple, United Kingdom in 1993 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1994.
Chambers Asia (2009) notes that Harold “impresses with his non-contentious work for lenders and shipowners”. The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2009/2010) notes that clients recommend Harold for his “willingness to go the extra mile”. Who’s Who Legal Singapore (2008) notes that “Harold comes recommended for his ‘outstanding’ non-contentious work, acting for banks and shipowners”, and notes that “his transactional, charterparties and shipbuilding contract work was highly praised”.
Harold was the inaugural adjunct lecturer on ship financing at the Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. He has written or co-written an article on the legal aspects of ship financing in the Business Times; a report on ship registration and mortgage in Singapore which was published in Shipping Finance (by Euromoney); and Chapter 4 (Ships) in Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore Vol 17(2) on Shipping, 2006 Edn.
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