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Vivian Ang graduated in 1980 from the National University of Singapore with an LLB (Hons) degree, having attained the highest marks in her class. She also holds a Masters in Maritime Law (Cardiff). Vivian was called to the Singapore Bar in 1981. She joined Allen & Gledhill as a Partner in 1989. She presently co-heads the Maritime and Aviation Practice Group and International Trade Practice Group. Her practice encompasses litigious and non-litigious shipping and aviation matters, insurance, product liability, international trade and transportation, banking, domestic and international arbitration and mediation.
She has been involved in litigation and arbitration matters including claims concerning the international sale of goods, charterparty disputes, ship repair and construction disputes, sale and purchase of vessels, mortgage enforcement of ship and aircraft, carriage of goods and passengers by sea and air, freight forwarding disputes, repair and maintenance of aircraft, damage to ship and aircraft and the arrest, detention and re-possession of ship and aircraft.
Vivian has been involved in a variety of notable and high profile matters.
She is listed as a leading shipping and admiralty practitioner in a number of publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, The Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal Singapore. She has been ranked in the top tier of leading individuals in Shipping by Chambers Asia (2008) who have also quoted her clients as stating that "she's one of the best there is; both her professionalism and her quality of work are excellent".
Vivian has spoken at numerous conferences held locally and overseas including the IBA conference in Prague in 2005, the IBA Maritime Committee conference in Dubai in 2006 and the IBA conference in Singapore in 2007.
She has also contributed articles to various local and international publications and is a co-contributor to the Singapore Court Practice (2003, 2005 and 2006), Singapore Court Precedents and Pleadings (2006), and Halsbury's Laws of Singapore on Shipping, Vol 17(2) 2006 Edn.
Vivian is a member of the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Maritime Law Association of Singapore, the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, the International Bar Association and the Women's International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA).
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