Richard TAN, a national of the Singapore, is a senior international arbitration consultant at Stamford Law Corporation, Singapore. Mr. Tan is the former head of the international arbitration practice at Lovells Lee & Lee’s Singapore office. Before that, he was a senior partner at Lee & Lee, and spent 28 years with that firm. While at Lee & Lee, he headed the firm’s arbitration practice group and the intellectual property and technology department.

He is a past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and has served on the board of directors of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He is also a Chartered Arbitrator with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and was made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators in 1994.

He is on the panel of arbitrators of many arbitral institutions and organizations, including the SIAC, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre, the National Board of Arbitration Indonesia (BANI), the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, Singapore Law Society, Singapore Contractors Association, SIAC-Singapore Stock Exchange-Derivatives Trading and the Singapore Institute of Architects.

He is also a legal adviser to the Singapore Contractors Association and a member of the Singapore Film Commission.

He is a regular speaker at international arbitration conferences and events and has been recognized by many legal directories as a leading individual in the field of arbitration, dispute resolution and projects work.