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John Savage

Address: 

6 Battery Road
#25-03
049909
Singapore

Phone Number: 
+65 6230-3800
Fax Number: 
+65 6230-3899
Email: 
jsavage@shearman.com
Born: 
1967, UK
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
LLB, King’s College, London, 1988; Maîtrise en droit privé, Université de Paris I (Pantheón-Sorbonne), Paris, France 1990; Final Examination of the Law Society, Guildhall University, London, 1991 (First Class Honours)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Solicitor, England & Wales, 1993; Avocat, Paris, France 1997 (inactive)
Present Position: 
Shearman & Sterling LLP, Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Asia
Professional Experience: 

Clifford Chance, London and Paris, Trainee: 1991 – 1993; Shearman & Sterling, Paris, Associate: 1993 – 1999; Shearman & Sterling, Paris, Partner: 2000 – 2001; Shearman & Sterling, Singapore, Partner: 2002 – Present

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ACICA; CIETAC; SIAC; Advisory Board Member, Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL); Vice Chair, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 70 international arbitrations as counsel, including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, Swiss Chambers, AAA and ad hoc cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction
Energy
International Investments
Publications from JURIS: 
Chinese Investment Treaties and the Dispute Resolution Opportunities Offered by Most-Favoured Nation Provisions - SIAR 2008-3
Investment Treaty Arbitration - Chapter 17 - Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration
Investment Treaty Arbitration: An Asian Perspective - WAMR 2008 Vol. 2, No. 1-2
Chinese Investment Treaties and the Dispute Resolution Opportunities Offered by Most Favoured Nation Provisions - Chapter 17 - Investment Arbitration Decisions
Publications: 

Co-editor, “Fouchard Gaillard Goldman On International Commercial Arbitration” (Kluwer, 1999); Author of articles on international arbitration in various publications including: “Investment Treaty Arbitration and Asia: Survey and Comment” (1 Asian International Arbitration Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005); “The International Comparative Legal Guide to International Arbitration 2004” (Singapore Chapter); “ICSID Ad Hoc Committee Conditions Stay of Enforcement on Posting of Security” (18 Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, October 2003); “Family Ties: When arbitration agreements bind non-signatory affiliate companies” (Asian Dispute Review, May 2003); “New Opportunities For Resolving Disputes Involving Asian States” (FinanceAsia, January 2003).