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Sundaresh Menon

Address: 

Rajah & Tann LLP
9 Battery Road #25-01
Straits Trading Building
Singapore 049910

Phone Number: 
65 6232 0240
Fax Number: 
65 6225 9337
Email: 
smenon@rajahtann.com
Born: 
1962, Singapore
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Singaporean
Education: 
LLB, National University of Singapore (1986); LLM, Harvard University (1990)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (1987); Attorney and Counselor-at-law, Bar of the State of New York (1992); FSI Arb (2005)
Present Position: 
Managing Partner, Rajah & Tann LLP (2007– present)
Professional Experience: 

Judicial Commissioner, Supreme Court of Singapore (2006–2007); Partner and Head, International Litigation and Arbitration, Asia at Jones Day (2003–2006); Partner, Rajah & Tann (1995–2003); Partner, Wong Meng Meng & Partners (1992–1995); Partner, Shook Lin & Bok (1990–
1991); Legal Assistant, Shook Lin & Bok (1987–1989)

Professional Associations: 

Law Society of Singapore; Singapore Academy of Law; International Bar Association

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Beijing Arbitration Commission

Arbitration Experience: 

Appointed sole arbitrator, panel member or chairman in about 20 cases in a variety of areas; acted as counsel in numerous international arbitrations; issued 29 judgments as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court between April 2006 and March 2007. These covered a wide range of areas including company law, contracts, sale of goods, patents, equity, proprietary estoppel, laches, estates, administrative law, employment, civil procedure, tax and criminal law

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Law
Corporate
International Commercial Arbitration
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

‘Public, Policy and the Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards’, paper presented to the Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (2006); ‘The Proposed Amendments to the Model Law’ paper presented to the Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration and the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (2006); ‘Reforming the Model Law Provisions on Interim Measures of Protection’, Asian International Arbitration Journal (Singapore) 2:1:1–31, 2006; ‘Arbitration and the Courts : Partnership or Competition?’, (co-authored with Prof M Sornarajah) published by the Singapore Academy of Law in ‘Developments in Singapore Law:2001–2005’ (2006); ‘The Termination of Construction Contracts at Law and under the Contract’, paper presented to the Malaysian Bar Council, the Malaysian Society of Construction Law and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Malaysian Branch), August 2005; ‘Contract Administration’ (published by Lexis Nexis, 2004; co-author); ‘Sureties and Performance Bonds in Common Law Jurisdictions’, paper presented at 11th Annual Meeting and Conference organized by Inter-Pacific Bar Association, April 2001; ‘Choice of Law Clauses and the Limits on Party Autonomy’, paper presented at the 8th Singapore Conference on International Business Law (co-authored with V K Rajah), and published in ‘Current Legal Issues in International Commercial Litigation’ 1997; ‘Effecting Service of Process out of the Jurisdiction’, note on Ong & Co Pte Ltd v Carl Chow, (1990) 2 S.AC.L.J. 111; ‘Performance Bonds in the Construction Industry, Freedom of Contract v. Commercial Hardships and Realities’ paper presented at a conference on Documentary Credits organized by the Centre for Commercial Legal Studies, National University of Singapore.