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Marina Chin

Marina Chin

Work Department

Dispute Resolution Insolvency and Restructuring Investigations

Position

  • Senior Counsel
  • Joint Managing Partner
  • Co-Head of Dispute Resolution

Career

Marina, S.C., is one of the Senior and Founding Partners of Tan Kok Quan Partnership (TKQP).  She is also the Joint Managing Partner and Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution practice.

Marina was qualified in Singapore in 1990.  Prior to founding TKQP, Marina worked with Lee & Lee from 1990 to 2000 as a Legal Associate and Partner successively.

With more than 30 years of experience, Marina has advised market participants on disputes and general business matters across a broad spectrum of industry sectors in Asia.

Marina speaks and writes on a wide variety of litigation and arbitration law related topics regularly.  As a testament to her expertise and the respect she commands in the legal community, Marina was invited to contribute to three important publications for litigators:

Singapore Civil Procedure 2022; Singapore Court Practice; Singapore Precedents of Pleadings; and Commercial Litigation in Singapore.

Marina is the recipient of the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards – Best in Dispute Resolution award.  She has been ranked as a Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2017.  In addition, Best Lawyers has recognised Marina as one of the leading lawyers in the fields of Arbitration and Mediation since 2019, and in the field of Litigation for 2023.

Languages

English Malay

Memberships

Board Member and Audit Committee Member, Singapore Land Authority Member, Appeal Advisory Panel of Monetary Authority of Singapore Member, Specialist Mediator Panel (Singapore), Singapore International Mediation Centre Accreditation Committee Member, Singapore Institute of Legal Education Fellow, Singapore Academy of Law Member, The Law Society of Singapore Notary Public Commissioner for Oaths

Education

Postgraduate Practical Law Course, 1990 (awarded the Tan Ah Tah Book Prize) Bachelor of Laws (2nd Class Honours, Upper Division), National University of Singapore, 1989