Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia

Shipping & International Trade

Jainil Bhandari is qualified to practice law in Singapore and Malaysia. He is also a partner of Rajah & Tann’s Malaysian associate office Christopher & Lee Ong, and a director of Rajah & Tann NK Legal Myanmar Company Ltd. He has also been named as a Senior Accredited Specialist for Maritime and Shipping Law by the Singapore Academy of Law’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme.

Jainil has been consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in shipping law by The Asia Legal Pacific 500, Chambers Asia Pacific and Global, Asialaw Profiles and Who’s Who Legal: Singapore.

Jainil has been in active litigation and arbitration practice since 1989, appearing in both the Singapore and Malaysian courts and in ad hoc as well as institutional commercial arbitrations administered under SIAC, SCMA, KLRCA, LMAA and UNCITRAL Rules.  He is also experienced in arbitrations administered by various trade bodies such as GAFTA, FOSFA and PORAM.  He specializes in shipping and trading disputes relating among other matters to bills of lading, charter parties and transportation contracts, offshore construction projects, marine insurance, shipping casualties and international commodity contracts.

Jainil was an adjunct tutor for the basic advocacy course at the National University of Singapore from 1990 to 1997.  In addition, he tutors Admiralty law for the Preparatory Course Leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations (formerly known as the Postgraduate Practical Law Course).

Member, Singapore Academy of Law Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Bar Council of Malaysia Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Teaching fellow, Singapore Institute of Legal Education Member, Maritime Law Association of Singapore Panel of Arbitrators in the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration

LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore Advocate & Solicitor, Malaysia Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Acc. Spec. (Maritime and Shipping), Singapore Academy of Law