Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Deputy Managing Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Head, International Arbitration

Kelvin Poon, SC is the Deputy Managing Partner of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and Head of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice. He was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2023.

Described as “a standout arbitration practitioner” and a “deep thinker with a solution-oriented approach to strategizing”, Kelvin has represented clients in a broad range of construction, commercial and insolvency disputes before the Singapore courts and in numerous arbitrations.

Kelvin is recognised as “Dispute Resolution Star” in Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2018 and 2019 for construction and international arbitration, and listed in Best Lawyers for Arbitration and Mediation since 2018. Kelvin has also been named as a “Future Leader” on Who’s Who Legal – Litigation since 2019. Kelvin has been described as an “excellent strategist” and is cited and recommended for international arbitration in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Kelvin also sits as an arbitrator.

Kelvin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Kelvin is a member of the Core Committee and the Selection Committee of the ICC’s Singapore Arbitration Group. He is also a member of the ICC Commission for Arbitration and ADR. Kelvin was also a member of the International Bar Association’s Working Group on Harmonizing Arbitration Laws in the Asia Pacific Region.

Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

Senior Counsel, Supreme Court of Singapore

LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore