Darius Chan
Position
Darius is an independent arbitrator, advocate and academic. He is concurrently Associate Professor of Law (Practice) at Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law, Deputy Director of the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy and Director of the SMU Law Academy. He is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. Having read computer science at junior college, Darius has been increasingly approached for technology disputes.
Darius’ practice and teaching interests focus on international commercial and investment arbitration, private and public international law. In addition to commercial arbitration, Darius is especially well-regarded for his expertise involving States and State-Owned Entities. Darius is accustomed to collaborating with local counsel on both advisory and contentious mandates.
Darius is consistently recommended by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration Future Leaders as a “Most Highly Regarded Individual” in Asia-Pacific since the inception of the publication to date.
Prior to commencing independent practice, Darius spent a decade practising with international law firms in London and Singapore. He served as a Justices’ Law Clerk and Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore between 2007 to 2009. In 2014, Darius was appointed amicus curiae in an appeal, where the Chief Justice of Singapore described Darius’ contribution in the judgment as being “careful”, “excellent and invaluable”.