TAGTIME SEASON 7 EPISODE 3
In the third episode of the seventh season of TagTime, Steven Lim discussed “Do we really understand ‘juridiction’ in arbitration? Reflections on recent jurisprudence from Singapore and beyond” with hosts Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. Steven Lim was tagged by Prof. Stavros Brekoulakis.
Steven Lim is an arbitrator and barrister. He has over 100 appointments as presiding, sole, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator, seated in Singapore, England, USA, India, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. He is also instructed as lead counsel in arbitrations. He is a member of the English and Singapore bars.
He has extensive experience with SIAC, ICC, ICDR, SCMA, KCAB, UNCITRAL Rules, and ad hoc cases involving Indo-Pacific jurisdictions and farther afield, and is on the SIAC, HKIAC, ICDR, KCAB, JCAA, CIETAC and SHAC panels, amongst many others.
He has extensive experience with disputes and parties from across the world including Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, USA, Peru, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Hungary, Russia, BVI, Rwanda, and South Africa.
He has experience with a broad range of commercial disputes covering private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, share options, agency, licensing, internet gaming, hotel management, coal, mineral, agricultural commodities and trading contracts, mining, oil and gas, energy, offshore engineering, ship and rig building, and construction projects.
Steven is recommended as “the perfect arbitrator”, “his awards are well-reasoned and clear”, “an extremely effective arbitrator, he manages cases very well, instilled confidence in the parties and demonstrates confidence, competence and ability in dealing with cases, both a pleasant and effective tribunal member”, “all the representatives and parties came away thinking they got a very good and fair hearing”, “he is very good at getting to gripes with legal areas”, “he is always on top of his cases and has a very good judgment and excellent manner”, “a fair-minded and extremely capable arbitrator”, “an excellent arbitrator who is very balanced”, “a highly respected figure across the gamut of APAC-related commercial disputes”, “an outstanding up-and-coming superstar with a nice and sensible manner”, and “an excellent counsel with excellent understanding of law and great commercial insight”.
