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International Centre for Dispute Resolution Singapore

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) – Singapore Office

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) officially launched its Singapore Office in August 2026. The office is ICSID’s first staffed office outside its Washington, D.C. headquarters and serves as its regional hub for Asia and the Pacific. The Singapore Office brings ICSID’s services closer to parties and counsel in the region and deepens its outreach to States, investors and legal practitioners. It also enables ICSID to better serve the region’s needs in investment dispute prevention, management and resolution, and to raise awareness of the full scope of ICSID’s offerings. The Office is based at the World Bank Group Singapore Office at 10 Marina Boulevard. ICSID also maintains a presence at Maxwell Chambers Suites, alongside local and regional offices of international dispute resolution institutions, law firms, chambers and ancillary service providers.

ICSID is the world’s leading institution devoted to international investment dispute settlement and one of the five organisations of the World Bank Group. Established in 1966 under the ICSID Convention, ICSID provides an independent and depoliticised forum for the resolution of international investment disputes through arbitration, conciliation, mediation and fact-finding. Its availability to investors and States helps promote international investment by providing confidence in the dispute resolution process.

Maxwell Unplugged: Erika Williams

Episode Overview
Join the conversation as Erika Williams, Independent arbitrator, joined by Monica Chong, a disputes lawyer at Wong Partnership LLP in Singapore, shares her journey of navigating a variety of roles before unexpectedly discovering her passion for arbitration – a reminder that opportunities can arise in the most unexpected places.
 
She shares insights from her experience in arbitration practice, as well as the value of both formal and informal connections while networking, and maybe even shares a few secrets on how to build them!
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Cassandra Anthonisz

Deputy Manager of Legal & Business Service

Cassandra Gayle Anthonisz is the Deputy Manager of Legal and Business Services at Maxwell Chambers. Her multifaceted experience spans across legal, business development, and communications sectors, offering a distinctive combination of legal acumen, strategic insight, and cross-sector versatility.

Her professional background encompasses legal affairs, compliance, business development, and legal technology. She has held in-house positions across sectors, where she gained extensive experience navigating complex legal and regulatory environments. Her experience spans the implementation of strategic legal frameworks in sectors such as maritime, commodities, and fintech, with a focus on client-facing legal operations; contractual negotiations; contentious and non-contentious work.

Prior to joining Maxwell Chambers, Cassandra led legal technology start-ups through the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. In these capacities, she integrated legal innovation with corporate strategy, while spearheading business development initiatives and cross-border legal solutions.

Cassandra has a passion for advancing access to justice and to promoting forward-thinking and progressive business-aligned legal practices. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom, and is currently pursuing a Master of Laws (LLM).

Ban Jiun Ean

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Ban Jiun Ean read law at the National University of Singapore before joining the Ministry of Law. He spent nine years doing legal policy work, with a focus on the development of Singapore’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) industry. 

Jiun Ean spearheaded the development of the world’s first integrated dispute resolution centre, Maxwell Chambers, which brought together arbitral institutions, service providers and legal practitioners under the same roof in a facility equipped with bespoke dispute resolution rooms and state-of-the-art supporting technology. In 2010, he was appointed Chief Executive of Maxwell Chambers, helming the company for five years and establishing it as the foremost dispute resolution centre of its kind in the world. In 2016, he left Maxwell to pursue several other projects, including the development of an arts centre and to write several novels. In 2019, Jiun Ean was appointed as the Executive Director of Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC), working to strengthen the mediation industry in Singapore and globally. 

Jiun Ean returns to Maxwell Chambers as Chief Executive, to augment the team as it continues to build on Maxwell’s position as the premier ADR facility in the world.

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