SIArb Annual Seminar 2026 – Developments in Singapore Arbitration
Speakers will examine the 2025 decisions relating to the setting aside and enforcement of awards, as well as identify trends that may be discerned from these cases.
Speakers will examine the 2025 decisions relating to the setting aside and enforcement of awards, as well as identify trends that may be discerned from these cases.
At the start of a brand new year, this seminar will offer participants an opportunity to take a deep dive into the key developments in international arbitration in Singapore and the United Kingdom in 2025.
Join us at the SIAC-Ciarb Debate this year as our speakers debate whether reliance on national ethical rules governing counsel conduct is sufficient to regulate the conduct of counsel engaged in the practice of international arbitration
Investment Arbitration, involving the resolution of disputes between host States and foreign investors, is a developing area which is gaining increasing relevance to practitioners, against a changing global landscape. Designed as a primer, this four-day course will provide an introduction and overview of the investment arbitration legal framework, key substantive principles and concepts
for interested aritrationpracttioners,in-Housecounselandgovernmentlawyers.
Mediation Windows in the Arbitration House: Emerging Trends in Cross-Border Mediation
The Accelerated Route to Fellowship course is designed to provide a fast-track route to Ciarb’s Fellowship through the International Arbitration Pathway.
Discussion on collaboration between SICC and BICC to advance access, efficiency, and shared vision in international commercial justice.
Explore strategic forum selection in IP disputes through live client consultation enactments. This session covers mediation, arbitration, litigation, litigation insurance, and third-party funding in an evolving dispute resolution landscape.
Explore the first 100 days of arbitration with expert insights on case management, milestones, and strategic decisions during Singapore Convention Week.
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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 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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