PAST EVENTS

[Save the Date] SIAC Annual Appreciation Event 2025 on 25 March 2025

Maxwell En-Route – Where we explore and discuss various topics of interests with experts and thought leaders in the alternative dispute resolution community. 

In the latest episode, we sit down with Nilesh Jadhav, Sustainability Leader at Siemens to explore the role of businesses in driving corporate sustainability. From embedding sustainability at the design stage to leveraging technology and ensuring accountability through audits and reporting, how can businesses build resilience and ensure a sustainable future?

PCA Singapore Vis Pre-Moot will take place 19-20 March 2025 at Maxwell Chambers.

Nairobi Arbitration Week 2025 – the ultimate gathering of industry leaders, legal experts, and innovators shaping the future of dispute resolution.

Engage in a full day of thought-provoking panel discussions, networking, and knowledge-sharing as our DNA lawyers from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, including our distinguished guest speakers, explore the topics on Cybersecurity and Data Breach across the ASEAN region.

It does not take long from one’s entry into the world of arbitration to experience his or her first instance of a vexatious claimant or recalcitrant respondent. Arbitration is built on principles of efficiency and fairness, but does it truly have the muscle to rein in vexatious claimants and recalcitrant respondents? Can vexatious claimants exploit procedural loopholes to entangle respondents in endless and/or meritless proceedings, including in multiple fora, driving up costs and frustration? Can recalcitrant respondents stall, obstruct, and evade accountability, turning arbitration into a drawn-out battle of attrition? While tools like security for costs, anti-suit injunctions, early dismissal, and cost sanctions exist to curb such tactics, how effective are they in practice?

The panel discussion will cover, among others, relationship-building, effective communication with male colleagues, balancing femininity with professional expectations, building confidence in male-dominated spaces and setting boundaries while maintaining career growth as a female practitioner.

This event seeks to promote both arbitration and ADR in the region, debate opportunities and challenges of arbitration and, provide updated information and best market practices.

Join us for the first in a series of virtual roundtables hosted by the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations Institutions Taskforce to explore the key findings of the Report on the Green Survey: Arbitration Institutions in Focus. This interactive session will bring together regional stakeholders to discuss the current landscape of sustainable practices within arbitration institutions, highlight opportunities for improvement, and consider how the Campaign can best support institutions in their transition towards more environmentally responsible operations.

SIAC will be at California Arbitration Week 2025 on 10 March, where our panel of thought leaders will delve into AI-related IP cases from the United States, Singapore, and beyond. Join us for a comparative analysis of how different jurisdictions are navigating the unique challenges of AI-generated works.

We’re making plans for CIAW 2025 scheduled for March 10-13, 2025 in Los Angeles.

Interested international arbitration institutions and member organizations supporting the field are invited to submit a topic proposal by September 16, 2024:

This roundtable seminar will bring together highly regarded partners from Rajah & Tann Asia member firms to share their expert views on how various jurisdictions approach family offices and trust setups, and the importance of navigating these differences for families with large global presence.

Designed as a primer, this two-day interactive course will provide an introduction and overview of the international arbitration legal framework and procedure and more.