Profile: Lok Vi Ming SC

Aviation

Biography: Aviation

Lok Vi Ming, senior counsel, is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP's litigation and arbitration practice group. He heads the firm's aviation practice.

Vi Ming is an internationally renowned aviation lawyer who is also experienced in ship mortgage enforcement matters. Vi Ming is recognised in international publications as a leading international insurance lawyer and has distinguished himself by pioneering what is widely recognised as the leading aviation insurance practice in Singapore. He is consistently named in recent consecutive editions of the International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers. Vi Ming has also featured in Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers.

He has represented clients in every major litigation relating to aviation law in Singapore in recent years. He successfully defended Silk Air in the MI 185 crash and led the defence team for Singapore Airlines in the SQ 006 lawsuits in Singapore. He also succeeded in his client's defence in the Slim 10 case, a landmark decision on product liability litigation in Singapore.

Vi Ming's appointments include: Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; member of the Regional Panel of Arbitrators with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre; member of the boards of directors of several government-linked companies. Vi Ming is also chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, a leading network of law firms in the Asia Pacific region. Vi Ming has also been appointed to the board of Singapore Food Industries, a leading integrated food company in Singapore.

Vi Ming graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore.