Biography: Commercial Litigation

Lawrence Teh is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP's litigation & arbitration practice group.

Lawrence advises clients and acts as an advocate in all areas of commercial law and appears regularly as leading counsel in the Singapore courts and in arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution.

He has particular experience in maritime and aviation, international trade and commodities, banking and financial services, onshore and offshore construction, mergers acquisitions joint ventures and other investments, and insurance in related fields.

He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a panel arbitrator at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and the secretary of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore. He chaired the committee that drafted the Law Society Arbitration Rules and is panel arbitrator of the Law Society arbitration scheme. He is named in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 for dispute resolution, The International Who's Who for Commercial Litigators, The International Who's Who of Shipping & Maritime Lawyers, and has been an Asialaw "leading lawyer" since 2006 for shipping, maritime & aviation. He is also recognised in the Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers.

Biography: Shipping & Maritime

Lawrence Teh is a senior partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP, overseeing the firm's maritime practice.

He deals in a wide scope of commercial cases including shipping, aviation, banking, international trade, construction and engineering, and investment disputes. He appears regularly as leading counsel in the Singapore courts, in arbitration and mediation sessions.

Lawrence has handled both wet and dry shipping matters in the Singapore courts and advises major owners, banks and shipyards on all forms of admiralty procedure including enforcement of maritime claims, shipbuilding contracts and disputes, maritime joint ventures, limitation of ship owners' liability, maritime joint ventures, international sale of goods and commodities.

He advises and represents clients in international trade including structured commodity trading, trade finance and logistics disputes. In relation to construction and engineering work, he advises on project planning and risk management issues, very often from inception to completion of the project, and represents owners, consultants and contractors in construction and engineering disputes under standard form and bespoke contracts. He has particular experience in English and Singapore standard form contracts and the respective responsibilities of employers, architects, main contractors and the nominated/domestic subcontractors.

Lawrence is the secretary of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore and a vice chairman of the International Bar Association's maritime and transport law committee. He was the chairman of the civil practice committee of the Law Society of Singapore for five years (2006-2010). He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the chairman of the sub-committee who drafted the Singapore Law Society's arbitration rules.

He has been named in numerous surveys on commercial litigation, shipping and aviation.