Profile: Muthu Arusu

Commercial Litigation

Biography: Commercial Litigation

Muthu Arusu graduated from the National University of Singapore law school in 1984, and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1985 after completing his period of training at Drew & Napier. He then joined that firm's litigation department, where he made partner in 1991, and practised primarily in the areas of shipping, insurance, international trade and banking law, in addition to maintaining an interest in defamation matters, administrative law issues and economic torts for more than 13 years.

Muthu moved over to Allen & Gledhill in 1998 as a partner in its litigation department. His areas of practice have since expanded to commercial fraud matters and commercial crime litigation. Fluent in English, Malay and his native Indian dialect, Muthu has also been involved in managing cross-border litigation disputes for institutional clients in diverse jurisdictions such as India, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines.

He also has an arbitration practice in shipping and insurance disputes, and has further advised Indonesian entities in managing GAFTA/FOSFA trade arbitrations. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and sits as an arbitrator under the auspices of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.

By way of professional contribution, Muthu has been a member of the inquiry committee of the Law Society since 1997, and also tutors in admiralty law and practice at the Postgraduate Practical Law Course. He has also featured on the Law Society's Panel of Mediators.