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Wei Ming Tan

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (Singapore) LLP
7 Straits View #19-01
Marina One East Tower
Singapore 018936
Languages English, Chinese

Wei Ming Tan is an Of Counsel and an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He specialises in a broad range of complex, multi-jurisdictional matters including commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration and strategic pre-litigation advice.

Providing strategic advice across all aspects of disputes, Wei Ming is a trusted advisor on all types and stages of the dispute resolution process. He has acted for clients in litigation proceedings before all levels of the Supreme Court and as party counsel in ad hoc and administered arbitration proceedings conducted under most of the major institutional arbitration rules, including amongst others, the ICC, SIAC and HKIAC rules.

In particular, Wei Ming is a trusted advocate for South Korean clients, who have engaged him to represent them in arbitration disputes because of his understanding of the nuances and cultural ethos of the local business climate.

Wei Ming regularly advises multi-national corporates and small medium enterprises across a broad spectrum of labour law issues, both contentious in nature and otherwise. This includes claims for breach of contract, management of senior executive exits, internal investigations and advice on employee handbooks and HR policies.

Wei Ming writes prolifically on the Singapore International Arbitration Blog, the Singapore Employment Law Blog and CMS Law-Now, and his thought leadership has led to his articles being picked up by the SIAC, the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and the Law Society of Singapore (eJusNews), to name a few. Wei Ming's articles have also been published on The Business Times, LexisNexis and the Sri Lankan Bar Journal. He is recognised as a Panel Expert for Arbitration on LexisPSL.

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Education

2009 – LL.B., National University of Singapore, Singapore

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