Tan Cheng Han

Professor Tan Cheng Han, Senior Counsel, was the dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore (NUS) until 2012. He teaches Contract law and Company Law and directs the Centre for Law & Business. Professor Tan is also a consultant at TSMP Law Corporation. In August 2012 he was appointed the inaugural chairman of Singapore's new Media Literacy Council.[1]

Tan graduated from the NUS in 1987 and obtained his LLM from the University of Cambridge in 1990. Tan also practices as an advocate specialising in complicated commercial disputes and is a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Regional Panel of Arbitrators. Tan was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2004 at the age of 39, and together with fellow Andrew Phang, became the first academics to be so appointed.[2] Prior to joining NUS in 1996, Tan was a partner in Drew & Napier's litigation department.

Tan's current public appointments include being Chairman of the Singapore Media Literacy Council, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Move-On and Filming Orders, Advisor to the Singapore Tae Kwon-do Federation, a Commissioner of the Competition Commission of Singapore, a member of the Appeal Advisory Panel to the Singapore Minister for Finance, a member of the Military Court of Appeal in Singapore and a member of the Governing Board of the International Association of Law Schools.[3]

In 2004, Tan was one of three Singaporeans who were chosen out of a pool of 8000 candidates worldwide to be part of The Forum of Young Global Leaders, a forum which was created by Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.[4] In 2005, Tan was also named by the Straits Times as one of "50 young Singaporeans to watch".[5]

In August 2006, Tan was appointed to the Subordinate Courts' Bench as a new specialist judge to preside over the Informatics case.[6] He was also awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) at Singapore's 41st National Day celebrations.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mda.gov.sg/NewsAndEvents/PressRelease/2012/Pages/31072012.aspx
  2. ↑ Li Xueying (4 Jan 2004). "Two law dons appointed as senior counsel" (reprint). The Straits Times. p. 5.
  3. ↑ Official profile
  4. ↑ Chang Ai Lien (12 Feb 2005). "Three S'poreans picked for young global leaders' forum" (reprint). The Straits Times. pp. H11.
  5. ↑ Laurel Teo, Azrin Asmani, Rebecca Lee (6 Nov 2004). "50 young Singaporeans to watch" (reprint). The Straits Times. p. S1.
  6. 1 2 NUS: Faculty of Law - News, 23 Aug 2006.
  7. ↑

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