Mr. Foo served as a Justices' Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of Singapore and as an Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court of Singapore. He has since been practicing law at top international and domestic law firms in Singapore. As a practitioner and as a former judicial officer, Mr. Foo has vast experience with complex commercial disputes and challenging criminal matters. His areas of practice include cross-border disputes, company law, banking law, equity and trust, joint venture and shareholder disputes, restructuring and insolvency, fraud and asset recovery, employment, international trade, and oil and gas. He is a respected advocate for various financial institutions in banking and other disputes. In project and infrastructure matters, Mr. Foo serves as a trusted advisor to several of the world's biggest global conglomerates. Mr. Foo is also fortunate to count some of Singapore's most successful listed companies as his clients. In addition, Mr. Foo has been a steadfast defender of private individuals in criminal, extradition and public law proceedings. Mr. Foo has tirelessly delivered results for his clients before the Court of Appeal, High Court and State Courts, including the Singapore International Commercial Court. He has also successfully represented his clients in arbitrations on an ad hoc basis and under institutional rules (SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA). Mr. Foo is also often called upon to represent these same clients in court proceedings in support of the wider arbitral proceedings.
Mr. Foo graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law degree (Distinction) from the University of Oxford in 2010, where he won a College Prize for Distinguished Performance (Mansfield College). He also obtained a Bachelor of Law degree (First-Class Honours) from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2009, with the John Griffith Prize for Best Intermediate Performance for topping the cohort (2007) and Bracher Rawlinns Prize for Best Performance in Conflict of Laws (2009).
Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, called to the Singapore Bar Member of the Bar of England and Wales (Gray's Inn, non-practising) Certified Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Centre Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
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