Kian Sing Toh SC

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oh Kian Sing, SC is a Senior Partner and, until recently, Head of the Shipping & International Trade practice of Rajah & Tann Singapore. He was appointed Senior Counsel by the Supreme Court of Singapore in January 2007. He has also been appointed as a Senior Accredited Specialist for Maritime and Shipping Law under the Singapore Academy of Law’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme.

He brings to his law practice a background of academic excellence and experience having taught full time and subsequently, as an Adjunct Associate Professor, carriage of goods by sea, admiralty practice and conflict of law with the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. Chambers Asia Pacific 2022 ranks him as a “Band 1” lawyer (since 2015) and clients describe him as “a real expert in his field who cuts to the chase and grabs the key issues very quickly.” He is also recognised as a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 (since 2017) and has been described as an “master strategist”. Kian Sing is ranked by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2021 as a “Litigation Star” and by Asialaw Profiles 2022 as an “Elite Practitioner”, as well as recommended as a “National Leader” by Who’s Who Legal: Southeast Asia – Litigation 2021. Kian Sing was also named “Singapore Maritime Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers 2021.

Apart from a busy court practice, he also acts as counsel in shipping and commodity arbitrations (in Singapore and elsewhere) and accepts appointments to act as arbitrator in these areas. He is on the panel of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Arbitration Centre, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and has accepted appointments to act in ICC arbitrations.