Simon Dunbar

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Simon Dunbar is a founder and Joint Managing Director at Dunbar & Lim Chambers.

He acts as both advocate and arbitrator, focusing on joint-venture, energy, technology, infrastructure and investor-state disputes. With around 19 years of practice, including more than 17 years based in Singapore, Simon has been involved in some of Asia’s most complex and high-value arbitrations.

Examples include securing an award of US$ 158 million and dismissal of US$ 350 million in counterclaims in an ICC arbitration concerning a nuclear power plant, and defending a State- owned entity against US$ 1.69 billion in counterclaims in a dispute regarding an offshore oil field.

Simon is admitted to practise in Singapore, England & Wales and New York, and has experience of both common and civil law systems.

Before establishing Dunbar & Lim Chambers , Simon was partner in the global disputes practice of a leading international law firm, based in Singapore, having spent more than 17 years at international law firms in Singapore and New York.

In addition to his work as counsel, Simon regularly sits as arbitrator. He has served as sole or presiding arbitrator in arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations, and has issued multiple awards over the last 13 years. Simon is listed on the panel of arbitrators of various arbitral institutions, and is an accredited mediator. He serves on the ICC Singapore Core Committee and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Among other accolades, Simon has been recognised in the legal directories as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “top-notch partner” who “goes the extra mile for clients”, “shows a mastery of international arbitration procedures” and “provides out of the box solutions to deliver results for clients”. He has also been described as “very impressive”, an “eminent arbitrator”, “an unbelievably good lawyer”, and “a formidable advocate.”