Panel of Advisors

B Rengarajoo, C.Arb, FCIArb, FSIArb, PBS
Barrister-at-law (Lincoln's Inn)
Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Having graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Second Class Honours) in 1979, Mr. B Rengarajoo was admitted to the English Bar as a Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1981 and subsequently obtained a Master of Laws from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1999 (specializing in Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Indian business Law, International Investment Law and Aviation Law). 

Rengarajoo was also admitted to the Singapore Bar as Advocate & Solicitor of Singapore in 1983 and has had 37 years of experience spanning Civil, Commercial and Criminal Litigation. 

Rengarajoo is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and a Principal Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC). He sits on CIArb, SIArb, SIAC, KLRCA, and Law Society Arbitration Scheme, Arbitral Panels. 

Rengarajoo has acted as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations under, amongst others, the SIAC and KLRCA arbitration rules. He has also acted as an arbitrator in ad-hoc International Arbitration.

Rengarajoo is a Principal Mediator with SMC and is a State Courts Volunteer for the Centre for Dispute Resolution. He has sat as a mediator in over 150 cases with a success rate of 75 to 80 percent. He is also an IMI and Singapore International Mediation Institute Certified Mediator.

With a passion for teaching and imparting his skill and industry-related knowledge, Rengarajoo is also a tutor with the CIArb faculty for Domestic Arbitration and International Commercial arbitration as well as Mediation. Rajoo was awarded the Outstanding Court Volunteer Mediator (Advocate and Solicitor Category) for the year 2020 by the State Courts of Singapore.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr B Rengarajoo, a senior lawyer and veteran dispute resolution practitioner to the panel of advisors under the Business Consultancy Group and the Corporate Training & Consultancy Group of G&L. 

Rengarajoo will be part of the panel of advisors in the following areas:

Shaun Leong, FCIArb

Shaun Leong, FCIArb, is an international arbitration specialist with more than a decade of experience in complex cross border commercial disputes across a myriad of sectors including technology, life sciences, infrastructure and energy sectors. He focuses on developing and employing successful strategies to achieve clients’ objectives in cross jurisdictional disputes, and is ranked as Singapore’s most influential, youngest international arbitration specialist from an international firm, by the Singapore Business Review.

Upon graduating with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore, Shaun served in a judicial capacity as a Magistrate and Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court for five years, where he published several notable written judgments on international arbitration law. The decisions include Firstlink Investments v GT Payment on the applicable law governing an arbitration agreement as endorsed by the English Court of Appeal, and Titan Unity, endorsed by the Singapore Court of Appeal, on the threshold to determine the existence of a valid arbitration agreement. He was the Head of the Court of Appeal Section of the Supreme Court Registry, and was involved in the establishment of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) as Secretariat of the SICC committee.

Shaun receives arbitrator appointments in Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) arbitrations, and is appointed Arbitrator on the panels of premier international arbitration centres in India, China and ASEAN:

• Shaun is the first Singaporean to be appointed on the panel of Arbitrators with the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC). Sitting in a strategic pivot of the ancient Silk Road as well as the modern Digital Silk Road, the TIAC is a prime centre to resolve cross border Belt & Road disputes, and is also proud to promote the resolution of technology disputes, where the lex arbitri has found disputes involving issues of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence to be arbitrable.
• He is appointed an Arbitrator (仲裁人) on the Panel of BeiHai Asia International Arbitration Centre (北海亚洲国际仲裁中心), with a focus on ASEAN Belt & Road Disputes. The Centre is the first ever International Arbitration Centre in Singapore established by a Chinese commission.
• Shaun is appointed a Panel Arbitrator of the Thailand Arbitration Centre, a premier international arbitration centre in the ASEAN region.
• In recognition of his work on international technology disputes, Shaun is also appointed an Arbitrator on the Panel of the Bangalore International Mediation, Arbitration and Conciliation Centre, styled the “Silicon Valley of South Asia”.

• He published the first written decisions issued by an Assistant Registrar of the High Court of Singapore on disclosure orders over electronic documents on the Cloud (Dirak Asia Pte Ltd v Chew Hua Kok), and in a separate decision, on compulsory orders to disclose data on mobile devices (Surface Stone Pte Ltd v Tay Seng Leon).

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Shaun Leong, FCIArb, Equity Partner of Withers Khattarwong (Singapore) to the panel of advisors under the Business Advisory Group, Corporate Training & Consultancy Group, and Legacy Practice Group of G&L.

Shaun will be the leading Partner and Contact for legal support in the following areas:

Dr John Lee, Q.Arb, C.Med

Dr John Lee is an adjunct professor with the Renmin University of China and a frequent visiting professor of Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. He was previously adjunct professor with Beihua University and Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, China.

Dr Lee is a qualified sustainability practitioner: as a qualified trainer with a GRI certified training partner and a certified assuror for sustainability reporting.

As an INSEAD alumni, Dr Lee has good exposure to boardroom best practices and corporate governance. He sits on not-for-profits, charity status organisations, as well listed company. 

In his last corporate employment, he was the CEO of a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise, a joint venture between a subsidiary of the Temasek Group and a local Chinese Government. He was previously in the employment of Asian, French and American MNC’s, with hands-on business experience in the Asia Pacific region.

Dr Lee’s journey in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) begins in 2013 on being empanel as a Neutral on WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre. Currently, Dr Lee is a certified mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) and a qualified arbitrator with the ADR Institute of Canada. Practising in Singapore, Canada and China, in the area of commercial and Intellectual Property. He is honoured to be appointed as a competition judge for the International Mediation Singapore (IMSG) for consequent years.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr John Lee, Q.Arb, C.Med to the panel of advisors under the Business Consultancy Group and the Corporate Training & Consultancy Group.

Dr Lee will be on the panel of advisors in the following areas:

Royston Tan, ChFC ®, ASEP ®

Royston is an award winning financial planning experts who works with professionals and executive towards financial freedom. He is an accredited Chartered Financial Consultant and Associate Specialist in Estate Planning. He is passionate about finance and believe financial freedom is achievable through thoughtful planning. 

Royston has over a decade of personal experience investing in the financial market. He often writes articles on wealth management for online publishers such as ZuuOnline, the New Savvy and Yahoo Finance. Royston has also  been featured by one of the leading regional publication for financial practitioners, Asia Advisers Network. 

Having won numerous international awards as a financial consultant, Royston is a qualifying member of the prestigious International Dragon Award (IDA) and Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) which recognises top financial practitioners around the globe. 

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Royston Tan to the panel of advisors under the Business Consultancy Group and the Corporate Training & Consultancy Group of G&L. 

Royston will be part of the panel of advisors in the following areas:

Alfred Yoong, SIArb, AIADR, CMC