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New cases filed with Singapore International Arbitration Centre hit record high in 2019

479 cases involved disputes totalling $11b, with most coming from outside Singapore

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From top: Mr Gary Born, president of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Court of Arbitration; Mr Davinder Singh, SIAC's chairman; and Ms Lim Seok Hui, SIAC's chief executive. The Singapore International Arbitration Centre is sited in Ma

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre is sited in Maxwell Chambers Suites, a dispute resolution complex. The 29-year-old arbitration centre is viewed as a crown jewel in Singapore's legal industry.

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Singapore's international arbitration centre continues to chalk up a record number of cases, drawing a new high of 479 cases last year that involved disputes totalling $11 billion.
A total of 454 of the 479 new cases filed with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) were fully administered SIAC arbitrations - cases where SIAC handles the logistics and arbitrator appointments and manages the dispute from start to finish.
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