Panel Discussion/Q&A Session

Mr. Jonathan Ellis - Partner, HKA, Singapore

Dr. Matthew Secomb – Partner, White & Case Pte Ltd

Dr Matthew Secomb is a partner based in White & Case’s Singapore office and heads the firm’s International Arbitration Group in the Asia-Pacific. His practice focuses on international arbitration, with a particular emphasis on energy and construction disputes. He also acts as arbitrator, having chaired or sat as sole or co-arbitrator in arbitrations under various rules (ICC, HKIAC, LCIA, SIAC etc). Matthew is qualified as an avocat à la cour at the Paris bar, a solicitor-advocate in England & Wales and a barrister and solicitor in Victoria. He teaches an annual course on Energy Arbitration as an Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS Law. Matthew is listed in Who’s Who Legal: Global Elite Thought Leaders 2023 – Arbitration.

Mr. Matthew Shaw – Counsel, Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte Ltd

Matt Shaw is counsel in the International Arbitration practice in Mayer Brown’s Singapore office.
Matt has more than 15 years of experience of international commercial arbitrations in Asia and across the world. He focuses on cross-border disputes arising in a range of sectors including technology, financial services, energy and construction, and has notable experience in disputes involving intellectual property, private equity funds and major national infrastructure projects.
Matt has advised and represented clients as lead advocate under the rules of most of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LCIA, BANI and VIAC. He also has acted for clients in arbitrations in many of the world’s key arbitral seats including London, Paris, Zurich, New York, Washington, D.C., Singapore and Hong Kong.  Matt is recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a “Future Leader” among international arbitration practitioners in Asia-Pacific for 2023.

SILE CPD Points 
Practice Area: Alternate Dispute Resolution 
Training Level: General
Public CPD Points: 2