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The Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) have collaborated to establish a litigation-mediation-litigation (LML) framework with a view to promoting the amicable resolution of international commercial disputes. Parties may choose to adopt the LML Protocol when contracts are being negotiated by incorporating the model LML Clause into ...

SIMC is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Board members, Mr. Toby Landau KC and Mr. Sun Wei with effect from 1 February 2023.

Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) launched on 25 November 2022 the SIMC-SCIA Med-Arb Protocol (“MA Protocol”) to allow the recording of any settlement agreement resulting from mediation at SIMC as an arbitral award of the SCIA.

SIMC Holds Specialist Mediators Empanelment Ceremony & Lunch at Seoul ADR FestivalTwenty senior practitioners, in-house counsel, and industry leaders joined the Singapore International Mediation Centre’s (SIMC) specialist mediator panel on 7 November 2022. They received their certificates of empanelment at the empanelment ceremony and lunch hosted by SIMC Chairman, Mr George Lim, its CEO Mr Chuan ...

Twenty-two senior practitioners, in-house counsel and industry leaders joined the Singapore International Mediation Centre’s (SIMC) specialist mediator panel on 31 August 2022. They received their certificates of empanelment from Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Law and Health) Rahayu Mahzam in a ceremony at the Singapore Business Federation during Singapore Convention Week. The Week, organised by ...

Virtual real estate value has skyrocketed in the past few months, heralding the beginning of the metaverse era. How can legal frameworks and concepts created for the physical world apply to the metaverse, and how can legal practitioners keep up with the new technology?

With the pandemic, parties who find themselves in the midst of an international commercial dispute have had to adapt to resolving their scuffle online. 

At SIMC, the number of cases heard since the start of the pandemic has risen significantly. Of the total number of cases heard, at least half have an online element - and it works. 

SIMC CEO Chuan Wee Meng and Josephine Hadikusumo, Managing ...

We are pleased to introduce our new case management team. Registrar Lee Beng Tat, Benatt, will lead registry work at SIMC. He will be supported by Ms Hany Chee and Ms Hidayu (Ayu) Othman. 

The value and number of disputes filed at SIMC has risen substantially over the years.  

In 2021 alone, the total value of disputes heard amounted to over US$3 billion, equalling the US$3 billion total dispute value for the previous six years (2014-2020) since SIMC’s inception.

SIMC Chairman George Lim SC and Ng Chai Ngee, SIMC Board Member, explain why, and break down the process with Prime ...

Addressing our first overseas visitors since the start of the pandemic, SIMC CEO Chuan Wee Meng gave a presentation to a delegation led by the Sri Lankan Minister of Justice H.E. Ali Sabry on Tuesday, February 15.