| Date | 2019-06-01 |
| Event start | 09:30 AM |
| Duration | 2 hrs 30 min ( from 9:30am to 12:00pm ) |
| Venue | SIA Theatrette Level 3, 79B Neil Road (S)088904 |
| CPD | 4 points |
| Contact | 2.5 |
| URL | Visit |
Synopsis
The speakers will share the amendments to the SOP Act and highlight its implications at this seminar. The seminar will also update SIA members on the latest signification reported construction law cases. Topics covered will include how to deal with inconsistencies in construction drawings can silence in contract negotiation amount to misrepresentation, the effectiveness of clauses excluding liability, and whether it is permissible to submit payment claims after the final payment claim.
Speakers
Mr Edwin Lee Peng Khoon, Eldan Law LLP
EDWIN LEE is one of the founding partners of Eldan Law LLP. Practising for more than 25 years, Edwin has argued both major courtroom disputes and heavyweight arbitrations, whilst advising government authorities, developers, contractors, and consultants on all aspects of construction law.
He is accredited by the Singapore Academy of Law as a Senior Specialist in Construction Law. He is also cited as a leading Singapore construction law practitioner in Euromoney’s Guide to the World's Leading Construction Lawyers (2017). The Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2017 has cited him as “an authority on domestic construction adjudications”.
Edwin sits on the SMC Construction Adjudicator Accreditation Committee, which oversees the selection and assessment of adjudicators. He has conducted hundreds of adjudication cases, variously as counsel, adjudicator and review adjudicator. Edwin is also an accredited adjudicator in Malaysia.
Edwin has also argued many of the landmark construction law court cases. As an active advocate, he ranks as the advocate with the highest number of reported court judgments.
Projects which he has advised on include airports, condominiums, industrial buildings, luxury hotels, mass rapid train stations, offshore rigs, oil tanks, power plants, reclamation works, and roads and tunnels. Significant matters he had handled include advising on a large solar manufacturing project worth $6.3 billion, the University Town project worth $400 million, the $400 million National Art Gallery project, and a land reclamation project work worth $1.4 billion.
On real estate projects, Edwin has also headed the team in some of the largest collective sale projects in Singapore, worth a total of $2.1 billion in 2017 and 2018 alone.
Apart from his active legal practice, Edwin is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore, Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and a trainer for the Building & Construction Authority on Construction Law.
Edwin is a general editor of the annual Singapore Construction Adjudication Review, and the author of Building Contract Law in Singapore, 2016 (3rd Edition). He is also the construction law subject editor of the legal journal by the Singapore Academy of Law, the SAL Practitioner.
Ms Danna Er, Eldan Law LLP
Danna is recognised as one of the leading commercial and construction disputes lawyers in Singapore. She was recognised by Singapore Business Review 2018 as one of the 20 most influential lawyers under the age of 40 and was awarded the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Award 2018 for her outstanding legal expertise and contributions in the practice area of Dispute Resolution. She is admitted to practise law in New York and Singapore and specialises in disputes prevention and dispute resolution, with a particular emphasis on international and domestic commercial and construction disputes. Prior to joining Eldan Law as a Partner, Danna practised in the projects and construction and international arbitration practices of two international law firms.
Danna has represented clients in high value, complex international arbitrations under major institutional rules (SIAC, ICC, LCIA, ICDR etc) and ad hoc proceedings, court proceedings, mediations and adjudications under the Building and Construction Security of Payment Act. She has a track record of achieving successful and positive outcomes for clients.
Her non-contentious work experience includes drafting, reviewing and advising on contract documentation for large-scale infrastructure projects and arbitration agreements for international transactions to eliminate disputes risks for clients.
Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, international and Singapore based developers, contractors, suppliers, professionals and Singapore listed companies.
Danna received her Master of Laws from Columbia Law School in New York, U.S.A. She was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for her superior academic performance and was recipient of the Parker School Award for her achievement in international and comparative law. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws and was placed on the Dean’s List for her outstanding academic performance.
Passionate about the development of law in the international dispute resolution and construction law space, she has published extensively on issues in those areas.
Schedule
| 9.00am | Registration with Light Refreshment |
| 9.30am | Topic 1 by Mr Edwin Lee Peng Khoon |
| 10.30am | Tea Break |
| 10.50pm | Topic 2 by Ms Danna Er |
| 11.50am | Q & A |
| 12.00pm | End of Event |
Terms & Conditions
- Fees paid are non-refundable under all circumstances.
- Ticket is non-transferable under all circumstances.
- Group registration will be subjected to group admin fee of $1 per ticket per transaction.
- Replacement/Cancellation of participant will not be allowed under group registration.