Leading international dispute resolution centre – the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) – has announced senior counsel Cavinder Bull will be the new deputy chairman of the SIAC board of directors, effective from 1 October 2010.

Bull will replace current deputy chairman Sundaresh Menon, who will take up the appointment as Attorney-General of Singapore shortly.

Bull who will retain his work as a full-time director of Drew & Napier’s litigation and dispute resolution practice, joined the SIAC board of directors in March 2009. He is presently active in both international arbitrations and in the area of civil and commercial litigation before the Singapore Courts.

Menon, who was appointed deputy chairman of SIAC in Feb 2006, is currently the managing partner of Rajah & Tann.

Bull told ALB that he sees the appointment of deputy chairman as a significant step up in his duties and his involvement in driving the organisation.  “The vision is to make the SIAC recognised as a world class organisation.  We would like to be compared favourably with arbitration institutions anywhere in the world,” Bull said.ALB

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