“To apply experience and skills in resolving difficulties through law.”
Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck, SC
LL.B. (HONS) (S'PORE)
LL.M. (HARVARD)
AMP (WHARTON)
SENIOR DIRECTOR

Notary Public
Commissioner of Oaths

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This former Deputy Solicitor-General begins his second career at TSMP as a member of the Bar. His practice encompasses a wide area including arbitration, mediation, public law, criminal law, medico-legal matters as well as investment disputes, for which he will apply his experience honed from his many years of service in the Singapore Legal Service. This included extensive experience in the United Nations, the Commonwealth, ASEAN and other national and international institutions. As senior counsel, he will continue to engage in advocacy before the courts and other tribunals.

Jeffrey is a man of many firsts. He was the first President’s Scholar to join the Singapore Legal Service and was the first Legal Service Officer to be awarded a post-graduate scholarship to study for a Masters degree (he went to Harvard University). He was also the first Chief of Staff of the Singapore Legal Service and was the first Deputy Solicitor-General. At the time he retired, he was the longest-serving Legal Service Officer. During his time in the Legal Service, he was involved in a wide range of work, including appearing for the Government in numerous civil and criminal cases, as well as in matters concerning the Legal Profession.

Among his long list of appointments, he was the chair of a number of governmental as well as United Nations committees, the secretary to the working group on the then-proposed Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the President of the Medico-Legal Society of Singapore. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008.

Apart from his appointment in TSMP, he is also an Adjunct Professor in the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, as well as a Notary Public and Commissioner of Oaths.

Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck, SC
LL.B. (HONS) (S'PORE)
LL.M. (HARVARD)
AMP (WHARTON) SENIOR DIRECTOR

Notary Public
Commissioner of Oaths

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ACCOLADES
  • Recommended Lawyer (Dispute resolution), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2021
  • Recognized Lawyer (Arbitration and Mediation), Best Lawyers in Singapore, 2022-2023
NOTABLE BRIEFS
  • Completion of the following instruments:
    o UN Electronic Communications Convention
    o UNCITRAL Online Notes on Online Dispute Resolution
    o UN Legislative Guide on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects
    o Dispute Resolution Protocol under the ASEAN Charter
    o Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of ASEAN
    o Singapore-Indonesia Extradition Treaty
    o Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters among Like-Minded States
    o ASEAN Model Extradition Treaty
  • Represented the Government of Singapore and the Public Prosecutor in numerous civil as well as criminal cases in the Courts
  • Rendered a Legal Opinion on Climate Change and Director’s Duties in Singapore (“the Chan Opinion”) (briefed by the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative of Oxford University)
  • Acted for former Chairman of a listed company in relation to investigations by the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force
  • Acted for a company liquidator in an appeal against a decision of the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force
  • Acted for directors of a company in relation to contempt proceedings taken against the company and the directors
  • Acted for purchasers of property in a de facto class action against the property developer
  • Acted for a party in a difficult divorce proceeding involving an unusual division of matrimonial property
  • Acted in a dispute where certain family members attempted to confine another family member against his will
  • Acted for the Executor of a deceased’s estate in relation to disposal of the deceased’s remains
  • Assisted a long term pass holder to obtain Permanent Residence and, subsequently, Singapore Citizenship
  • Acted for a party in an appeal against an arbitration award, particularly in relation to party-to-party costs
  • Acted for a party whose insurance company repudiated liability when faced with a major claimActed for a party whose insurance company repudiated liability when faced with a major claim
  • Advised a leading NGO on a claim brought in the Small Claims Court by a contractor
APPOINTMENTS
  • Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Jan 2018–present
  • Vice-President, Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration (FICA), July 2020–present
  • Member, Public and International Law Committee, The Law Society of Singapore (current)
  • Member, Party Political Films Consultative Committee, IMDA (current)
  • Chairman, United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
  • Chairman, UNCITRAL Working Group on Electronic Commerce (Working Group VI), 2002–2005
  • Chairman, UNITRAL Working Group on Online Dispute Resolution (Working Group III), 2014–2016
  • Chairman, Working Group on the Harmonisation of the Trade Laws of ASEAN Member States
  • Chairman, ASEAN High-level Legal Experts Group (HLEG)
  • President, Medico-Legal Society of Singapore
  • Member, Judicial Education Committee
  • Chairman, Legal Committee (Emergency Planning)
  • Vice-Chairman, Singapore Red Cross
  • President, Rotary Club of Raffles City
  • Assistant Governor, Rotary International District 3310
  • Member, Preservation of Monuments Board
  • Secretary, Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Professional Affairs Committee, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Judicial Education Committee, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Committee on Heritage
  • Member, National Archives Board
  • Member, National Archives Advisory Committee
Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck, SC IN THE NEWS
15 Dec 2022

Jeffrey Chan featured in cover story of NUS Law Link magazine

21 Jul 2021

Jeffrey Chan, SC was quoted in BT: “Greater accountability needed for the social dimension of ESG”

22 Apr 2021

TSMP lawyers named Best Lawyers in Singapore in the 2022 Edition awards

15 Apr 2021

Jeffrey Chan, SC was quoted in Australasian Lawyer: “Climate change consideration part of Singapore directors’ duties, legal opinion says”

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