Sundaresh Menon

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Sundaresh Menon

SC
சுந்தரேஷ் மேனன்  (Tamil)
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Menon speaking at Singapore Management University in 2019
4th Chief Justice of Singapore
Assumed office
6 November 2012
Appointed byTony Tan Keng Yam
Preceded byChan Sek Keong
Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012
Appointed byTony Tan Keng Yam
6th Attorney-General of Singapore
In office
1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012
Appointed byS R Nathan
Preceded by
Succeeded bySteven Chong
Judicial Commissioner of Singapore
In office
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007
Appointed byS R Nathan
Personal details
Born1962 (age 58–59)
Colony of Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Alma mater

Sundaresh Menon SC (born 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and jurist serving as the 4th Chief Justice of Singapore. He was formerly Attorney-General from 2010 to 2012 and Judge of Appeal in 2012.

Early life and education[]

Menon graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore in 1986, and obtained a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1991.[1][2]

Career[]

Menon first joined Shook Lin & Bok as a legal assistant in 1987, and later rose to become a partner in 1990. In 1992, together with and Alvin Yeo, Menon co-founded WongPartnership,[3] one of the four largest law firms in Singapore, and remained a partner in the law firm until 1995. He then joined Rajah & Tann as a partner and served as its Head of Projects & Infrastructure Group until 2003, and thereafter joined Jones Day as a partner until 2006.

Menon served a one-year term as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court from April 2006 to March 2007. Returning to legal practice with Rajah & Tann after this, he was appointed Senior Counsel on 5 January 2008,[4] and became its managing partner in August 2009.[2]

Menon assumed the position of Attorney-General between 1 October 2010 and 25 June 2012.[5] He has also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Singapore Management University School of Law.[1][6]

Menon was appointed a Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal with effect from 1 August 2012.[7] On 6 November 2012, he took office as Singapore's fourth Chief Justice.[8] He is the first non-Chinese ethnic Chief Justice of the Republic of Singapore and also the first Singapore-born Chief Justice.

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b NUS Faculty of Law Congratulates our Alumni Sundaresh Menon, SC '86 on His Appointment as Attorney-General of Singapore, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 4 March 2010, archived from the original on 27 July 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Advisory Board Member: Mr Sundaresh MENON, SC, School of Law, Singapore Management University, 18 October 2010, archived from the original on 2 April 2011.
  3. ^ Arbitration pioneer Alvin Yeo offers tip to young lawyers, The Straits Times, 27 March 2017.
  4. ^ Senior Counsel Directory, Singapore Academy of Law, archived from the original on 30 March 2010, retrieved 30 March 2010.
  5. ^ Attorneys-General of Singapore, Attorney-General's Chambers, 26 November 2015, archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
  6. ^ Management Details: Mr Sundaresh Menon, S.C. Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Chambers, 24 January 2011, archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
  7. ^ K.C. Vijayan (1 June 2012), "Changes in Appeal Court, A-G Chambers", The Straits Times, p. A1; Teo Xuanwei (1 June 2012), "A-G to be appointed appeal judge: As Justice Steven Chong succeeds Mr Sundaresh Menon, lawyers are divided over implications of shorter tenures", Today, p. 2, archived from the original on 2 June 2012; Appointment of Mr Sundaresh Menon, S.C. as Judge of Appeal: Fact Sheet (PDF), Attorney-General's Chambers, 31 May 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2012; Sundaresh Menon to be Judge of Appeal, Channel NewsAsia, retrieved 29 August 2012.
  8. ^ Tham Yuen-C (30 August 2012), "Sundaresh Menon to be new Chief Justice", The Straits Times, p. 1; Teo Xuanwei (30 August 2012), "Sundaresh Menon is new Chief Justice", Today, pp. 1 & 4, archived from the original on 31 August 2012; Sundaresh Menon sworn in as new Chief Justice, Channel NewsAsia, 7 November 2012, retrieved 9 November 2012.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Chan Sek Keong
Chief Justice of Singapore
2012
Incumbent
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