Tan Cheng Han

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Tan Cheng Han

SC
陈清汉
NationalitySingaporean
Occupationlawyer, legal academic
Known forDean of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Academic background
EducationBachelor of Laws
Master of Laws
Alma materNational University of Singapore
University of Cambridge
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan (陈).
Tan Cheng Han
Simplified Chinese陈清汉

Tan Cheng Han SC is a Singaporean lawyer and legal academic who is Dean of the City University of Hong Kong School of Law. Until 2012, he was the dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he taught contract law and company Law and directed the EW Barker Centre for Law & Business. He is also a consultant at TSMP Law Corporation. In August 2012, he was appointed the inaugural chairman of Singapore's new Media Literacy Council.[1]

Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from NUS in 1987 and obtained his Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in 1990. He also practices as an advocate specialising in complicated commercial disputes and is a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Regional Panel of Arbitrators. Tan was appointed Senior Counsel in 2004 at the age of 39, and together with fellow Andrew Phang, became the first academics to be so appointed.[2] Prior to joining NUS in 1996, Tan was a partner in Drew & Napier's litigation department.

Tan's current public appointments include being Chairman of the Singapore Media Literacy Council, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Move-On and Filming Orders, Advisor to the Singapore Tae Kwon-do Federation, a Commissioner of the Competition Commission of Singapore, a member of the Appeal Advisory Panel to the Singapore Minister for Finance, a member of the Military Court of Appeal in Singapore and a member of the Governing Board of the International Association of Law Schools.[3]

In 2004, Tan was one of three Singaporeans who were chosen out of a pool of 8,000 candidates worldwide to be part of The Forum of Young Global Leaders, a forum which was created by Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.[4] In 2005, Tan was also named by the Straits Times as one of "50 young Singaporeans to watch".[5]

In August 2006, Tan was appointed to the Subordinate Courts' Bench as a new specialist judge to preside over the Informatics case.[6] He was also awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) at Singapore's 41st National Day celebrations.[6][7]

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Li Xueying (4 Jan 2004). "Two law dons appointed as senior counsel" (PDF). The Straits Times. p. 5. Archived from the original (reprint) on 9 January 2007.
  3. ^ Official profile Archived 2006-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Chang Ai Lien (12 Feb 2005). "Three S'poreans picked for young global leaders' forum" (PDF). The Straits Times. pp. H11. Archived from the original (reprint) on 2007-06-16.
  5. ^ Laurel Teo; Azrin Asmani; Rebecca Lee (6 Nov 2004). "50 young Singaporeans to watch" (PDF). The Straits Times. p. S1. Archived from the original (reprint) on 2007-06-16.
  6. ^ a b NUS: Faculty of Law - News Archived 2007-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, 23 Aug 2006.
  7. ^ [1]

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