Swee Im Tan

Background

Swee Im Tan was born in Malaysia in 1964. She has worked primarily in Malaysia and maintains professional connections with international arbitration and dispute-resolution institutions in the region and beyond.

Education

Tan studied law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, completing an LL.B. with honours in 1986. She was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1987 and later completed a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration in 2011. She was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1988.

Career

Tan began her legal career in Malaysia and worked at David Chong & Company in Kuala Lumpur, where her practice included corporate and commercial law, construction and privatisation. She subsequently developed more than three decades of experience in construction, infrastructure and energy matters, working in counsel and advisory roles from procurement strategy and contract drafting through project advice and dispute resolution. Her documented work included secondments connected with Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the Malaysia–Singapore Second Crossing projects, as well as in-house legal work. In 1999 she founded a boutique legal firm and later became associated with Tan Swee Im, Siva & Partners, a practice focused on construction, infrastructure, energy, corporate and commercial matters, and dispute resolution. She now undertakes third-party neutral roles as an arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute-board member. She is an international arbitrator member of 39 Essex Chambers, based in Kuala Lumpur and also working in the United States.

Achievements

• Tan Swee Im has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

• She has developed a legal and dispute-resolution practice spanning construction, infrastructure, energy, commercial contracts, arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

• She has served as a panel arbitrator or dispute-resolution professional for multiple regional arbitration institutions, including AIAC, SIAC and HKIAC.

Membership

Tan has held professional affiliations in arbitration, adjudication, construction and dispute resolution. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators, the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution, the Chartered Institute of Building, the Malaysian Society of Adjudicators and the Dispute Board Federation. She has served on arbitration panels associated with the Asian International Arbitration Centre, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and other regional institutions.

• Fellow.

  Chartered Institute of Arbitrators , United Kingdom

• Fellow.

  Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators , Malaysia

• Fellow.

  Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution , Malaysia

• Fellow.

  Chartered Institute of Building , United Kingdom

• Fellow.

  Malaysian Society of Adjudicators , Malaysia

• Fellow.

  Dispute Board Federation , International

• Panel arbitrator and qualified adjudicator.

  Asian International Arbitration Centre , Malaysia

• Panel arbitrator.

  Singapore International Arbitration Centre , Singapore

• Panel arbitrator.

  Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre , Hong Kong

References

• 39 Essex Chambers profile of Swee Im Tan Documents Tan’s professional profile, year of call, practice in construction, infrastructure, energy and alternative dispute resolution, career history, languages and current neutral dispute-resolution roles.
• Asian International Arbitration Centre profile of Tan Swee Im Documents Tan’s Malaysian nationality, Kuala Lumpur office, adjudication panel status, languages and areas of specialization.
• Curriculum vitae of Tan Swee Im Documents Tan’s education, professional admissions, fellowships, arbitration-panel memberships, current position and professional address.
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• Tan Swee Im, Siva & Partners Documents the law firm’s focus on construction, infrastructure, energy, corporate and commercial matters, arbitration, adjudication and mediation.