Lauded as “the best in Singapore” for mediation services by his peers, according to Who’s Who Legal 2018, Tat is a leading mediator in Singapore who also practices extensively as a mediation advocate and counsel. The Legal 500 has described Tat as “knowledgeable and sharp”, leading a team that “punches above its weight in heavyweight commercial litigation”
Lim Tat
Maxwell Mediators
28 Maxwell Road
#04-05 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore, 069120
Phone: +65 9618 2200
lim@maxwellmediators.com
SHARING
PROFESSIONAL
1989: Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
2001: Solicitor, Supreme Court of England & Wales
2001: Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
2001: Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
2016: Fellow, Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand Inc
2017: Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute
Accredited to Singapore Mediation Centre, Singapore International Mediation Centre, State Courts Centre for Dispute Resolution (SCCDR), Family Justice Courts (Singapore), National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS), Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Ltd (HKMAAL), Regent’s University London (School of Psychotherapy & Psychology), Ministry of Health Holdings (MOHH) Healthcare Mediation Scheme, Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto (JIMC-Kyoto), and Dispute Resolution and Compensation Panel of the National Electricity Market of Singapore, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR).
Mediator / Regional Consultant of the Compliance Advisory Ombudsman, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Designated Mediator under the framework of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Mainland China
AWARDS & RANKINGS
2008 / 2009: Davis Langdon & Seah (Singapore) Medal
2013: Outstanding Court Volunteer (Advocate & Solicitor Category) Award, Subordinate Courts
2013, 2015, 2017: Appreciation Award, Singapore Mediation Centre
2014, 2019: Service to Education Award, Ministry of Education, Singapore
2017: Weinstein JAMS International Fellow
Ranked in Legal 500 and WWL Mediation
EDUCATION
1970-81: Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore
1988: LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore
2002: LL.M / MBA, National University of Singapore
2009: MSc (Construction Law & Arbitration) (With Merit), King’s College London, University of London
2011: CEDR Mediation Skills Training Course
2012: LEADR Mediation Workshop
2012, 2014, 2017: Harvard Negotiation Institute, Harvard Law School
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017: Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
2014: Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment, Singapore Workforce Development Agency
2014: Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (World Bank Group) Regional Mediators Workshop
2014: Regent’s University London (School of Psychotherapy & Psychology) Family Mediation Training and Accreditation Course
2017: UC Hastings College of the Law (Center for Negotiation & Dispute Resolution) International Court ADR Intensive Program
2018: Investment Law & Investor-State Mediator Training (Department of Justice (Hong Kong), ICSID, AAIL)
2018: Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (World Bank Group) Mediators Summit
2018: The Hague Academy of International Law External Programme
2019: Singapore Academy of Law-INSEAD Law Firm Leadership Programme
EXPERIENCE
Tat is a certified mediator with many distinguished mediation panels.
Highly rated by lawyers and parties for whom he has acted as a mediator, Tat is reputed for his ability to effect a positive outcome by developing a rapport with lawyers and parties, and enabling lawyers become partners in the mediation process.
He is known to lawyers and parties as a mediator who is committed, enthusiastic and motivated at helping parties find a resolution, and treating parties with fairness and respect. He has successfully mediated a broad spectrum of cases, from commercial and relational conflicts to cross border multiparty disputes involving infrastructure and construction disputes to public interest disputes involving environmental and social concerns. Many of his cases are settled against the backdrop of ongoing litigation or arbitration.
He is honoured to be the recipient of the State Courts’ Outstanding Court Volunteer Award for his contribution to mediation, the first Singaporean mediator to be elected as Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (USA) and awarded the Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship. He serves as Co-Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee, a board member of Singapore Mediation Centre and a member of the IMI Independent Advisory Committee.
He is a Principal Trainer with Singapore Mediation Centre’s Adjunct Training Faculty and a Teaching Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, and a contributor to Singapore Civil Procedure (Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell), Mediation in Singapore: A Practical Guide (Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell), and Lexis Practical Guidance – Dispute Resolution (LexisNexis).
His mediations have involved complex matters including:
- Construction and engineering disputes involving developers, contractors, architects, engineers and surveyors
- Professional negligence claims
- Shipping and international trade
- Intellectual property, joint venture and shareholders disputes
- Insurance and reinsurance disputes
- Employment including discrimination and restrictive covenant disputes
- Ecological and environmental disputes committed in overseas jurisdictions
- Family, trust and relational disputes