Charis
Tan

PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE

Charis specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and public international law.

She is admitted in three jurisdictions (Singapore, England & Wales and New York) and her experience includes investment and commercial arbitrations under the rules of major arbitration institutions, including ICSID, ICC, SIAC and SCC, as well as ad hoc proceedings under UNCITRAL Rules. Charis has also acted for States in high profile cases before the International Court of Justice. Charis is appointed as Counsel and Arbitrator in both commercial arbitration and State-to-State cases.

Charis also advises National Oil Companies (NOCs) and International Oil Companies (IOCs) in both contentious and non-contentious upstream oil and gas matters.

Charis has been recommended by Asia Pacific Legal 500 for international arbitration and named a Future Leader in arbitration by Who’s Who Legal and GAR. An initiative she spearheaded for the training of Government officials was awarded the Asia Pacific FT Innovative Lawyers (social responsibility) award. She is currently a member of the Core Committee of the ICC’s Singapore Arbitration Group and on the Council of the International Law Association (ILA) Singapore branch. Charis is co-editor of the first and only book on Investment Protection in Southeast Asia, A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties (Brill, 2017).