Jun Hong is developing a broad commercial practice. He has acted in disputes across various sectors, and has helped state-owned entities and large corporations obtain favourable outcomes in high-stakes cases. He has represented clients in ad hoc arbitrations and institutional arbitrations under the rules of the SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, PCA, and others. He is also familiar with a considerable range of arbitration-related litigation.
Jun Hong previously worked at leading international arbitration practices in London and Singapore. Before private practice, he served as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore. Jun Hong has also taught Land Law (Part A Bar Course) and Business Law (at Singapore Management University).
Jun Hong is qualified to practice in Singapore and New York. He is a native speaker of Mandarin.
- Represented a state-owned oil and gas company in defending an application to set aside an arbitral award
- Represented a state-owned oil and gas company in an ICC arbitration concerning claims arising under a production sharing contract, with over $300 million in dispute
- Represented a state-owned oil and gas company in ICC and UNCITRAL arbitrations concerning claims arising under multiple production sharing contracts and bilateral investment treaties, with over $2.5 billion in dispute.
- Represented a large technology company in connection with related NAI and CIETAC arbitrations in relation to claims arising under an investment agreement and technology licensing agreement
- Represented an electric services company in a SIAC arbitration involving the installation of a tunnel ventilation system
- Represented a global sports and entertainment media company in a SIAC arbitration involving the licensing of media rights
LL.M. (International Economic Law, Business & Policy), Stanford Law School
- John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance – International Investment Law
- John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance – How to Ask a Question (trial lawyering)
- John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance – International Economic Law, Business & Policy Colloquium
LL.B. (summa cum laude), Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law
- DBS Bank School Valedictorian Award in Law
- Rajah & Tann Prize for Top Graduating Law Student
- Punch Coomaraswamy Prize for Top Third Year Law Student
- School of Law Prize for Top Second Year Law Student
- Tan Sook Yee Prize for Top Student in Property Law
- Rodyk Prize for Top Student in Legal Research & Writing
- Dean’s List every academic year
- CIRCLE Award
- Kwa Geok Choo Scholarship
Competitions
- First Runner-Up, CIArb (Singapore Branch) Competition 2019
- First Place, YSIAC Essay Competition 2018
- Champion, Honourable Mention for Best Oralist, CIArb Australia/NSW Young Lawyers International Arbitration Moot 2018
- First Runner-Up, ECC-SAL Moot 2017
- First Runner-Up, Honourable Mentions for Best Oralist and Respondent Memorandum, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2015
- Champion and Best Oralist, Asia Cup Moot 2014
- Champion and Best Oralist, HSF-ALSA Commercial Arbitration Moot 2014
- Champion and Best Oralist, Howard Hunter Moot 2014
- Second Runner-Up, B.A. Mallal Moot 2013
Publications
- Blockchain Arbitration for NFT-Related Disputes (2023) 16(1) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal 145 (in connection with a fellowship with Kleros)
- Trends in LNG Supply Contracts and Pricing Disputes in the Asia Pacific Region (2020) 18(3) Oil, Gas & Energy Law 1 (co-author)
- The Law Governing Arbitration Agreements: BCY and Beyond (2018) 30 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 70 (co-author)
Tan Jun Hong is practising as a Counsel from Calvin Liang LLC (UEN No. 201909532R), a limited liability law corporation.