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LLB (Hons), Law
LLM - Southampton
Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore
Called to the Singapore Bar : 1979
Email:
govindasokan@jtjb.com
Contact: (65) 6223 3477
Mobile: (65) 9639 9019
Practice areas:
Govind is a Senior Partner of the Firm and was the
Head of the Shipping Practice Group in Rodyk &
Davidson LLP before joining Joseph Tan Jude Benny
LLP. His areas of practice include commercial and
shipping litigation, arbitration, insurance, tax,
banking, domestic and international business
transactions. Widely regarded as a leader in
Admiralty and Shipping Law, Govind has published
numerous papers on diverse topics such as marine
insurance fraud, Powers of Arbitrators, Oil
Pollutions, Banking Secrecy, Product Liability and
tax benefits of Singapore-registered vessels.
Govind is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of
Arbitrators and of the UK Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators. He is a Member of the Singapore
International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Main Panel
of Arbitrators, APRAG (Asia-Pacific Regional
Arbitration Grouping) Panel of Arbitrators, SCMA
(Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration) panel
of arbitrators, the Panel of Arbitrators of the
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (K.C.A.B.)
under the Arbitration Act of Korea and Article 4
of the Arbitration Rules of the K.C.A.B., the
Singapore Shipping Association (SSA)’s Legal &
Insurance Sub-Committees and the Maritime Law
Association of Singapore.
Govind has also appeared as Counsel in the Supreme
Court of Singapore on numerous notable cases such
as
The Inquiry into the Sinking of the MV “Hoelien”,
Canadian Pacific (Bermuda) Ltd v Nederkoorn Pte
Ltd & Anor, The Nalo Express, The Safe Neptunia,
Wisma Development Pte Ltd v 2M Property
Consultants Pte Ltd, "The Andreas Bonifacio",
Maratz Ltd v The New India Assurance Company
Limited, Dauphin Offshore Engineering & Trading
Pte Ltd v The Owners of the ship or vessel “Mitsui
Maru No. 5”,
and many others.
Govind graduated with an LLB (Hons) degree
from the National University of Singapore in 1978
and earned an LLM with Distinctions in Carriage of
Goods by Sea and Admiralty Law from the University
of Southampton in 1985. He was admitted to the
Singapore Bar in 1979 and is also a Solicitor of
England & Wales as of 2003.
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