Rachel Low

Director, Rachel Low LLC

Rachel is a Singapore lawyer who is regularly briefed by law firms as counsel or co-counsel, and frequently assists King’s Counsel and Senior Counsel on complex disputes in Singapore and abroad.

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Rachel possesses extensive experience in a broad spectrum of disputes including investment treaty arbitrations, commercial arbitrations, arbitration-related court proceedings, private international law disputes, financial services-disputes, and fraud and asset recovery claims. She has particular expertise in arbitration-related disputes having worked on many significant cases, including Halliburton v Chubb and Enka v Chubb that led to landmark decisions by the UK Supreme Court.

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Third-party funding and arbitration in Singapore

Practice Notes

This Practice Note discusses third-party funding and arbitration in Singapore, including the regulations introduced at that seat of arbitration. The Practice Note provides an overview of the law of Singapore on third-party funding and international arbitration (pursuant to the Civil Law Act (Cap 43) and Civil Law (Third-Party Funding) Regulations 2017), including their relevance to the tort of maintenance and champerty, which had been abolished in Singapore. It also discusses the relevance of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015, the SIAC Practice Note on arbitrator conduct in cases involving external funding and the SIArb Guidelines for third-party funders.

Arbitration