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Sundaresh Menon

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The Honourable
Sundaresh Menon
Menon speaking at the SMU School of Law in 2019
4th Chief Justice of Singapore
Assumed office
6 November 2012
PresidentTony Tan
Halimah Yacob
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Preceded byChan Sek Keong
Justice of the Court of Appeal of Singapore
In office
1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012
Appointed byTony Tan
6th Attorney-General of Singapore
In office
1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Preceded byWalter Woon
Koh Juat Jong (acting)
Succeeded bySteven Chong
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Personal details
Born (1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 61)
State of Singapore
Alma mater

Sundaresh Menon (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who has been serving as Chief Justice of Singapore since 2012.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, Menon was a Judicial Commissioner between 2006 and 2007, Attorney-General between 2010 and 2012, and a Justice of the Court of Appeal.

Menon studied law at the National University of Singapore and Harvard Law School. He was a founding partner of law firm WongPartnership, and was also a partner at Shook Lin & Bok, Rajah & Tann, and Jones Day.

He was appointed as Chief Justice of Singapore by former president Tony Tan.

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Education

Menon graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 with a Bachelor of Laws degree with first-class honours. He subsequently completed a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School in 1991.[1][2]

Career

Menon started his career at Shook Lin & Bok as a legal assistant in 1987, and became a partner in 1990. In 1992, together with Wong Meng Meng and Alvin Yeo, Menon co-founded WongPartnership,[3] one of the largest law firms in Singapore, and remained a partner in the law firm until 1995. He then joined Rajah & Tann as a partner and served as its Head of Projects & Infrastructure Group until 2003, and thereafter joined Jones Day as a partner until 2006.

Menon served a one-year term as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court between 2006 and 2007. Returning to legal practice with Rajah & Tann after, he was appointed Senior Counsel on 5 January 2008,[4] and became its managing partner in August 2009.[2] Menon was appointed Attorney-General on 1 October 2010, where he served until 25 June 2012.[5] He was subsequently appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal on 1 August 2012.[6] On 6 November 2012, he was appointed as the fourth Chief Justice of Singapore by then-president Tony Tan.[7] He is the first Chief Justice to be born in Singapore.

He has served as Deputy Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Singapore Management University School of Law.[1][8]

Notable judgments

As a Judicial Commissioner, Judge of Appeal, and Chief Justice, Menon has delivered the following notable judgments:

References

  1. ^ a b NUS Faculty of Law Congratulates our Alumni Sundaresh Menon, SC '86 on His Appointment as Attorney-General of Singapore, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 4 March 2010, archived from the original on 27 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Advisory Board Member: Mr Sundaresh MENON, SC, School of Law, Singapore Management University, 18 October 2010, archived from the original on 2 April 2011.
  3. ^ Arbitration pioneer Alvin Yeo offers tip to young lawyers, The Straits Times, 27 March 2017.
  4. ^ Senior Counsel Directory, Singapore Academy of Law, archived from the original on 30 March 2010, retrieved 30 March 2010.
  5. ^ Attorneys-General of Singapore, Attorney-General's Chambers, 26 November 2015, archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
  6. ^ K.C. Vijayan (1 June 2012), "Changes in Appeal Court, A-G Chambers", The Straits Times, p. A1; Teo Xuanwei (1 June 2012), "A-G to be appointed appeal judge: As Justice Steven Chong succeeds Mr Sundaresh Menon, lawyers are divided over implications of shorter tenures", Today, p. 2, archived from the original on 2 June 2012; Appointment of Mr Sundaresh Menon, S.C. as Judge of Appeal: Fact Sheet (PDF), Attorney-General's Chambers, 31 May 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2012; Sundaresh Menon to be Judge of Appeal, Channel NewsAsia, archived from the original on 5 July 2012, retrieved 29 August 2012.
  7. ^ Tham Yuen-C (30 August 2012), "Sundaresh Menon to be new Chief Justice", The Straits Times, p. 1; Teo Xuanwei (30 August 2012), "Sundaresh Menon is new Chief Justice", Today, pp. 1 & 4, archived from the original on 31 August 2012; Sundaresh Menon sworn in as new Chief Justice, Channel NewsAsia, 7 November 2012, archived from the original on 9 November 2012, retrieved 9 November 2012.
  8. ^ Management Details: Mr Sundaresh Menon, S.C. Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Chambers, 24 January 2011, archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
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2012 		Incumbent
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