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Biography

Amanda Lees is a dispute resolution partner in the King & Wood Mallesons Singapore office. Having been based in Singapore for over 11 years and with more than 20 years’ experience in dispute resolution in the region, Amanda is an expert in international arbitration in the Asia Pacific region. She also acts as international counsel in complex cross border litigation. Amanda acts as counsel in large complex disputes across a range of industries, including energy and resources, commodities, construction, finance, insurance, telecommunications, technology, manufacturing and consumer goods. Amanda also has experience in investor state dispute settlement. She represented the Republic of Indonesia as advocate in its successful defence of a US$580 million claim under the India-Indonesia BIT, which was arbitrated under the UNCITRAL Rules and administered by the PCA. Amanda sits as an arbitrator regularly and has had 22 appointments as arbitrator by SIAC, ICC and LCIA, including as emergency arbitrator, expedited arbitrator and presiding arbitrator. Her appointments have involved parties from 17 different jurisdictions represented by a wide range of counsel. Amanda is listed on multiple institutional panels, including SIAC, HKIAC, ICDR (AAA), AIAC and JCAA. Amanda is a Fellow and Director of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Singapore and Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. As part of the CIARB Faculty, Amanda has taught international arbitration to hundreds of lawyers and other professionals throughout Asia. She is a regular speaker at international conferences, has published widely on international arbitration and is ranked as a leading individual for international arbitration by Legal 500 and one of Singapore's most-in-demand arbitrators by Chambers.