PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Samuel Chacko heads Legis Point LLC’s Dispute
Resolution Practice Group. His areas of practice
include arbitration, banking, building contracts,
commercial disputes, copyright infringement, defamation,
debt recovery, employment contracts, international
trade, judicial review, probate matters, land disputes
and general civil litigation. He has appeared at
all levels of the Singapore Court structure and has
handled numerous cases which have been reported in the
Singapore Law Reports. A number of these cases are
now leading decisions in various areas of law.
Samuel graduated from the University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth in 1991 with an LLB in the top five
percentile of his class winning the Calcott Pryce Prize
for Evidence. He went on to obtain an LLM from the
University of Cambridge in 1993. Samuel also holds
a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from
the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an MSc in
Construction Law & Arbitration awarded jointly by
King’s College, London and the National University of
Singapore.
Whilst at university, Samuel participated in and won a
number of national and international debating
competitions and academic prizes. When he obtained
his Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, he
graduated at the top of his class and won the Course
Director’s Prize. When he obtained his MSc in
Construction Law & Arbitration, he topped his class
winning the E.C. Harris Prize and Davis, Langdon &
Seah Medal in the process.
Samuel was called to the English bar in 1992 and
admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Singapore in 1994.
Samuel has an active international arbitration practice
and has been lead counsel in a number of substantial
international arbitrations involving complex
cross-border legal and factual issues. He is a Chartered
Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
He has also been appointed to the arbitration panels of
the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, the
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Asian Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Centre and the Law Society of
Singapore.
Samuel is the current Chairman of the Advocacy
Committee and the Vice-Chairman of the ADR Committee of
the Law Society. Samuel has been an advocacy trainer of
the Law Society since 2004.
Samuel has been awarded the NITA Master Advocate
designation by The National Institute for Trial Advocacy
in the United States. Samuel’s expertise in Dispute
Resolution has also been recognized in numerous legal
publications:
Leading Individual - Singapore, Employment
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2015/2016)
Leading Individual - Singapore, for International
Arbitration and Employment
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2014/2015)
AsiaLaw Leading Lawyer, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, 2014 and 2015.
- "Legis Point LLC handles employment issues
related to restructurings and closures of
multinational subsidiaries. Young Chee Foong heads
non-contentious matters, with Samuel Chacko leading
on the contentious side.”
- (Asia Pacific Legal
500 2015/2016)
- .
- “Chacko is a skilful
arbitrator who has been involved in cases relating
to commercial disputes, copyright infringement,
defamation, debt recovery, employment contracts,
land disputes, and general civil litigation…. Peers
consistently praise Chacko’s ability to “excel in
complex cases.”
- “Chacko is praised by a
client for his technical skills and for being “very
friendly and responsive 24/7”. An experienced
litigator, his areas of practice span arbitration,
banking, building contracts, commercial disputes,
copyright.”
- (Asialaw Profiles
2014/2015)
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- “Legis Point LLC’s Samuel Chacko has been
involved in land and construction-related
adjudications, acting as client’s counsel and as an
arbitrator on the panel.”
- (Asia Pacific Legal
500 2013/2014)
- “Legis Point LLC has a small team, but was busy
in 2012 on numerous SIAC arbitrations for both
domestic and international clients. Samuel Chacko is
an experienced practitioner.”
- (Asia Pacific Legal
500 2013/2014)
Recommended firm - Singapore, for Dispute Resolution
(Asia Pacific Legal500, 2012/2013)
Recommended Individual for Dispute Resolution
(PLC Which Lawyer? 2011/2012)
“At Legis Point LLC, ‘excellent litigator and
arbitrator’ Samuel Chacko is ‘good value for money’.”
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2011/2012)
“At boutique Legis Point LLC, chartered arbitrator
Samuel Chacko represents corporations and high
net-worth individuals in complex international
disputes.”
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2010/2011, 2011/2012)
Recommended individual for Dispute Resolution
(PLC Cross-border Dispute Resolution Handbook
2011)
“Samuel Chacko leads Legis Point LLC’s
diverse practice, which has experience in
international disputes.”
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008/2009)
Recommended individual for Dispute Resolution: "...Wide-ranging
expertise covering banking and commercial disputes,
defamation, and general civil litigation and judicial
reviews. Also advises clients in
arbitration and mediation.…”
(PLC Cross-border Dispute Resolution Handbook
2008/2009)
“Legis Point LLC founding partner Samuel Chacko has a
good reputation in labour and employment dispute.
The firm has been involved in some major international
disputes in its short life…..”
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008)
“… known for his expertise in copyright infringement…”
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2006/2007)
Recommended Expert in Labour and Employment Law
(International Financial Law Review 2006)
“Labour and Employment Specialist” in Dispute
Resolution
(Asia Pacific Legal 500 2005/2006)
Leading specialist
(Global Counsel 3000, 2002/03, 2003/04)
EDUCATION
LLB (Hons), University of Wales, Aberystwyth
LLM, University of Cambridge
MSc, King's College, London & National University of
Singapore
DipICArb, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Barrister-at-law (Middle Temple) England and Wales,
admitted 1992
Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Singapore, admitted 1994
Chartered Arbitrator
Accredited Adjudicator
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
Member, The Law Society of Singapore
Member, The Singapore Academy of Law
Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths
PUBLICATIONS
“Loans and Other Benefits at Arms Length to
Directors and Others”; Asia Pacific Institute
for Management Development, May 1996
“The Law on Passing-Off”; Law Gazette,
November 2001
“SARS and the Law”, Law Gazette, July
2003
CITIZENSHIP
Singaporean
LANGUAGES
English, Bahasa Malaysia, Malayalam
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