Simon Davidson

Independent Arbitrator

Singapore and United Kingdom
 
Surname, First name: Davidson, Simon
Address: 1 Douglas Terrace, Broughty Ferry, Scotland DD5 1EA
Telephone: 07591280765
Email: arbitrator@simondavidson.sg
Nationality/ Date of Birth: British, 29 December 1960
 

Educational and Professional Memberships
  • 1st Class Honours in law at St John's College, Cambridge BA 1983; MA 1986
  • LLM in Maritime Law, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1984
  • Admitted as Solicitor in England 1987, Hong Kong 1990 and Singapore 2011
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 1997 and Chartered Arbitrator, 2012
  • Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, 1997
  • Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, 2001
  • Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrators, 2011
  • Panel of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, 2012
  • Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, 2012
  • Panel of Arbitrators of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, 2013
  • Supporting Member London Maritime Arbitrators Association from about 2000
 

Professional Experience
1985 to 1989 - Trainee and solicitor with Holman Fenwick Willan, London
1990 to 1994 - Solicitor, Holman Fenwick Willan, Hong Kong
1994 to 1998 - Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan, Hong Kong
1998 to Oct 2013 - Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan, Singapore
November 2013 to April 2018 - Independent Arbitrator in Singapore
From April 2018 - Independent Arbitrator resident in Scotland
 

Arbitration Experience

Acting as solicitor on behalf of clients in arbitration in a wide variety of jurisdictions. These include well over 150 London Maritime Arbitration Association arbitrations, arbitrations subject to the SIAC, ICC, CIETAC, UNCITRAL and SCMA rules, two statutory arbitrations in Chile, under the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission Rules of the Philippines and under many various London trade association rules, including GAFTA, FOSFA and the Refined Sugar Association.

To June 2018 appointed as arbitrator by ICC, SIAC, SCMA and KLIAC and ad hoc (including 10 under the LMAA terms) on about 60 occasions and published 15 reasoned awards as sole arbitrator (including one as emergency arbitrator under the SIAC rules) and 15 reasoned awards as part of a panel of two or three.