Daniel GAW

Daniel Gaw is a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes, International Arbitration, and Shipping, International Trade & Commodities Disputes Practices, specialising in international arbitration and dispute resolution. He has represented corporate clients and sovereign states in multi‑billion‑dollar disputes and investor‑state arbitrations across the oil and gas, mining, renewable energy, construction, and commodities sectors, delivering strategic legal solutions in complex, high‑value cross‑border disputes.

He has been appointed as a Young Independent Counsel by the Supreme Court of Singapore twice, providing written and oral submissions on appeals raising significant legal issues of public interest. He is currently an APAC member of the YSIAC Council and has co‑authored publications on Commercial and Civil Litigation in Singapore. He also taught cross‑examination at the Swiss Arbitration Academy as a Guest Lecturer in 2023.

Daniel holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and an LL.M. from New York University. He is admitted to the Singapore Bar. He won the Essex Court Chambers‑Singapore Academy of Law Mooting Competition (2013/14), the WongPartnership International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2010), and the B.A Mallal Moots Competition (2009), where he was also awarded Best Memorial. He received an Honourable Mention for Best Individual Oralist in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2012) and an Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Singapore International Arbitration Academy (2019).