Sundaresh Menon

The Honourable

Sundaresh Menon

സുന്ദരേഷ് മേനോൻ

Sundaresh speaking at the Singapore Management University in 2019

4th Chief Justice of Singapore

Incumbent

Assumed office
6 November 2012
Appointed by| Tony Tan
Preceded by| Chan Sek Keong
Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012
Appointed by| Tony Tan
6th Attorney-General of Singapore
In office
1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012
Appointed by| S. R. Nathan
Preceded by| Walter Woon
Koh Juat Jong (acting)
Succeeded by| Steven Chong
Judicial Commissioner of Singapore
In office
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007
Appointed by| S. R. Nathan
Personal details
Born|  (1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 60)
State of Singapore
Alma mater|

* National University of Singapore (LLB)
* Harvard University (LLM)

Sundaresh Menon SC (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and jurist who has been serving as the fourth chief justice of Singapore since 2012, appointed by President Tony Tan.

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Career
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Education[edit]

Sundaresh graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 with a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours degree. He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School in 1991.[1][2]

## Career[edit]

Sundaresh 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, Sundaresh co-founded WongPartnership,[3] one of the four 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.

Sundaresh 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 this, he was appointed Senior Counsel on 5 January 2008,[4] and became its managing partner in August 2009.[2]

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][5]

Sundaresh was appointed Attorney-General on 1 October 2010, a post he served until 25 June 2012.[6] He was subsequently appointed a Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal on 1 August 2012.[7]

On 6 November 2012, he took office as the fourth chief justice of Singapore.[8] He is the first non-Chinese ethnic chief justice of Singapore and also the first Singaporean-born chief justice.

## See also[edit]

* Chief Justice of Singapore

## References[edit]

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. ^ Management Details: Mr Sundaresh Menon, S.C. Attorney-General, Attorney-General's Chambers, 24 January 2011, archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
6. ^ Attorneys-General of Singapore, Attorney-General's Chambers, 26 November 2015, archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
7. ^ 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, retrieved 29 August 2012.
8. ^ 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, retrieved 9 November 2012.

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Preceded by

Chan Sek Keong

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* Sundaresh Menon
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