Ryan Tan

RYAN TAN is a dual-qualified attorney in New York and solicitor in England & Wales. He focuses his practice on complex international disputes and provides clients with strategic advice on day-to-day contentious matters. He also advises clients on issues concerning crisis management, public policy, and global geopolitical developments.

Ryan has represented private and public sector clients in a range of international arbitrations and commercial litigations in the energy, construction, technology, maritime, and retail industries, among others. He has been involved in proceedings under various institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, SCMA, and UNCITRAL arbitration rules, and before the Supreme Court of Singapore. Ryan has also advised international organizations and governments in Asia on public international law issues.

Prior to joining Sidley, Ryan practiced with another leading international arbitration practice in London. Ryan earned his B.A. in law from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, in 2015 on a scholarship awarded by the Public Service Commission of Singapore.

Ryan was previously a senior policy officer in the Singapore government, where his portfolio included advising the executive leadership on international defense policy and national security, with a focus on the U.S.-China geostrategic relationship. He also served in the Singapore military as a commando officer.

Ryan is trilingual in English, Mandarin, and Malay.

Examples of Ryan’s significant experience include*:

• Counsel for a sovereign state in recognition and enforcement proceedings relating to an investor-state arbitration with over US$300 million in dispute.
• Representing an international offshore LNG service provider in concurrent Singapore seated commercial maritime arbitrations and related enforcement proceedings.
• Representing a global investment firm in a dispute with one of its portfolio companies arising out of the share purchase agreement and associated warrant instruments between the parties.
• Advising a global medical device and healthcare company in a distribution agreement dispute in Southeast Asia and associated settlement negotiations.
• Advising a Beijing-based media company in a HKIAC arbitration governed by New York law.
• Advising an Asian private investor in a dispute with a U.S. headquartered venture capital firm.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.