OUR TEAM

OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR

Anil Changaroth – Fellow of Chartered (FCIArb - 2006), Singapore ( FSIArb - 2005) and Philippines ( FPIArb) Institute of Arbitrators (2018), is an

• Advocate and Solicitor of Singapore (1995)
• Solicitor of England and Wales (2007)
• qualified as a Barrister (Middle Temple England - 1993)
• internationally accredited Arbitrator (2005) - empanelled in regional institutions including Asia International Arbitration Centre, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and Vietnam International Commercial Mediation Centre
• Adjudicator - empanelled in AIAC (2012)
• Dispute Board member (since 2020)
• Mediator (since 2016) - trained in
• International Investor State (at Centre of Effective Dispute Resolution - 2021),
• International Inter & Multicultural (empanelled with International Mediation Institute - 2022)
• Commercial and Family with Singapore Mediation Centre (since 2017)
• Restorative Justice (International Institute of Restorative Practice) (2021)

Legal Practice - In Asia Pacific, Anil conversant in Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, Malayalam along with English:

• Practices in civil, commercial, and criminal conflict avoidance, dispute resolution and front end contract advisory - with a focus on Environmental, Social and Governances (ESG) - including in the Building/Construction/Projects (with both front end advisory work on major international standard form contracts and conflict avoidance/dispute resolution) and Logistics/Supply Chain industries. He has also practiced as an in house legal counsel with then the largest Quantity Surveyors firm and international arbitration practice with an international law firm in Singapore; and


• sits as Mediator, Arbitrator and Dispute Board member regionally.

Industry and Advisory Roles - Anil is the

• honorary Legal Advisor to the Singapore Institute of Architects (since 2010) and Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (since 2015)


• on the Council of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (since 2008) and its chair 2012-2014; on the Society of Construction Law (International)’s liaison’s committee (since 2014)


• the Singapore Representatives of ADR ODR International and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation


• the Law Society of Singapore chairs of International Relations committee (2024 – 25) and Environmental, Social & Governance Working Group (having been instrumental in its set up 2023 – 24)


• Probono SG’s ESG Working Group.

Other Professional Qualifications - Anil also holds

• Masters of Science in Construction and Dispute Resolution ( King’s College London & National University of Singapore)


• graduate certificates in Diversity Equity and Inclusion, from Cambridge Judge Business School


• graduate certificates in Law & Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from Singapore Management University


• Sustainability and Green Economy Strategies from Singapore Management University

Training Programmes - Anil has also developed/created and conducted training and workshops Appropriate Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, and Environmental, Social & Governance including in Contract Drafting and Administration, Conflict Avoidance and Dispute Resolution regionally for Institutions including:

• Building & Construction Authority Academy


• Singapore Contractors Association Ltd Academy


• Mediators in Asia including for the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce - Institute for the Development of Commercial Law and Practice Alternative Dispute Resolution Centreand U S Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program / U S Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2018


• Asia Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AiADR) in 2022


• Conducts Mediators training and assessing for those institutions and the Singapore Mediation Centre

SHYAMALA MENON

Shyamala Menon heading the Chambers and Consultancy’s business development, marketing and public relations, strategies, manages and administers business and professional development initiatives while embracing legal digital and online technology and sustainability. Working with the managing director Anil Changaroth and the office team on the Appropriate Dispute Resolution aspects of the following:

Business Development - consider, strategies and develop business opportunities and growth in the specific target market of the Consultancy and Chambers addressing Conflict Avoidance, Dispute Resolution, Restorative Justice and Online Dispute Resolution ultimately facilitating client (including potential) building and nurturing relations, engagement, and retention.

Professional Development - Developing the Chambers’ programmes, workshops, webinars (including framework, structure, and text for the contents) conducted with several institutions and organisations in Singapore and the Asia Pacific including in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Supporting the Consultancy’s and Anil’s services in various consensual and adjudicative Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) roles as Conciliator, Negotiator, Mediator, Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Conflict Avoidance Board, Dispute Avoidance & Adjudication Boards, and Neutral Evaluator.

Researching and copywriting the Consultancy and Chambers’ publications, presentations, lectures and workshops internationally – including Anil’s book Resolving Disputes, a Guide to the Options for Appropriate Dispute Resolution that published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia in 2019.

Shyamala has more than 20 years of experience in education, professional development training and corporate communication, she holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language and Literature with Management. In the last 20 years she has worked in the Marketing Communications and Education fields. Since 2012, she has been with Julia Gabriel Centre, where her current role as Deputy Head of Department sees her managing operations, tendering for school projects, scheduling teachers, curriculum development, programme coordination, mentoring and teaching. She has taught a range of programmes in schools like Speech & Drama, Presentation Skills and Debate.