Gary Bell

Educational/Professional Memberships

Law degrees in both common law and civil law, McGill University (LL.B, B.C.L. McGill 1989); Masters from Columbia University in New York City (LL.M. Columbia 1993); Member of the Barreau du Québec (Quebec Bar) since 1991; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Founding Director of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI) from 2003 to 2008 and 2010 to 2012; Coach of the National University of Singapore team at the Vis Moot (2001-2009).

Current Position

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, teaching courses in Arbitration, Indonesian law, International and Comparative Sale of Goods and Legal Systems of Asia.

Professional Experience

Over 21 year of research, academic and practical legal experience in the field of Civil Law (French, Quebec and Indonesian law), Comparative Legal Traditions, International & Comparative Law of Sale and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

Arbitration Experience

Served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in 18 arbitrations under ICC and SIAC rules. Acted as expert witness on civil law, Indonesian law and arbitration in arbitrations and court cases.

Representative Publications

Published extensively mainly on substantive law but also on arbitration. Significant works include:
“Singapore’s Arbitration Laws” in Eric E. Bergsten, International Commercial Arbitration, Oxford University Press (forthcoming Dec. 2012)
“En quête d’un droit de l’arbitrage concurrentiel : ce que le Québec pourrait apprendre de Singapour et de Hong Kong” in F. Bachand and F. Gélinas, Les 25 ans de la réforme du droit québécois de l’arbitrage (forthcoming, Yvon Blais, 2012)
“Harmonisation of Contract Law in Asia – Harmonising Regionally or Adopting Global Harmonisations – The Example of the CISG”, (2005) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 362-372
“The Importance of Private Law Doctrine in Indonesia”, (a study of the law of novation), in Tim Lindsey, ed., Indonesia: Law and Society, 2nd ed., 363-375 (Leichhardt, N.S.W.: Federation Press, 2008); and
“The New Indonesian Laws Relating to Regional Autonomy: Good Intentions, Confusing Laws” (2001) 2 Asian Pacific Law and Policy Journal 1, available at: http://blog.hawaii.edu/aplpj/files/2011/11/APLPJ_02.1_bell.pdf

Languages
Fluent in French (mother tongue) and English, and can write awards in either language. Can also read Indonesian.