Sundaresh Menon

Sundaresh Menon SC (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who is the fourth chief justice of Singapore, having served since 2012. He was formerly a judicial commissioner from 2006 and 2007, attorney-general from 2010 and 2012, and a Court of Appeal judge. Prior to joining the legal service, Menon studied law at the National University of Singapore and Harvard Law School. He was a founding partner of the law firm WongPartnership, and was also a partner at Shook Lin & Bok, Rajah & Tann, and Jones Day.

The Honourable
Sundaresh Menon
SC
Menon in 2019
4th Chief Justice of Singapore
Assumed office
6 November 2012
Appointed byTony Tan
Preceded byChan Sek Keong
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore
In office
1 August 2012 – 5 November 2012
Appointed byTony Tan
6th Attorney-General of Singapore
In office
1 October 2010 – 25 June 2012
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Preceded byWalter Woon
Koh Juat Jong (acting)
Succeeded bySteven Chong
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2007
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Personal details
Born (1962-02-26) 26 February 1962
State of Singapore
Alma mater

Education

Menon graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 with a Bachelor of Laws degree with first-class honours. He subsequently completed a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School in 1991.[1][2]

Career

Menon 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 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.

Menon 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, he was appointed Senior Counsel on 5 January 2008,[4] and became its managing partner in August 2009.[2] Menon was appointed Attorney-General on 1 October 2010, where he served until 25 June 2012.[5] He was subsequently appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal on 1 August 2012.[6] On 6 November 2012, he was appointed as the fourth chief justice of Singapore by then-president Tony Tan.[7] He was the first chief justice to be born in Singapore.

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][8]

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