Benjamin Hughes is an independent arbitrator at Arbitration Chambers, a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC). Before becoming a full-time arbitrator, Ben was associate professor at Seoul National University Law School, adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and the founding co-chair of the international arbitration practice group at one of Korea’s largest law firms.

His experience as arbitrator spans a broad range of commercial disputes, including joint venture and shareholder disputes, intellectual property and licensing, media and telecommunications, construction and infrastructure projects, energy and resources, shipping and shipbuilding, automobile and heavy machinery manufacturing, agency and distributorship agreements, military acquisition and procurement contracts, hotel management agreements, sale of goods and general commercial disputes.