Benson is triple-qualified in Singapore, England and Wales, and New York – part of our multi-qualified, multilingual international arbitration team in Singapore. Fluent in English and Chinese he focuses on arbitration counsel work involving Southeast Asian and Greater China regions. His experience includes infrastructure, construction, energy and natural resources, corporate, merger and acquisition, international trade, and commodities disputes.

Most of his work is as arbitration counsel but he has also been appointed twice as a sole arbitrator by SIAC and he has been nominated for an ICC sole arbitrator appointment. He is an accredited mediator with sole or co-mediator appointments in over 50 mediations in the United States and Singapore.

In his Associate Editor role at Kluwer Arbitration Blog he leads 3 teams of 8 Assistant Editors covering Southeast, East and Central Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. He has also published numerous articles in arbitration academic journals. Furthermore, he is a CIArb Fellow and is actively involved in several arbitration committees such as ICC Singapore Arbitration Group Thought Leadership Sub-Committee, Young SIAC Committee, and SIAC Users Council.

Benson is listed as a Rising Star by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 and 2021.