Ben graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge in June 2015. In the following year, he placed 3rd out of 664 candidates in the Singapore Bar Examinations (Part B) and is the highest performing Cambridge graduate in that year’s Bar Examination.
He has published extensively on most law and legal policy topics, spanning private and public law, legal and political theory, and technology law, and his work has been cited over 100 times, including by the Singapore government, INTERPOL, and WIPO.
His research output has appeared in top-tier legal journals, such as the Law Quarterly Review, Journal of Business Law, International Company & Commercial Law Review, Company Lawyer, and European Papers. He has also published in other leading journals including the International Cybersecurity Law Review, SN Social Sciences, Asian Journal of Legal Education, Singapore Academy of Law Journal, SAL Practitioner and Singapore Policy Journal.
His legal expertise has been sought after by leading media outlets globally, including The Straits Times, The Business Times, ChannelNewsAsia, TodayOnline, Nikkei Asia, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, The Star, and Chinese Social Sciences Today.
Within 2+ years of joining the Singapore University of Social Sciences, he received the university-level Outstanding Teaching Award in 2022 and the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021. From 2018 to 2023, Ben served as course convenor for Law of Business Organisations (LBO), a compulsory module covering the legal aspects of partnership, company, and corporate insolvency.
Ben also lectured in other private law subjects, including Contract Law, and Equity & Trusts. He has also taught Legal Methods & Singapore Legal System, and Mediation Advocacy. Ben previously served as facilitator for the Advanced Corporate Practice module at the Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations.
He is an invited peer-reviewer for over a dozen journals, including the Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Journal of Financial Crime, and Journal of Money Laundering Control.
Ben is dual-qualified and admitted to practice law in Singapore and England & Wales. He is also an of counsel in the financial services (regulatory) practice at RHTLaw Asia LLP. Ben previously served as an international capital markets and banking & finance lawyer (associate) at American law firm Baker McKenzie, where he has worked on loan transactions in excess of US$500 million, initial public offerings and bond issuances.
