Dato Jude Philomen Benny

Dato' Jude Philomen Benny is a Consultant and founding partner of Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP, where he founded the firm's shipping and admiralty practice. He holds an LLB from Queen Mary College, University of London, and was called to the Bar in England (Middle Temple, 1982) and Singapore (1983). He has practised as litigation counsel and arbitrator for more than 30 years, including conducting SIAC's first international arbitration in 1990.

He has served on the boards of the Singapore Maritime Foundation, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and PACC Offshore Services Holdings, and was President of ADVOC Asia (2014) and ADVOC Global (2015).

He spoke at 12 Mare Forum events between 2007 and 2019, chairing the 1st and 2nd Mare Forum Singapore and moderating the 1st Mare Forum Monaco Shipping 2015.