Selected Publications & Presentations

Patrick Dahm - Independent Arbitrator and Mediator

Books and Articles

2025

Das Ver­trieb­srecht von Sin­ga­pur (The Dis­tri­b­u­tion Law of Sin­ga­pore), in: Martinek/Semler/Flohr, Hand­buch Ver­trieb­srecht, 5th edition

https://is.gd/i9VO34

2024

SICC oder Schieds­ge­richt? Ein Ver­gle­ich des Ver­fahrens vor dem Sin­ga­pore Inter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Court mit den Vor- und Nachteilen inter­na­tionaler Schiedsver­fahren (SICC or Arbi­tra­tion? A Com­par­i­son of Pro­ceed­ings in the Sin­ga­pore Inter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Court with the Advan­tages and Dis­ad­van­tages of Inter­na­tion­al Arbi­tra­tion Proceedings)

https://is.gd/aNcHAw

Arbi­tra­tors: Bal­anc­ing Active Engage­ment and Par­ty Autonomy

https://is.gd/haCf3H

On the Dimin­ish­ing Impor­tance of Human­i­ty in Arbitration

https://is.gd/lNlOJT

2023

Inquisi­to­r­i­al Process­es, or: Can Sin­ga­pore Courts or Arbi­tral Tri­bunals Engage in the Ami­ca­ble Set­tle­ment of Dis­putes?, in: Kluw­er Arbi­tra­tion Blog

https://is.gd/aCoOq4

On the Pow­ers of Courts and Arbi­tral Tri­bunals in the Ami­ca­ble Set­tle­ment of Dis­putes by the Par­ties: A Look at Sin­ga­pore and Select­ed Oth­er Coun­tries; in: Zeitschrift für Schiedsver­fahren – Ger­man Arbi­tra­tion Jour­nal (SchiedsVZ) 2023, p. 270

https://is.gd/cfdsb9

2021

Das neue Recht elek­tro­ni­scher Transak­tio­nen in Sin­ga­pur: Weg­be­rei­ter für elek­tro­n­is­che Kon­nosse­mente?; in: Trans­portrecht (TranspR) 2021, p. 313

https://is.gd/n7wKKX

The New Elec­tron­ic Trans­ac­tions Law in Sin­ga­pore: Paving the Way for Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lading?

https://is.gd/w5YB3d

2019

Enforce­abil­i­ty of For­eign Emer­gency Awards in Singapore

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-vi

2018

On Arbi­tra­tion, Foot­ball and Vac­u­um-Clean­ing Robots

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-mU

Gild­ed with Law

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-fo

Ini­tial Coin Offer­ing: an Inac­cu­rate Term and an Imper­fect Regulator

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-dS

No, I Won’t Help You White­wash Your Token Sale Scam

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-de

The Effi­cient Breach of Smart Contracts

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-ck

The Arts and the Law in Singapore

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-bE

2017

The Art of Walk­ing a Fine and Gold­en Line

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-7N

Smar­ti­fy­ing Blockchains, Legally

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-63

Blockchain: the Roll of Deeds of the Internet

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-5i

How Do We Resolve Dis­putes? What’s with Those Algorithms?

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-4s

2015

Sin­ga­purisch­er Inter­na­tionaler Han­dels­gericht­shof eröffnet (Sin­ga­pore Inter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Court Launched)

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-hH

Lan­guage’ Dif­fi­cul­ties between Civ­il Law and Com­mon Law

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-hK

The Mid­night Clause in Inter­na­tion­al Arbitration

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-ia

2014

A Grain of Civ­il Law – Some (Not So) New Chords for the Inter­na­tion­al Arbi­tra­tion Jazz; in: Sin­ga­pore Law Gazette, Octo­ber 2014, with Respon­dek and O’Shea

https://wp.me/p8fCIC-k8

2012

Wet­tbe­werb­srecht in Sin­ga­pur (Com­pe­ti­tion Law in Sin­ga­pore); in: SGC Bizguide 2012 (with Singham)

Immo­bilien­markt Sin­ga­pur – Schw­er­punkt gewerbliche Immo­bilien (The Real Estate Mar­ket in Sin­ga­pore – Focus­ing on Com­mer­cial Real Estate); in: SGC Bizguide 2012

Overkill, Or: Free Trade Agree­ments in Asia; in: Glob­al Trade and Cus­toms Jour­nal, Issue 7/8

https://is.gd/fHRz1B

The Civ­il Law Inter­pre­ta­tion of Dec­la­ra­tions of Intent by Con­tract­ing Par­ties; in: Rodyk Reporter – Lit­i­ga­tion Brief, March 2012

https://is.gd/9k3tlH

2008

Kred­it und Kred­it­sicherung in Sin­ga­pur (Cred­it and Cred­it Secu­ri­ty in Sin­ga­pore); in: SGC Bizguide 2008

2005

Der Staatliche Aufwen­dungser­satzanspruch nach erfol­gre­ich­er Befreiung ent­führter Deutsch­er im Aus­land (The State’s Claim for Refund of Expens­es After the Suc­cess­ful Release of Kid­napped Ger­mans
Abroad); in: Neue Zeitschrift für Ver­wal­tungsrecht 2005, p. 172

https://is.gd/m9de0d

2002

Unverbindlich verbindlich – Zur Selbst­reg­u­lier­ung durch Ver­hal­tenskodizes und Güte­siegel (Not Bind­ing­ly Bind­ing – on Self-Reg­u­la­tion by Codes of Prac­tice and Seals of Approval); in: Daten­schutz und Daten­sicher­heit 2002, p. 412

2001

Auf dem Weg zur europäis­chen Infor­ma­tion­s­ge­sellschaft – Zu Über­trag­barkeit und Pfänd­barkeit von de- und eu-Domains (Towards a Euro­pean Infor­ma­tion Soci­ety – on Trans­fer­abil­i­ty and Attach­a­bil­i­ty of de- and eu-Domains); in: Wert­pa­pi­er-Mit­teilun­gen 2001, p. 1135 (with Lwowski)

Presentations and Speaking Engagements

2025

Pan­el dis­cus­sion: The Tri­bunal Secretary’s Evolv­ing Role – From Note­tak­er to Tech Facil­i­ta­tor; Guangxi Uni­ver­sit­ry; Nanning

2024

Debate: The Extent and Lim­i­ta­tions of Arbi­tra­tors’ Dis­cre­tionary Pow­ers – This House believes that arbi­tra­tion is main­ly a par­ty-dri­ven task and that arbi­tra­tors may rely on the coop­er­a­tion of the par­ties to improve the over­all effec­tive­ness of arbi­tra­tion; Asia Inter­na­tion­al Arbi­tra­tion Cen­tre; Kuala Lumpur

Debate: This House believes that ‘human­i­ty’ is dis­pens­able in arbi­tra­tion, and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence will sup­plant arbi­tra­tors in the future; Asian Insti­tute of Alter­na­tive Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion; Kuala Lumpur

2023

Webi­nar: Tech­nol­o­gy Dis­putes – How Does ADR Play a Role?; Asian Insti­tute of Alter­na­tive Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion; Kuala Lumpur

2022

Pre­sen­ta­tion: Elek­tro­n­is­che Kon­nosse­mente – Zur Recht­slage in Deutsch­land und Sin­ga­pur (Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lad­ing – On the Legal Sit­u­a­tion in Ger­many and Sin­ga­pore); Ger­man Mar­itime Arbi­tra­tion Asso­ci­a­tion; Hamburg

(Mod­er­a­tor) Webi­nar on an Inter­na­tion­al Per­spec­tive: Dis­putes on Law Gov­ern­ing the Arbi­tra­tion Agree­ment; Asian Insti­tute of Alter­na­tive Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion; Kuala Lumpur/Hyderabad

2021

Pan­el dis­cus­sion: Ad Hoc Arbi­tra­tion as an Elas­tic Rub­ber: Flex­i­bil­i­ty and Cost Effi­cien­cy; Asian Insti­tute of Alter­na­tive Dis­pute Res­o­lu­tion; Kuala Lumpur

2019

Pan­el dis­cus­sion: Intro­duc­ing Libra: Facebook’s Brain­child, Singapore;

Debate: This House Believes That Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Will Have Replaced Arbi­tra­tors with­in Twen­ty-Five Years; Sin­ga­pore Insti­tute of Arbi­tra­tors; Singapore

2018

Pre­sen­ta­tion: Com­pu­ta­tion­al Law & Blockchain Fes­ti­val, glob­al broad­cast; Singapore

2017

Pan­el dis­cus­sion: Lawyers for tech­ni­cal start-ups; Singapore

2015

The poten­tial of the ASEAN Eco­nom­ic Com­mu­ni­ty; Hamburg

2012

Pre­sen­ta­tion: Free Trade Agree­ments in Asia; Inter-Pacif­ic Bar Asso­ci­a­tion; New Delhi

2010

Pre­sen­ta­tion: The Final Cur­tain for Anti-Suit Injunc­tions in Europe; The Law Soci­ety of Sin­ga­pore; Singapore