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Joseph Chun

Dr Joseph Chun is an environmental lawyer. He leads the Firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance practice and is concurrently an adjunct associate professor and a member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) at the Faculty of Law in the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he teaches environmental law. He has written widely on environmental law and ESG, and is the lead author of Singapore’s only environmental law textbook. Joseph volunteers as a member of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s (SVCA) ESG and Impact Committee, member of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL), the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Commission on Environmental Law, and the Mandai Wildlife Group’s Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee. He also regularly works with green civil society groups on advocacy projects and reports. · Shook Lin & Bok LLP

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About

Environmental lawyer who leads Shook Lin & Bok LLP’s Environmental, Social and Governance practice and is an adjunct associate professor at NUS. He is the lead author of Singapore’s only environmental law textbook and is active in ESG, conservation and animal welfare committees and advocacy.

Practice areas

EnvironmentalESG

Office

Expertise

Environmental LawESG and SustainabilityAnimal Welfare & EthicsConservationEnvironmental AdvocacyImpact Investing / VC & PE (ESG)

Education

  • LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1991
  • PhD in Laws, University College London, 2003
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1992
  • Solicitor, England and Wales, 1999

Admissions

  • Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (1992)
  • Solicitor, England and Wales (1999)

Languages

EnglishMandarin