Earl Rivera-Dolera

Earl Rivera-Dolera

Partner

Singapore

  • Language : English, Tagalog, Bisaya
  • Mail : earl.dolera@tkilaw.com

Earl Rivera-Dolera is a partner at TKI. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner and head of international arbitration at Frasers Law Company (formerly Freehills) in Vietnam, where she represented entities and individuals in arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions (ICC, SIAC, VIAC, JCAA) and commercial mediations under SIMC rules in Singapore, and ad hoc rules in New York. She was also an independent arbitrator and a tribunal secretary to prominent international arbitrators at The Arbitration Chambers in Singapore.

Earl also serves as arbitrator appointed as chair, ole and party-nominated arbitrator by the major arbitral institutions. She has served as arbitrator and issued awards under the rules of the ICC, JCAA, SIAC, KCAB, VIAC, and in ad hoc arbitrations. She is empaneled as arbitrator and/or mediator with AAA-ICDR, SIAC, JCAA, KCAB, HKIAC, AIAC, CAA.

Recognition

2024

Who’s Who Legal 2024: Arbitration

Chambers and Partners, Dispute resolution: international arbitration

Legal 500, Dispute resolution: arbitration (Southeast asia – Vietnam)

EXPERIENCE

2012 – 2020
Arbitrator, Tribunal Law Clerk to prominent international arbitrators, The Arbitration Chambers (Singapore)
2021 – 2024
Frasers Law Company (Partner / Head, International Arbitration) (Vietnam)
Sep. 2024 –
Joined Tokyo International Law Office

QUALIFICATION

EDUCATION

2004
J.D., Xavier (Ateneo de Cagayan) University
2012
LL.M., International Business Law, National University of Singapore
2018
LL.M., International Economic Law and Business Policy, Stanford Law School (U.S.)

OTHER

  • Appointed and/or empaneled as arbitrator (sole, chair or party-nominated) and mediator in ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, JCAA, KCAB, CAA, THAC, AIAC, VIAC, E-bram
  • Acted as arbitrator with seats of arbitration in Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia.

Publication

2025
Co-author, "A Practical Guide to Corporate Disputes: From Risk Prevention to Crisis Response and Remedial Measures", ( Chuokeizai-Sha)
2017, 2020
Co-author with Professor Lawrence Boo, “Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore: Arbitration” (LexisNexis)
2017
Co-author, Chapter 5 - “Specific Concerns for Less Developed Nation States and Small Island Nations” in the book, “Dispute Resolution and Climate Change, The Paris Agreement and Beyond” (International Chamber of Commerce, edited by Wendy Miles)
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Co-author, Singapore Law Society’s Annual Review of Judicial Cases (Arbitration Chapter)
2015
Author, Case commentary on “Tomolugen Holdings Ltd and Another v Silica Investors Ltd and other Appeals [2015] SGCA 57”, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators

Seminar / Speaking Engagements

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