Kate Lan 蓝慧姗
Counsel 资深高级律师
Kate is counsel in Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and litigation practice in Singapore. Her main area of practice includes commercial litigation, trust and estate disputes, shareholder’s disputes, insolvency and company law related disputes. She is qualified to practise in Singapore, England & Wales, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. She is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese and able to communicate in basic Bahasa Indonesia and Japanese.
Kate has extensive experience representing clients in cross-border litigation and international arbitration, investor-State dispute settlement and public international law matters. She has also been appointed as arbitrator by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and is a member of SIAC’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators and a member of INSOL. Kate is a contributing author to two editions of Arbitration in Singapore: A Practical Guide (edited by The Honourable The Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon), and the first reference guide to investment protection in the ASEAN region – Investment Protection in Southeast Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties.
Career
Kate started her practice in the litigation department of one of the largest law firms in Southeast Asia, where she advised clients on a broad spectrum of company and commercial disputes. She subsequently practised in UK-based international firms where she specialised in international commercial arbitration, investor-State dispute settlement and public international law.
Throughout her career, Kate has acted for and advised States, State entities, private multinational companies as well as high-net-worth individuals on a broad spectrum of litigation and arbitration disputes. She has also assisted multinational corporations in investigations relating to the UK Bribery Act and US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
慧姗（Kate）是凯瑞奥信新加坡争议解决与诉讼团队的资深高级律师。她主要的执业领域包括商业诉讼、信托和财产纠纷、股东纠纷、破产和公司法相关纠纷。慧姗持有新加坡、英格兰和威尔士、百慕大以及英属维尔京群岛的律师资格。她精通英语及华语，也能用基本印尼语及日语沟通。
慧姗在代表客户处理跨境诉讼和国际仲裁案件、东道国争议解决以及国际公法事务中拥有丰富的经验。她被新加坡国际仲裁中心（SIAC）任命为仲裁员，并且是SIAC候补仲裁委员会的成员以及INSOL会员。慧姗是《新加坡仲裁实用指南》（该指南由首席大法官Sundaresh Menon编辑）以及东盟地区第一份投资保护参考指南《东南亚投资保护：仲裁法律和双边投资条约国别指南》的撰稿人。
慧姗于东南亚最大的律师事务所之一的诉讼部门开始其执业生涯，期间为客户就公司和商业纠纷提供法律意见。随后，她在总部位于英国的国际律师事务所任职，专门从事国际商业仲裁、东道国争议解决以及国际公法事宜。
在其从业经历中，慧姗代表国家、 国家机构 、跨国公司以及高净值人士就各类诉讼和仲裁纠纷提供法律服务和意见。她也曾协助跨国公司进行有关《英国反贿赂法》和 《美国反海外腐败法》的调查。