NRI Lawyer Dedar Singh Gill appointed judicial commissioner of Singapore’s Supreme Court

SINGAPORE, June 27,2018

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Singapore President Halimah Yacob has appointed top lawyer Dedar Singh Gill.  59,  as a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court f or a period of two years,  starting on Aug 1, 2018. He will be sworn into his post at the Istana on Aug 3.

In 1983, he was graduated from National University of Singapore. He was managing director of law firm Drew and Napier LLC's intellectual property department.  He was admitted to the Singapore Bar (1984)

Mr Davinder Singh, executive chairman of Drew & Napier, said: “While Dedar’s departure will be a great and irreplaceable loss to the firm, his appointment to the Supreme Court will forever remain a matter of immense pride for Drew & Napier. I am confident that he will serve the country with distinction by enriching our jurisprudence with his sharp mind and wisdom.”

CEO of  Drew & Napier, Mr Cavinder Bull said: “We thank him for his 35 years of dedication to the firm and wish him every success in the next stage of his journey.”

• Dedar Singh Gill was the president of Asian Patent Attorneys Association, Singapore Group
• He was also appointed deputy president of the Copyright Tribunal.
• He is a member of the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Academy of Law and the International Trademark Association.

Singapore’s top IP-Intellectual Property practitioners:

• Dedar  Gill has 30 years of experience and  one of Singapore's top intellectual property litigators, representing corporate clients who are household names.  Dedar is the Head of the Intellectual Property practice group.
• Mr. Gill was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers Singapore® 2009 in the field of Intellectual Property. He is also named as a leading expert in the field of trade mark law by Expert Guides: