Research Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MEERA RAJAH
Singapore

Education
LLB (Hons) (University College London)
LLM (Columbia Law School)


Awards/Scholarships
President’s Graduate Fellowship (Lee Kuan Yew Fitzwilliam-NUS PhD Scholarship) (NUS) (2025 to present)
James Kent Scholar (Columbia Law School) (2020)
Dean’s Honors (Negotiation Workshop) (Columbia Law School) (2020)
Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law (Columbia Law School) (2020)
Blackstone Chambers Commercial Law Prize (UCL) (2014)
John Frederic Whitehouse Essay Award (UCL) (2014)
Bentham Prize for High Achievement (UCL) (2014)


Thesis Title
Public Interest in the Judicial Review of International Commercial Arbitral Awards


Supervisor(s)
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis


Research Interest
International Commercial Arbitration
Investment Treaty Arbitration
Comparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution
Private International Law
Human Rights


Representative Publications
“Chapter 68 – What Does it Mean to Be ‘Pro-Arbitration’?: Reflections on Professor George Bermann’s Legacy, in the Context of Judicial Intervention in Singapore,” in Pro-Arbitration Revisited: A Tribute to Professor George Bermann From His Students Over the Years (Juris 2023)
Ariadne’s thread: Assessing public policy limits to contractually modifying the judicial review of arbitral awards, 31(2) Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 187–207 (2021)
‘From Third World to First’: A Case Study of Labor Laws in a Changing Singapore, 70(1) Lab. L.J. 42–63 (2019)
The Curious Interplay Between Religion, Equality and Private Male Homosex in Singapore: Time to Cut the Gordian Knot?, 21(9) IJHR 1417–1452 (2017)
Rationalizing the Burden of Establishing Defences at Criminal Law in Singapore: Reconsidering Jayasena, in the wake of Eu Lim Hoklai, 21(4) Int'l J. Evidence & Proof 299–329 (2017)


Work Experience
International Counsel, V K Rajah LLC, (Aug 2024 – July 2025)
Managing Associate / Associate / International Lawyer, Sidley Austin LLP (Aug 2020 – Apr 2024)
International Arbitration Law Clerk to Mr V K Rajah SC (May 2019 – Aug 2019)
Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University (Jan 2018 – Jun 2018)
Litigation Associate / Trainee, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP (Jan 2015 – Sep 2019)


Email
e1561486@u.nus.edu