Mr. Sivakant Tiwari

Senior Sate Counsel The Attorney-General's Chambers

Mr Tiwari, a national of Singapore, is presently a Senior State Counsel and Head of the International Affairs Division in the Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore.

Mr Tiwari first served (on secondment from the Legal Service) in the Ministry of Defence and was the Head of its Legal Department. He was later Head of the Civil Division in the Chambers from 1987 - Jun 1995. He is presently the Head of the International Affairs Division.

Mr Tiwari led the evidence in major Inquiries in Singapore: Spyros Inquiry (1978), Cable Car Inquiry (1984), Hotel New World Inquiry (1988) - the last two being Presidential Commissions of Inquiries. He

has also appeared in various cases in the High Court of Singapore. He has led many bilateral and multilateral negotiations on behalf of Singapore, including that involving the Singapore-Johore Boundary Agreement and the Singapore-Malaysia dispute over Pedra Branca.

He was the Legal Adviser to the Singapore delegation to the Uruguay Round negotiations and has represented Singapore in the negotiations for the Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and many ASEAN negotiations and meetings.

In the area of intellectual property, Mr Tiwari is the Chairman of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation and leader of the Singapore delegation to that Group, the APEC Intellectual Property Experts Group and WIPO meetings. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the APEC IP Experts Group and was leader of the Singapore delegation to the WIPO Conference on the WIPO Copyrights Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Mr Tiwari has presented papers and participated at numerous workshops and international conferences on the Law of the Sea, trade, intellectual property rights, civil aviation etc.