As a dual-qualified lawyer (English solicitor and New York attorney), he has advised or represented governments, companies and international organisations in multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings under ICSID, LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL Rules.
Godwin also has experience in arbitration-related litigation and enforcement proceedings, as well as in gas price arbitration and insurance disputes.
Godwin has lectured on arbitration at several universities, including Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics, King’s College London, the University of Hong Kong, and the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He regularly speaks at conferences and panel events on dispute resolution and international law.
He has published articles in leading journals, including the ICSID Review and the Cambridge International Law Journal, and a book chapter on developments in international arbitration. He was the Lead Editor of the ninth edition of the Allen & Overy Business and Human Rights Review.
Alongside his work as counsel and advocate, Godwin is a Regional Representative of Young ICCA, a leading arbitration network operating under the auspices of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration. He is on the list of Rising Arbitrators at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), is a committee member and an empanelled arbitrator at the Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre in Singapore, and sits on the Executive Committee of the University of Cambridge’s alumni arbitration association (CamARB). He is also the Founder and Chair of the firm’s Society for East Asians in Law (previously the Society of East Asian Lawyers) and a member of the firm’s Race & Ethnicity committee.
Prior to joining the firm, Godwin read law at the University of Cambridge (First Class in all subjects) and University College London (First Class Honours). He was a military policeman in Singapore and received the Full-Time National Serviceman of the Year Award.
Godwin is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.