Mr Alexander Joseph Woon Wei-Ming

Educational Qualifications

2013
Part A Bar Examination: 2 Distinctions (Evidence law, Company law)

2013
LLM (International Legal Studies), Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC: Distinction, Dean's List, 3 CALI Awards (Law of Armed Conflict, International Civil
Litigation, Global Cybercrime Law)

2012
BA Hons (Law), University of Cambridge

2009
President's Scholarship & Overseas Merit Scholarship (Legal Service), Public Service Commission, Singapore

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Academic and Professional Experience

2024 - Present
Provost's Chair, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2021 - Present
Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2021
Deputy Director, Office of Transformation and Innovation (Judiciary)

2019 - 2021
Senior Assistant Director, Office of Transformation and Innovation (Judiciary)

2020
Adjunct Lecturer, SMU School of Law, teaching Singapore Legal System and Legal Skills to Law & Computing students

2018
Teaching Assistant, NUS Law, teaching criminal law

2015 - 2019
Deputy Public Prosecutor/State Counsel, Financial and Technology Crime Division, Attorney-General’s Chambers
Notable cases worked on:

• Committee of Inquiry into the Cyberattack on SingHealth – Appeared as part of team of State Counsel led by Solicitor General Kwek Mean Luck which led evidence before
  the COI to unravel the largest data breach in Singapore’s history. Undertook extensive research into cybersecurity issues, conducted interviews and investigations into
  the facts of the breach, led evidence from witnesses in court, and was heavily involved writing of the recommendations and report.
• PP v P Mageswaran [2019] SGCA 22 – Court of Appeal case in which the Prosecution appealed against the sentence of a man who had brutally strangled an elderly lady to death and made away with her valuables.
• PP v Tay Wee Kiat & Chia Yun Ling [2018] SGHC 42 – High Court set out sentencing benchmarks for maid abuse cases and guidance on compensation orders.
• PP v Zhou Haiming & Luo Jianguo [2017] 4 SLR 247 – High Court allowed Prosecution appeal and enhanced sentence for two foreigners who stole over $100,000 from the casinos.
• ST Marine Corruption Cases (PP v Ong Teck Liam, PP v Tan Mong Seng, PP v See Leong Teck) – A series of cases in which senior officials of ST Marine were prosecuted for paying out bribes (approximately SGD $24.9 million between 2000 – 2011) and covering up the bribes by falsifying entertainment expense claims.

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