 Walter Woon Cheong Ming ( simplified Chinese : 温长明 ; traditional Chinese : 溫長明 ; pinyin : Wēn Cháng Míng ; born 12 September 1956 ) is a Singaporean lawyer , academic , diplomat and politician . He is currently professor of law at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and the Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education . His expertise is in company law and securities regulation . Educated at NUS and St. John 's College , Cambridge , he joined the teaching staff of the NUS Faculty of Law in 1981 and later served as Sub @-@ Dean and Vice @-@ Dean . He was Legal Adviser to the President of Singapore and Council of Presidential Advisors from 1995 to 1997 , and was appointed as professor of law in 1999 . 
