In November 2014, the SIAC and the SIMC put forth the hybrid proceedings called “Arb-Med-Arb”, i.e. Arbitration-Mediation-Arbitration (AMA).

In this paper, I mainly plan to look into this new approach to settling disputes and see what benefits AMA could have for the parties. The concept of “Arb-Med-Arb” conveyed by various jurisdictions and institutions especially, the celebrated AMA Protocol under Singapore International Mediation Centre’s (SIMC) regime has been quite adequate in paying attention to the needs of ADR users. This need is apropos to mediation cases of cross border disputes.