Justice Ang Cheng Hock was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore on 14 May 2018 and High Court Judge on 1 August 2019. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1995 and a Master of Laws degree from Yale Law School in 1998. He served as a Justices' Law Clerk in the Supreme Court in 1996 and 1997. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1996 and admitted as an Attorney & Counsellor at Law in the State of New York in 1999.
Before his appointment as a Judicial Commissioner, Justice Ang was a partner in Allen & Gledhill, and a member of its Litigation and Dispute Resolution department. His main areas of practice included civil and commercial litigation, international arbitration and corporate-related disputes such as shareholders' disputes, breaches of directors' duties, securities-related and banking litigation, defamation and professional liability. He also represented clients in insolvency-related litigation, shipping disputes and intellectual property disputes. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2009.