Mr Foo is appointed to the List of Counsel for the Cour Penale Internationale (International Criminal Court, ”ICC”) in The Hague, Netherlands. The ICC is an independent, permanent court instituted under UN auspices that tries persons accused of the most heinous crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He is believed to be the first counsel from Singapore, as well as amongst the first appointed from the countries of SE Asia and East Asia, who has been so honoured.
Mr Foo today commands 30 years of experience acting as both defence and prosecuting counsel in cases involving every description of white-collar, traffic, technical as well as violent crime offences including cheating, maid abuse, causing hurt and outraging of modesty, corruption, firearms offences, murder, bank robbery, Companies Act offences, road traffic, medical or industrial accident cases involving complex technical issues of accident reconstruction and contest of expert engineering, medical or psychiatric opinions, Factories Act offences, Computer Misuse Act offences, illegal money lending/laundering, harbouring and employment of immigration offenders and foreign workers, drug consumption and trafficking, and departmental summonses. Mr Foo has represented/advised major companies (Singapore Technologies Marine, AsiaLink Marine), banks as well as statutory boards (such as Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Energy Market Authority, Maritime Port Authority, Council for Private Education, just to mention a few) in the course of his work.
