Kenny Yap

International Arbitration; Litigation; Maritime & Aviation

Kenny co-Heads the Firm’s Maritime & Aviation Practice and the Shipping (Contentious) team. His main areas of practice are international trade and shipping.

Kenny has acted on various litigation and arbitration disputes, including trade and commodities disputes, customs and letters of credit disputes, mortgage enforcement, charterparty disputes, shipbuilding and repair disputes, ship sale and purchase disputes, cargo claims, bunker claims, maritime fraud claims, shipping casualty matters, insurance and insolvency.

Kenny’s experience also encompasses advising on various trade and shipping matters including trade licensing and regulatory compliance, customs issues, import and export, UN sanctions, export control, transfer of strategic goods and technologies, storage and warehousing.

In 2019, Kenny was among the inaugural batch of select practitioners to be recognised as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Maritime and Shipping Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.

Panel of arbitrators, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) and Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). Associate Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre. Panel of mediators, AIAC. Member, SCMA Procedure Committee, Admiralty Court Users Committee, Legal & Insurance Committee of the Singapore Shipping Association and Maritime Law Association of Singapore. Fellow, SIArb.