Leonard Yeoh
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Employment & Industrial Relations
Band 3
About
Provided by Leonard Yeoh
Practice Areas
Banking Litigation/ Insolvency
Antitrust & Competition Law
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Employment & Industrial Relations
Social Security
Occupational Safety
White Collar Crime/Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering
International Trade Disputes
Immigration
Languages Spoken
English
Malay
Chinese
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Malaysia
Career
Leonard leads the Dispute Resolution and Employment & Industrial Relations practice groups. He has substantial trial, appellate and arbitration experience and has litigated as counsel at all levels of the Malaysian and Singaporean court hierarchy as well as domestic and international arbitrations, representing mainly blue-chip corporate clients and foreign multinational companies. From 2001 to 2002, he practiced with one of Asia-Pacific’s premier law firms, based in Singapore and has acted as counsel in numerous cases before the High Court of Singapore and conducted domestic and international arbitrations held in Singapore.
Professional Memberships
Executive Committee (EXCO) member of Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW); Past Officer & Chair of the Publications Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Vice-Chair of the Employment & Immigration Law Committee of Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Malaysia's Arbitration Committee; Member of the Home Affairs & Human Resources Committee; Arbitration & Legal Affairs Committee of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI); Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)’s Human Resource Management Committee.
Publications
Leonard is a key opinion leader and his articles are published regularly by The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and The Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA). He also contributed to the
Education
University of Leeds
LL.B (Hons) 2nd class upper
1991 - 1994
Awards
Malaysia's top 100 'A-list' lawyers
Asia Business Law Journal
2024
Distinguished Practitioner, Dispute Resolution
Asialaw Leading Lawyers
2024
Litigation Star, Commercial & Transactions
Benchmark Litigation
2024
Lexology Client Choice Award
Lexology
2024
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Asian Legal Business
2024
Leading Individual, Dispute Resolution
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
2024
Leading Individual, Labour & Employment
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
2024
Arbitration Powerlist: Southeast Asia
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
2024
Asia's Super 50 Disputes Lawyer
Asian Legal Business (ALB)
2022
Leading Individual, Employment
Chambers Asia-Pacific
2024
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Leonard Yeoh has an active employment practice advising on a range of employment issues including acting in unfair dismissal claims.