Vivien Yui

Practice Areas

Vivien Yui is the Co-Head of the Employment Practice and is a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Establishment, Corporate Governance & Compliance, Health Sciences & Biotechnology, Professional Services and Philippines Practices. Her main practice areas are private mergers and acquisitions, employment, corporate governance and compliance and general corporate and commercial work.

Vivien practises general corporate law, with an emphasis on representing private equity investments, especially in biotechnology and biomedical companies. As the Joint Head of the Firm's Employment Practice, she regularly advises multinational corporations on their global share incentive plans and establishment of local employment practices, benefits and policies. She also assists clients with immigration law and regulatory issues.

Publications

- The Legal 500: Country Comparative Guides – Singapore – Employee Incentives, 2024

- Thomson Reuters Practical Law Employee Share Plans Global Guide 2024 - Singapore Chapter

- LegisWatch: New Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests Effective December 2024

- LegisWatch: SGX RegCo Requires Large Issuers to Take Lead to Reduce AGM Crunch, Reserve AGM Slots in Advance

- LegisWatch: Changes to Mandatory Training Requirement for First-time Directors of SGX-listed Issuers

- LegisWatch: Changes to Conduct of Meetings: Companies, Business Trusts and Other Bodies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2023 and Listing Manual Practice Notes on General Meetings

- LegisWatch: Changes to the Global Investor Programme

- LegisWatch: Changes to Listing Rules: Tenure of Independent Directors Capped at Nine Years; Remuneration of Directors and CEOs Must Be Disclosed

- LegisWatch: Budget 2023 – Employment Updates

- LegisWatch: Enhanced Tripartite Guidelines on Exercising Sensitivity for Harmonious Workplace