Yee Leong Chong

Construction & Engineering; India Practice; International Arbitration; Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency

Yee Leong is the Co-Head of the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice and Head of the Firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice. In international arbitration, he focuses on the areas of construction, energy, oil and gas, power and infrastructure projects and investment and commercial disputes in South East Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Africa. In practice for more than 34 years, Yee Leong is recognised as a leading international dispute resolution practitioner in the Asia-Pacific region.

For restructuring and insolvency, Yee Leong has been involved in the high-profile restructuring matter for Hyflux involving complex issues of insolvency law as well as myriad of regulatory and technical issues including the successful restructuring of the TuasOne project. Yee Leong was also involved in the extremely rewarding restructuring of Pacific International Lines and the judicial management and liquidation of the Hin Leong Group.

Yee Leong has been consistently recommended for his capability in international arbitration, restructuring and insolvency in various leading legal publications.

In 2018, he was among the inaugural batch of select practitioners to be recognised as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.

Advocate & Solicitor of Law Society of Singapore, Solicitor of England & Wales and Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaysia. Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

Panel of arbitrators, SIAC, Asian International Arbitration Centre, CIArb Presidential Panel, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, and Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation.

Principal Examiner Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law, Singapore Academy of Law.

Member, Competition Appeal Board.

General Editor of Arbitration in Singapore, A Practical Guide (2nd Edition) Sweet & Maxwell 2018

Author of Chapter 13/14, “Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Award” of Arbitration in Singapore, A Practical Guide (1st (2014) and 2nd (2018) Edition)

Chapter 1, “Framework of International Arbitration In Singapore” of Singapore International Arbitration Law & Practice (1st (2014) and 2nd (2018) Edition)

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree in 1989.