Lee Wei Yung

Lawyer’s Profile:

QUALIFICATIONS

• University of Bristol, United Kingdom Masters in Commercial Law with specialisations in Carriage of Goods including Multimodal Carriage, Marine Insurance, Company Law and Corporate Finance Regulation
• Admitted as an Advocate and Solicitorof the Supreme Court, Singapore, 1992Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
• FSIArb
• Facilitative mediator accredited by the Singapore Mediation Centre
• Civil and commercial mediator, and an evaluative mediator by accredited the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

EXPERTISE

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Corporate Finance advisory

LANGUAGES

English

Mandarin

Overview

• Lee Wei Yung specialises in complex commercial, corporate and civil litigation matters. Armed with a Masters in Commercial Law, with a specialisation in Carriage of Goods, Marine Insurance Company Law and Corporate Finance Regulation.
• Wei Yung has ably represented a myriad of corporate and commercial entities.
• An experienced litigator, Wei Yung has acted in matters involving shipping issues, the carriage of goods by sea and air and multimodal transport as well as major aviation accidents involving airliners.
• Wei Yung has acted in insurance claims (marine & non-marine), oil and gas (all three streams) and engineering claims.
• Wei Yung is a skilled mediator and arbitrator. He has been accredited by the Singapore Mediation Centre, and is also a civil, commercial and evaluative mediator accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
• Wei Yung brings with him experience in servicing both local and multinational clients in both litigation and corporate work including corporate finance related regulatory advisory work.
• Wei Yung is also a specialist in transport, shipping and aviation issues. The range of issues he has been involved with include:

1. Shipping
2. Charterparties;
3. Sales of Goods issues
4. Commodities;
5. Vessel construction;
6. Carriage of Goods including multimodal transport;
7. Major aviation accidentsw involving renown airliinere;
8. Oil and Gas ( all three streams)
9. Engineering Claims

Transport (Sea, Air and Land)

• Acting for a party in a claim for hire in a time charterparty matter involving issues of off-hire.
• Acting for parties in a freight claim for voyage charter and sub-charter.
• Acting for ship agents in matters involving payments for ship agency services.
• Acting for party in a dispute concerning ship fabrication and bow thrusters.
• Acting for forwarders in multimodal carriage of goods claims.
• Acting for an upstream oil company in a dispute concerning JOC commitments in exploration, drilling and production.
• Acting for oil rig and e-houses fabricator in a contract claim.
• Acting for transporter and forwarder of oil rigs based out of Baku in a claim for freight.
• Acting for contractors of distillates, decant oil, gasoline involving a chain of oil majors, suppliers and NOC concerning supply of oil out of Indonesia in a matter involving multiple arbitration claims.
• Acting for passengers in aviation accident claims under the Unamended Warsaw Convention under Schedule 2 of the Carriage by Air Act (Cap 32A).
• Acting for cabin crew in an aviation accident claim.
• Acting for forwarders in a claim for freight in carriage of goods by air matter.
• Acting for warehouse and cargo handlers in a claim concerning airfreighted goods.
• Acting for owners in seizure of vessel by Customs.

Corporate Litigation

• Acting for party in minority oppression (unfair prejudice) matter involving issues of an O’Neil v Phillips offer and valuation of shares.
• Acting for parties in a corporate litigation matter involving derivative action under s. 216A of the Companies Act (Cap 50).
• Acting for company against director involving issues of diversion of business and not acting in the best of the company.

Corporate Finance

• Advisory work and drafting agreements on closed-end fund.
• Advisory work on physical delivery of foreign currency.
• Advisory work on licensing requirements under the Financial Advisers Act Cap 110, and issues of fund management.
• Advisory work on the coverage of the exemptions under s. 27(1)(d) of the Financial Advisers Regulations Cap 110.
• Advisory work on exemptions under the Security and Future Act Cap 289.

Family Law

• Represented a party simultaneously involved in family civil maintenance claim and a quasi-criminal claim for maintenance under the MSS scheme amounting of about USD 4 million.

Probate (Contested)

• Represented executor in a dispute between beneficiaries to a large estate valued in excess of S$50 million.

Other Matters

• Wei Yung was one of three lawyers involved in representing sellers for the enbloc sale of Park View Mansion with 160 units;
• Wei Yung was also leading counsel in precedent case Asia Grand Pte Ltd v A I Associates Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 175 on Sections 10(2)(a)(ii) and 10(3)(b) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 (2020 Rev Ed) and Regulations 5(1) and 5(3) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulations (2006 Rev Ed) as amended in 2019.

For a period in his career, Lee Wei Yung was a Senior Officer in the Singapore Police Force, involved in the investigation of a wide range of criminal and “routine” cases.

Lee Wei Yung enjoys running and involves himself in various kinds of community work including homeless outreach. He is regularly involved in Pro Bono work.