Drew & Napier LLC

Dispute Resolution

Shu Yan practices corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration.

Shu Yan has handled a diverse range of matters including private equity, corporate, banking and finance disputes and regulatory actions. She has a particular interest in trust and shareholder disputes and has represented prominent clients and high net worth individuals in these disputes. She is also actively engaged in advising clients both in and out of the courtroom on wide-ranging and complex legal issues. Shu Yan is committed to achieving resolutions which are commercially practical and sustainable for clients. 

Shu Yan has an active arbitration practice. The matters which Shu Yan has handled usually involve damages of significant value or span multiple jurisdictions. She is experienced in handling matters involving foreign law issues. 

In 2011, she was appointed to assist the Court as amicus curiae in a case that concerned certain sentencing issues. The learned Judge for the case expressed his gratitude to Shu Yan for her thorough research and fair-minded opinions in his written judgment – [2012] 1 SLR 116. 

Shu Yan is proficient in both English and Mandarin. She also speaks the Cantonese dialect.

English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Appointed to the Singapore Academy of Law's Promotion of Singapore Law Committee headed by Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy and Justice Kannan Ramesh Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2005) Admitted to the Singapore Bar (2006)