Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Employment & Benefits (Contentious), Commercial Litigation, Financial and Investment Disputes, Business Fundamentals

Head, Commercial Litigation

Head, Employment & Benefits (Contentious)

Jonathan Yuen is the Head of the Commercial Litigation as well as Employment & Benefits (Disputes) Practices at Rajah & Tann Singapore.

He has over two decades of experience advising and representing clients in complex corporate disputes, negotiations and mediations. As lead counsel, he has successfully led and conducted trials in the State Courts and High Court as well as succeeding before the Court of Appeal. He has also successfully negotiated significant settlements at heavily contested / acrimonious mediations.

Jonathan specialises in disputes arising from mergers & acquisitions, joint-ventures, investments, fund-raising and deployment; and acts in matters relating to oppression of shareholder rights, shareholder disputes, breach of directors’ duties, negligence, fraud, conspiracy, misrepresentation, defamation and breach of contract.

Jonathan is recognised as a Distinguished Practitioner by Asialaw as well as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific. He is described by Chambers Asia Pacific as “very impressive”, “commercially-savvy”, “offering commercially practical and sound advice” and “not over-lawyering the issues” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Clients say that he is “sharp, thorough and solution driven”, “generates solutions that are thoughtful, clear and achieve business objectives” and “someone you want on your side in a dispute.”

Board of Directors & Audit Committee Member, Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (2013- Present) Board of Directors & Audit Committee Member, Civil Service College, Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office (2011-2013) Teaching Fellow, Singapore Institute of Legal Education (2007 – Present) Member, Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys’ Association Management Committee (2012 – Present) Member, Law Society of Singapore Inquiry Committee Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law