Shawn WK Yap

Overview

I am an Associate in the Jersey Litigation and International Trusts & Private Client practice. My focus is in general commercial litigation, international arbitration, contractual disputes, restructuring and insolvency.

I qualified as an English solicitor at Clifford Chance's London office and practised as a banking and finance lawyer within the Singapore office of a top UK headquartered firm.

Professional qualifications

• Solicitor in England and Wales, December 2021 (currently non-practising)
• LLB, King's College London
• BA (Hons), National University of Singapore

Memberships

• The Law Society of England and Wales
• The International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL)
• Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP)
• London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)
• Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)
• The Insolvency Lawyers' Association (ILA)
• The Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA)
• Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)
• Turnaround Management Association (TMA) UK
• Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA)