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Mr Yap Yeow Han

+603 2299 3933 yap.yeowhan@rahmatlim.com View profile

Work Department

Construction & Engineering, International Arbitration, Litigation

Position

Yeow Han is a Partner in the Firm’s Projects & International Arbitration Department.

Career

Yeow Han’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration.

His diverse range of practice in commercial litigation has seen him representing clients such as financial institutions, property developers, contractors, power producers, high net worth individuals, and airline and shipping companies, on a multitude of disputes and legal issues. Yeow Han regularly appears in the Malaysian courts for interlocutory matters, trials and appeals.

On the arbitration front, he acts in arbitral proceedings relating to construction and general commercial disputes under the auspices of arbitral institutions such as the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Yeow Han also acts in arbitration-related litigation, including applying to court for interim measures, and setting aside and enforcing arbitral awards.

Yeow Han also undertakes corporate and non-contentious advisory work for his clients, which complements his arbitration and litigation-based work.

Prior to joining Rahmat Lim & Partners in 2013, Yeow Han was a partner in the associate Malaysian firm of a large Singapore law firm.

Languages

English and Bahasa Malaysia.

Education

Yeow Han graduated from the University of Malaya with an LLB (Hons) in 2001 and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2002.