Mr Jonathan Yap > Drew & Napier LLC > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Mr Jonathan Yap

:+65 6531 2794 jonathan.yap@drewnapier.com View profile

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Director, Dispute Resolution

Career

Jonathan is developing a broad civil practice in commercial litigation and arbitration. He has acted for clients in disputes involving shareholders’ rights, banking and securities, commercial contracts, shipping, trusts, tort and joint ventures.

He has also assisted on matters of regulatory compliance, probate, construction, shipping, competition and immigration law.

Prior to entering private practice, Jonathan served as a Justices’ Law Clerk for the Supreme Court of Singapore as well as an Assistant Registrar hearing cases on companies, insolvency, equity, trusts and arbitration. In his capacity as an Assistant Registrar, Jonathan was also involved in the creation and launch of the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Jonathan holds a First Class law degree from the University of Oxford, where he won the Martin Wronker Prize for Administrative Law and graduated amongst the top of his course.

Practice areas

• Administrative & Public Law
• Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation
• Competition Law & Regulatory Practice
• Corporate Litigation
• Employment
• Government
• Wills, Probate and Estate Administration

Languages

English

Memberships

• Member, Singapore Academy of Law
• Member, Law Society of Singapore

Education

• B.A. (Juris) University of Oxford (2011)
• Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2015)