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Yi-Ming’s practice focuses on complex commercial disputes in litigation and arbitration with specialisations in cross-border, intellectual property, and technology disputes. Her broad experience includes representing and advising on company and shareholder disputes, corporate governance, equity and trusts, cryptocurrency, trademarks, domain names, and cybersecurity. Yi-Ming previously appeared as amicus curiae in the Supreme Court regarding the sentencing framework for stalking under the Protection from Harassment Act.

Prior to joining Allen & Gledhill, Yi-Ming was a Justices’ Law Clerk of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Thereafter, Yi-Ming was awarded the Singapore Academy of Law Overseas Attachment Award in 2017 and was seconded to Essex Court Chambers in London where she worked with leading English barristers and King’s Counsel.

Yi-Ming graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with First Class Honours (LL.B.). 

Work Highlights

  • Representing a company involving the issuance of cryptocurrency and use of proceeds by one of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges.
  • Advising and representing listed companies and directors in Securities and Futures Act regulatory and criminal proceedings.
  • Represented a PRC state-owned enterprise in an UNCITRAL arbitration concerning breaches of a technology and trade secret licensing agreement, with claims in excess of US$500 million.
  • Represented a national service provider and its subsidiaries against a former C-suite executive in SIAC arbitrations and enforcement proceedings concerning shareholdings valued up to S$110 million.
  • Represented a company and its directors in a landmark Court of Appeal decision on software programming, copyright and breach of confidence.
  • Represented SingHealth in the Committee of Inquiry convened to investigate Singapore’s largest cyberattack and ensuing data breach investigations.

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