A commercially astute litigator with a proven track record of leading complex, high-value disputes across all levels of the Singapore courts, Yun Heng combines sharp advocacy with strategic advisory capabilities across cross-border and domestic matters. Currently serving as an Associate Director with LVM Law Chambers LLC, Yun Heng brings close to a decade of experience acting for corporates, financial institutions, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals in contentious and advisory matters.
Yun Heng has consistently operated as lead counsel in trials and contested applications, with a practice spanning commercial disputes, shareholder and directors’ duties, cross-border transactions, insolvency, and employment-related conflicts.
In the earlier part of his practice, Yun Heng acted in a series of notable and high-stakes matters, including advising a Hong Kong-listed company on the legality of complex commodities trading structures involving circuitous transactions of approximately US$1.6 billion, and guiding a Taipei-listed company on its obligations in a Singapore joint venture valued at NTD 100 million.
His litigation portfolio includes successfully resisting a jurisdictional challenge mounted by a China-listed company in a cross-border dispute, defending a bespoke furniture supplier in a Singapore luxury hotel development claim exceeding S$1 million, and securing a bankruptcy order in a fiercely contested matter that went all the way to the Appellate Division of the High Court.
In addition to his litigation practice, Yun Heng is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Asia, reflecting his competency in navigating data protection frameworks across Asian jurisdictions.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the National University of Singapore (Upper Second Class Honours) and achieved a Distinction in Criminal Litigation Practice in the Singapore Bar Examinations.
Some notable matters where Yun Heng has been involved in include:
- Advising listed companies on cross-border transactional and regulatory risk (US$1.6 billion commodities structures; NTD 100 million JV)
- Successfully resisting jurisdictional challenges in cross-border litigation involving PRC entities
- Acting in high-value construction and supply disputes in the Singapore High Court
- Securing appellate-level success in contested bankruptcy proceedings involving complex foreign corporate restructuring
- Acting for UHNW individuals in banking and asset recovery disputes
Yun Heng is often recognised for by his clients for his decisive advocacy, commercial pragmatism, and ability to navigate legally and factually complex disputes with precision.
Yun Heng is currently a member of the Law Society’s Technology and Innovation Committee which seeks to assist members on matters relating to information / legal technology and legal practice, and liaise with statutory bodies, government agencies, and other relevant stakeholders on matters relating to information / legal technology in legal practice.
Case Highlights
- Raffles Education Corp Ltd and others v Shantanu Prakash and another [2023] SGHC 89: Acted for the 2nd defendant in a High Court action involving claims in conspiracy, fraudulent misrepresentation and inducement of breach of contract arising out of an education joint venture in India. The dispute involved complex cross-border commercial arrangements and allegations concerning the restructuring and transfer of educational business interests.
- CROWN Construction Pte Ltd v UNIVEL Hospitality Pte Ltd [2025] SGHC 64:
Acted for the successful defendant in a construction and commercial dispute concerning the supply and fabrication of custom-made furniture for a major hospitality project. The case involved complex issues relating to contract formation, contractual certainty, variation, consideration, promissory estoppel and repudiatory breach. The Court’s decision provides useful guidance on when commercial negotiations and subsequent conduct crystallise into legally binding obligations, and the enforceability of contractual variations in construction and supply-chain disputes. - Chia Kok Kee v Tan Wah [2024] SGHC(A) 36: Acted for the successful respondent in proceedings that went all the way before the Appellate Division of the High Court concerning contested bankruptcy proceedings and the setting aside of a statutory demand. The appeal arose from long-running shareholder and investment disputes relating to a hydroelectric investment venture in the People’s Republic of China. The case involved the application of insolvency principles in the context of disputed debts and complex commercial relationships, and provides guidance on the circumstances in which a debtor may resist bankruptcy proceedings on the basis of a genuine and substantial dispute.
- Ang Xing Yao Lionel and another v Lew Mun Hung Joseph and others [2022] SGHC 277: Acted for the successful defendants in a High Court minority oppression action (and in the appeal thereafter) arising from the breakdown of a business relationship in the artificial intelligence sector. The dispute raised issues concerning the existence and scope of informal understandings between founders and investors in a closely held company, and the circumstances in which commercial disagreements may give rise to relief under section 216 of the Companies Act. The decision provides useful guidance on the limits of equitable intervention in shareholder disputes and the operation of minority oppression remedies in quasi-partnership companies.
- Grace Electrical Engineering Pte Ltd v Te Deum Engineering Pte Ltd [2018] 1 SLR 76; [2017] SGCA 65: Part of the team acting for the successful respondent in a significant Court of Appeal decision concerning the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in fire negligence claims. The Court considered the relationship between statutory fire-safety breaches and common law negligence, and clarified the circumstances in which negligence may be inferred where the precise cause of a fire cannot be established. The decision is a leading authority on res ipsa loquitur in Singapore and is frequently cited in cases involving fire-related losses and evidential burdens in negligence claims.
- Lim Geok Lin Andy v Yap Jin Meng Bryan and another appeal [2017] 2 SLR 760; [2017] SGCA 46: Part of the team acting for the successful respondent in a Court of Appeal matter involving the extended doctrine of res judicata and abuse of process. The appeal raised novel questions as to whether a non-party to earlier proceedings, who was closely connected with and actively involved in those proceedings, could subsequently pursue related claims arising from the same underlying dispute. The Court of Appeal affirmed a broader application of the Henderson v Henderson doctrine and clarified the circumstances in which litigation may be barred as an abuse of process notwithstanding the absence of strict identity of parties. The decision is frequently cited on the scope of Singapore’s abuse of process jurisprudence
- Siva Industries and Holdings Ltd v Foreguard Shipping I Singapore Pte Ltd [2017] SGHCR 5: Part of the team acting for the successful applicant for security for costs in a High Court matter involving a counterclaim. The case examined the circumstances in which a Defendant who has a counterclaim may obtain an order for security for costs by relying on a Dumrull undertaking and clarified the evidential and practical considerations relevant to such undertakings.
Education
Bachelor of Laws, National University of Singapore
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