06 July 2020 - Article
Yvonne Mak
Associate, Withers KhattarWong* | Singapore
Withers KhattarWong LLP is a Singapore law practice, affiliated with Withers LLP.
Yvonne is an associate in the litigation and arbitration team.
Yvonne’s practice encompasses corporate and commercial dispute resolution, and construction and engineering dispute resolution. She has advised and acted for clients in shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, and property disputes arising out of a broad range of industries, including logistics, commodities, technology, and construction. She has also advised and represented contractors and consultants in construction and engineering projects, including matters relating to residential developments, commercial projects, mass rapid transit projects and other government projects. Yvonne has acted in international and domestic arbitrations, in litigation before all levels of the Singapore Courts, and in construction adjudications.
Yvonne is an active volunteer lawyer under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, and sits on two committees of the Law Society. An advocate of gender equality, Yvonne also sits on the executive committee of the Young Women’s Leadership Connection, a non-profit organisation aimed at developing women in leadership.
Track record
Admissions
Memberships
SIAC-administered arbitration – Acting for a minority shareholder against a public listed logistics company in respect of a shareholders’ dispute.
SIAC- administered arbitration – Acted for a European engineering company in respect of a commercial project in the Middle East, with claims and counter claims exceeding US$100 million.
[2020] 2 SLR 1256; [2020] SGCA 95: JTrust Asia Pte Ltd v Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd and Ors – Acted in the Court of Appeal for four Cypriot companies in allegations of unlawful conspiracy and deceit by an alleged multi-jurisdictional fraud.
Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, 2015
Member, Law Society of Singapore
Member, Young ICCA, International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Member, YSIAC, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Member, Young ITA, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
7th Executive Committee, Young Women’s Leadership Connection
Education
Languages
- English
- Mandarin