Kelly Yap

Practice Areas

Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Shipping, China Practice, International Arbitration, International Trade, Insurance & Reinsurance, Oil & Gas

Career

Kelly is the Head of Litigation and also leads the China Practice Group at Oon & Bazul.

Kelly handles the full suite of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on international trade and shipping matters.

His expertise covers charterparty disputes, crew claims, cargo claims, marine casualties involving collisions, groundings, fires, loss of life and salvage, bunker disputes, marine insurance, international trade, letters of credit disputes, freight forwarding disputes and ship chandler claims. He regularly acts for traders in all manner of disputes involving quality, shortage and cargo damage claims. Kelly also regularly deals with ship arrests, whether for the arresting party or for the owner of the arrested ship.

Kelly has also represented companies and creditors in legal proceedings involving issues of fraud and breach of directors’ fiduciary duties.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Singapore Academy of Law

Member of the Law Society of Singapore

Member of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore

Senior Accredited Specialist in Maritime & Shipping Law, Singapore Academy of Law

Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators

Singapore International Mediation Institute Accredited Mediator

Singapore Mediation Centre Accredited Mediator

Board member and member of the editorial committee of Shiparrested.com