Youdy Bun

Practice Areas

Youdy is the founding partner of Bun & Associates and serves as the firm’s Practice Leader of the Banking and finance, Corporate and M&A, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Digital and telecommunications, and Oil and mining practice groups. His expertise includes market entry, M&A, regulatory compliance matters, project finance, offshore financing, and other complex financial products, including securities.

Career

Youdy was formerly the Secretary‐General of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia. With an established reputation as one of the country’s leading disputes lawyers, he was instrumental in establishing the National Commercial Arbitration Centre of Cambodia (NCAC). He recently completed his mandate as the centre’s President. Youdy is also the immediate past Secretary-General of the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia.

Youdy is regularly instructed by domestic and multinational organisations, governments and transnational organisations. He advises these and other clients on disputes, financings, projects and general corporate and commercial transactions. His knowledge of the economic and regulatory environment in Cambodia draws on his experience working with all stakeholders to attract foreign and domestic investment. This includes his leadership role in creating a reputable dispute resolution mechanism.

Youdy has consistently been ranked a top-tier lawyer in Cambodia by IFLR 1000, Legal500, and Chambers & Partners. He has also won numerous awards for legal practice in Cambodia, including the 2019 Practitioner of the Year and 2020 Client Excellent Award by Asialaw. Most recently, the International Financial Law Review named him one of the Asia Best Lawyers 2020. He is fluent in Khmer, English, and French.

Professional Memberships

Attorney-at-law, Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Commercial Arbitrator, National Commercial Arbitration Center of Cambodia (NCAC).

Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).

CEDR Accredited Mediator

Accredited in the Trust sector

Accredited Mediator, National Commercial Arbitration Center of Cambodia (NCAC).

Publications

• The Banking Regulation Review (Cambodia Chapter), Law Business Research, UK, 2012 – 2019

• Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Asia (Cambodia Chapter), Asian Business Law Institute

• Bun Youdy & Phin Sovath, Introductory Guide to Commercial Arbitration in Cambodia, 2014

• Cambodia Country Guides: Anti-Money Laundering, Accelus, Thomson Reuters, 2010 and Securities and Banking, Accelus in 2011& 2017