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Tan Yi Fan

Associate Director, Dispute Resolution

Greater China Desk

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Qualifications

  • LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2018)
  • Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2019)
Overview

Yi Fan has an active practice in commercial litigation and international arbitration, and specialises in managing multi-lingual cross-border proceedings involving stakeholders across key Asian jurisdictions, particularly in the Greater China Region.

As a dispute resolution lawyer, Yi Fan has represented and advised clients in a variety of commercial disputes involving, among other things, infrastructure and energy projects, supply and service agreements, banking and finance, and shareholder disputes. Yi Fan has advised and successfully acted for multinational corporations, listed companies, state-owned and government-linked entities, and high-net-worth individuals in the Singapore Courts and in international arbitrations under various arbitral rules, including the SIAC Rules and UNCITRAL Rules.

Yi Fan also has a growing practice in non-contentious advisory work and pre-dispute risk management, particularly focusing on emerging sectors such as electric and autonomous vehicles, renewables, and technology infrastructure.

  • Acting in a matter relating to disputes arising from the construction of a major coal-fired super critical thermal ultra-mega power plant project located in India. The claims and counterclaims amount to more than US$579 million and involve English law, Singapore law and Indian law. The client was awarded US$146million in damages in the main arbitration. The matter also involves parallel proceedings before the Delhi High Court.

  • Represented one of Japan’s largest global trading and investment companies in a shareholder dispute involving one of India’s leading home shopping companies, obtaining an overwhelmingly favourable award. The matter also involved proceedings before the Bombay High Court.

  • Successfully defended Shanghai Electric Group in a challenge by India’s Reliance Infrastructure, preserving a US$146 million SIAC award. The challenge was based on allegations that the underlying arbitration agreement was forged, and the SICC decision is reported in Reliance Infrastructure Limited v Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 3. Reliance Infrastructure’s appeal to the SICC decision was also successfully resisted in Reliance Infrastructure Limited v Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd [2024] SGCA(I) 10

  • Successfully overturned a High Court decision in Ma Binxiang v Hainan Hui Bang Construction Investment Group Ltd [2022] SGHC(A) 37, on the basis that the trial judge applied the civil standard of proof incorrectly. Successfully set aside a worldwide Mareva injunction before the Singapore High Court in the first instance proceedings as well.

  • Advised various leading Chinese companies across a variety of trending sectors such as social media, electric and autonomous vehicles and sports equipment, in relation to their business dealings and corresponding dispute risks in the ASEAN region.

  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore