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Tay Eu-Yen

Director, Business Advisory & Dispute Resolution

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Qualifications

  • Master of Studies in Legal Research (Distinction) University of Oxford
  • LL.B. (Hons), University of Bristol
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
Overview

Eu-Yen is a consumer markets specialist with extensive experience as legal advisor, entrepreneur, operator, and investor within the entertainment, food, and lifestyle spaces.

She has first-hand business management experience, which places her in a unique position when advising businesses. Her background in litigation which preceded her ventures into commerce also sets her up to be a well-rounded business lawyer who is able to offer a wide spectrum of business-related legal services, from business advisory to dispute resolution.
 
Her practice covers contracts, corporate structuring, regulatory advice, and commercial dispute resolution.
 
In commercial transactions, Eu-Yen specialises in early-stage investing, joint ventures, franchises, sale and purchase, management and representation.

Eu-Yen also advises on shareholder and investment structures, private financing instruments, as well as on regulatory frameworks in relation to climate sustainability, employment and termination, fair tenancy terms, F&B services, food retail safety and labelling, gaming services and advertising, music copyright licensing, and public entertainment.

Eu-Yen won The Peak Magazine’s Power List 2021 award for her work in the entertainment and F&B sectors.  

Eu-Yen has worked on a wide range of commercial transactions. Below is a snapshot of the work that she handles:

  • Advised on and prepared contracts for a coffee robotics company, Crown Technologies, to negotiate and close a pre-Series A funding with two significant strategic investors, subsidiaries of East Japan Railway Company and SMRT Corporation, respectively.
  • Advised on and prepared contracts for a multi-award winning biotechnology company, N&E Innovations, to negotiate and close a significant pre-Series A funding round with private and government-funded venture capital companies.
  • Advised on and prepared SAFE notes for an online media publication, Jom, raising seed funds.
  • Advised on and prepared agreements for the Asia-wide collaboration between Restaurant Association of Singapore and IEG Asia on the renowned annual F&B conference and exhibition known as Restaurant Asia.
  • Advised on agreements relating to the sale of Bedrock Trust, a fund management and advisory services firm, to Chainup Financial.

The Peak Magazine's Power List (2021) 

  • Eu-Yen won The Peak Magazine’s Power List 2021 award for her work in the hospitality sector, being one of only ten “next generation” women to be invited to accept this prestigious award.
     
  • Legal advisor and management committee member, Restaurant Association of Singapore (current)
  • Legal advisor, Singapore Nightlife Business Association (current)
  • Advisory board member, Asia Law Network (current)
  • Advisory board member and start-up mentor, Innovate 360 (current)
  • Chairperson, Public and International Law Committee, Law Society of Singapore (2023)
  • Events Sub-Committee Lead, Women-in-Practice Committee, Law Society of Singapore (2022)
  • Member, Law Society of Singapore (current)
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law (current)
  • Assessor, Panel of Assessors under Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act (2021)
  • “Novel Foods: Updates on Safety Assessments”, published 4 October 2022, Client Update
  • “The Fair Tenancy Code of Conduct: Key Terms for New Leases”, published 10 August 2022, Client Update
  • “The Nutri-Grade Regulations”, published 22 July 2022, Client Update
  • “The New Gambling Regulatory Regime”, published 9 March 2022, Client Update
  • “Unvaccinated employees: guidelines for dismissing them”, published 15 January 2022, Two Bars Blog
  • “Music copyright: the new right and how businesses can savvy-up”, published 15 October 2021, Two Bars Blog
  • “Dathena v Justco: a glimpse of hope for pandemic frustration of leases”, published 12 October 2021, Two Bars Blog
  • “Home-based food businesses: are they Covid safe?”, published 11 September 2021, Two Bars Blog
  • “Fair tenancy: what retail tenants should know”, published 3 September 2021, Two Bars Blog
  • “Food delivery platforms: is it time to face commission caps?”, published 27 August 2021, Two Bars Blog
  • “The need for regulation of home-based business”, published 16 August 2021, The Business Times
  • “Lexis Nexis Annotated Laws of Singapore: Remote Gambling Act, Public Entertainments Act”, published October 2021, Lexis Advance
  • “Weathering unprecedented times”, published 22 August 2020, The Birthday Book, republished by The Straits Times and Mothership.SG
  • “Collective management of musical copyright in a self-regulated regime: Singapore’s copyright review and the hope for transparency”, published 23 June 2020, Singapore Academy of Law Journal
  • “Frustration, not fortitude, the restaurant business”, published 9 June 2020, The Business Times
  • “Frustration, not fortitude: the case for applying the doctrine of frustration to leases affected by Covid-19”, published 8 June 2020, Social Sciences Research Network, Legal Scholarship Network
  • “Business law for the night entertainment entrepreneur”, book 1st edition published 2012, Thomas Reuters’ Sweet & Maxwell
  • “The new International Arbitration Bill – A broader framework for interim relief or just a tune up?”, published March 2010, Singapore Academy of Law Journal
  • “Murder beyond reasonable doubt?”, published October 2008, Singapore Law Gazette
  •  “Legitimacy and effectiveness of Security Council peace enforcement”, published July 2004, University of Oxford, Bodleian Library Thesis Collection
  • Speaker, Two Bars Fireside Chat, Negotiating F&B Leases under the Lease Agreements for Retail Premises Act, 28 May 2024
  • Speaker, Drew & Napier Private Client Series, Property: Own it, Use it, Divide it, Lose it, 7 December 2023
  • Speaker, Future Lawyers, Beyond the Bar Panel, 2 December 2023
  • Organiser, Public and International Law Committee, The Public Law Conversation on Sustainability, 3 November 2023
  • Moderator, Women Changemakers, Leveraging Transitions, 19 November 2022
  • Speaker, PrimeTime Business and Professional Women’s Association, Law Special Interest Group, Talk on Legal Tips for Start-Ups and Running your own Business, 13 September 2022
  • Speaker, Innovate 360 and TUV SUD, Talk on food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices, 13 July 2022
  • Moderator, Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS), Webinar on Fair Tenancy Code of Conduct, 31 March 2021
  • Speaker, Club Managers Association Singapore, Seminar on Corporate Sustainability for Clubs, 24 February 2021
  • Speaker, Singapore Nightlife Business Association (SNBA), Seminar on Exit from Nightlife Businesses, 30 November 2020
  • Speaker, Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS), Webinar on Covid-19 Rental Relief Framework, 30 September 2020
  • Speaker, Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) Webinar on copyright and collective management organisations, 20 August 2020