Yuankai Lin

Specialising in complex and high-stakes cross-border litigation and arbitration, Yuankai Lin acts for clients in sectors such as Technology, Communications and Media; Retail; Entertainment & Sport; Consumer Life Sciences & Healthcare and Aviation.

An experienced dispute resolution lawyer, Yuankai frequently does his own advocacy in both litigation and arbitration matters. He has a very international practice having acted in disputes involving a wide range of jurisdictions including Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, China, Russia, South Korea, Bangladesh, India and the United States. He has acted for clients at all levels of the Singapore Courts as well as in arbitrations administered by the SIAC, ICC, KLRCA (now AIAC), LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules.

He has also been invited by various organisations to present on investigations and compliance matters in Singapore, Vietnam and South Korea.

Yuankai is an accredited mediator and has been on the Singapore Mediation Centre's Panel of Associate Mediators since 2014.  He has experience mediating disputes at the Supreme Court and State Courts of Singapore and, as counsel, frequently acts for clients in mediations as well. He is a member of the Singapore Mediation Centre's Panel of Coaches, which is entrusted with the responsibility of training and mentoring the next generation of mediators in Singapore.

In 2016, Yuankai was also appointed by the Supreme Court of Singapore to the Young Amicus Curiae programme to assist the Supreme Court in cases involving novel points of law or important issues of public policy.  

Yuankai is admitted to the Singapore bar as both solicitor and barrister and practices out of Premier Law LLC.