Skadden has added Friven Yeoh as a partner and leader of the firm’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group in Asia. Yeoh most recently spent eight years as co-leader of the Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy group at another global law firm, where he oversaw the practice from Hong Kong and Singapore. He will split his time between Skadden’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices. A leading commercial arbitration practitioner, Yeoh has extensive experience in the resolution of complex, “bet-the-company” business disputes across industries, and has represented clients as lead counsel in international arbitrations conducted under various institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, including those of the ICC, HKIAC, CIETAC, SIAC, JCAA, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL and CAS. He also advises clients on commercial litigation and regulatory investigations involving product risk and liability, energy, corporate affairs, competition and financial services matters, as well as life sciences. Yeoh is a qualified solicitor advocate of the Hong Kong court, and is also admitted in England & Wales. In addition, he is a registered foreign lawyer of the Singapore International Commercial Court. He frequently serves as tribunal chair or co-arbitrator in matters before major arbitral institutions. He earned his LLB from the University of Melbourne, and his LLM from the London School of Economics.
