Kenny Chooi
Senior Director
Kenny’s principal areas of practice are in litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution (including commercial, general and shipping matters).

He has advised on and provided services over a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work, including the following areas of law: Agency, Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Company and Corporate, Competition, Conflicts, Construction, Contracts, Employment, Injunctions, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Moneylending, Negligence, Partnership, Privacy, Property and Real Estate, Sale of Goods, Securities, Shipping and Maritime, Tenancy, Tort, and Trust.

He has also done advisory, transactional and cross-border work relating to commercial contracts, projects, international trade, commodities, banking, corporate and finance, conveyancing and real estate, and has advised on claims of varied nature. He is also actively involved in Corporate and advisory work.

He has represented clients in hearings before the Court of Appeal, High Court and State Courts, arbitration hearings, Strata Titles Board hearings, mediations, conciliations, settlement conferences and negotiations.

Kenny sits on the Panel of Arbitrators of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC), and Law Society Arbitration Scheme (LSAS).

He is also an accredited Adjudicator with Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), and an Associate Mediator with Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC).

He has sat as Arbitrator or acted as Counsel in various institutional and ad-hoc arbitration matters, involving international and/or domestic arbitration regimes.

Kenny has presented at legal seminars in Singapore and China, in both English and Mandarin.Back
CONTACT
Phone: 6828 2868

E-mail: kennychooi@ylp.com.sg

Country of Residence: Singapore

Nationality: Singaporean
MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Kenny is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).

He is also a Committee Member of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA).

He is a member of the Inquiry Panel (which is appointed by the Chief Justice under the Legal Profession Act), and has sat as Chairman of Review Committees and Inquiry Committee hearings.
ADMISSIONS
  • SINGAPORE
  • EDUCATION
    Kenny received a NUS (Registrar) Scholarship and Award from the National University of Singapore. He graduated with an LLB (Honours, 2nd Upper) from the National University of Singapore in 1991. He was placed amongst the top 10 during his Postgraduate Practical Law Course (PLC). 

    He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of Singapore in 1992, and is qualified to be admitted in Hong Kong. 

    He heads the Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and Shipping/Admiralty Departments. 

    He presently oversees the firm’s representative office in Shanghai, China.