Vivien Yui Bio

Vivien YUI is the Co-Head of the Employment Practice and is a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Establishment, Corporate Governance & Compliance, Health Sciences & Biotechnology, Professional Services, and Philippines Practices. Her main practice areas are private mergers and acquisitions, employment, corporate governance and compliance, and general corporate and commercial work. Vivien practises general corporate law, with an emphasis on representing private equity investments, especially in biotechnology and biomedical companies. As the Co-Head of the Firm's Employment Practice, she regularly advises clients on employment law in M&A transactions. In addition, she advises multinational corporations on their global share incentive plans and establishment of local employment practices, benefits and policies. She also assists clients with immigration law and regulatory issues. Vivien has been praised in The Legal 500 as "very practical", "knowledgeable" and "responsive to clients' needs". In asialaw, a client provided feedback that ʺVivien's bedside manner is unparalleled. Her commercial acumen from years in capital markets work also uniquely places her amongst the top regulatory and compliance lawyersʺ. The client also noted that ʺShe is our conscience at times, which tells you how much trust we have in her judgement and adviceʺ. Apart from her practice, Vivien is also an adjunct instructor with the School of Law at the Singapore Management University and teaches at The National University of Singapore Faculty of Law as a guest lecturer. Vivien graduated from the National University of Singapore and is admitted to the Singapore Bar.