I have found my calling in helping clients find practical legal solutions, meticulously listening to understand them from the start, and holding their hands through the sometimes bewildering legal process.
Lim Fung Peen
Director
Head of Family and Private Wealth Practice Group
Barrister-at-law (Middle Temple) Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore
LLB (Hon) London
I have found my calling in helping clients find practical legal solutions, meticulously listening to understand them from the start, and holding their hands through the sometimes bewildering legal process.
Fung Peen is a veteran lawyer in Singapore with a special focus in Family Practice matters. He is a valuable ally and counsel, helping many clients reach an amicable resolution to their lawsuit, be it commercial or family matters.
Specialisation
- Private Wealth & Trust Advisory
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Mental Capacity Applications
- Family & Adoption
- Matrimonial & Divorce
- Real Estate
- Criminal
- Labour & Employment.
Language Proficiency
English, Chinese
Lim Fung Peen serves as a director and Head of the Family Practice Group at Yuen Law LLC, specialising in asset protection and family matters. Lim Fung Peen is ranked as a Litigation Star in family and matrimonial matters in the 2024 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. Leading a team of passionate and dedicated practitioners, the group has garnered recognition from The Straits Times – Singapore Best Law Firms for four consecutive years for its exceptional work in family law, inheritance, and succession matters.
With around three decades of experience in the legal field, Fung Peen specializes in a wide array of legal matters, including adoption, pre-nuptial agreements, divorce, child relocation, maintenance orders, forced property sales, Mental Capacity Act applications, personal protection orders, wills, probate and letters of administration, trust deeds, and deed of family arrangements. He has also provided counsel on unique legal issues such as child abduction cases and applications under the Vulnerable Persons Act. Notably, in 2024, he was invited to provide expert witness testimony in a family case in the Australian Court.
A strong advocate for mediation, Fung Peen has actively and successfully guided many clients to reach an amicable resolution to their lawsuit. His affable disposition and personal approach in dealing with cases helps clients feel at ease, even as he helps them navigate and emerge from sometimes sticky and distressing legal quagmires. A firm believer in mediation, Fung Peen has actively and successfully guided many clients to reach an amicable resolution to their lawsuit.
Client’s describe Fung Peen as:
“Prompt, responsive and professional throughout”
“Multilateral thinker with good listening & probing skills, his advice is invaluable & infinitely superior to others, he is clearly a good legal strategist with a big heart”
“Caters to questions and show personal care to understand where I was coming from. His long-standing experience shall benefit clients, along with abundant wealth of knowledge”
“Showed genuine empathy and sensitivity. They patiently explained all the legal aspects, making sure we were well-informed and comfortable”
“As a pragmatic person, I needed someone who combined expertise, empathy, and speed to get through a complex international structure without adding unnecessary complexity. Fung Peen and his team did just that – they took the time to understand my personal circumstance, and with no judgement, proceeded to advise quickly and systemically”.
Fung Peen has authored a trilogy of accessible legal guides centered on family law. Motivated by a personal and professional belief that proactive planning is essential to safeguard one’s welfare and assets. These books published by Marshall Cavendish, include:
- Represented the husband in divorce proceedings, and successfully defended an appeal by the wife in the District Court. Obtained care and control of a young child in favour of the husband. BEB v BEC [2012] SGDC 69.
- Represented the wife in divorce proceedings and effectively defended an appeal filed by the husband in the High Court. Secured judgment in favor of the wife, including custody, sole care and control of the children, the matrimonial property in this highly contentious case. VDF v VDG [2019] SGFC 135.
- Represented the wife in a 41-year marriage in contested divorce proceedings, which involved disputes over the pool of matrimonial assets and potential dissipation of assets. Secured a favorable settlement at mediation, enabling our client to retain the matrimonial home and receive maintenance.
- Represented the wife in a family dispute, resulting in a court-order mandating supervised access arrangement for the father to ensure the child’s safety and well-being.
- Secured an unprecedented shared care and control order. Such orders are exceptionally rare, especially in cases involving young children, as they require a significant level of cooperation between divorcing parents with strained relationships.
- Advising the husband in an international child abduction case, where the mother unilaterally relocated the children from Singapore to Australia. The case involves advising on the Hague Convention’s Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCAICA), providing guidance in seeking a voluntary return through the Singapore Central Authority, acting as an expert witness for proceedings in the Australia Family Court to opine on the rights of custody of children, and whether interim custody and access orders can be brought under Singapore law.
- Represented the husband seeking reasonable access to children and a variation of maintenance orders to reduce the amount payable in light of his new family.
- Represented a high-net-worth unmarried woman and facilitated extensive negotiations to secure a comprehensive Co-Parenting Agreement with the biological father of her child. The agreement addressed financial disparities, custody, visitation rights, travel arrangements, and allowed the child to take the mother’s surname.
- Successfully obtained nullity of marriage for a Japanese client after 2 years of marriage.
- Represented a defendant in a complex case under the Child Protection from Harassment Act (POHA), involving a minor with special needs. Successfully achieved resolution through court-mandated mediation.
- Represented a client in a Mental Capacity Act application to become deputy for the patient, who is the applicant’s parent. Successfully secured a settlement where the contesting brother agreed to a joint application and had to repay outstanding debt owed to the patient’s estate.
- Successful obtained a Mental Capacity Act order where the applicant was not a blood relative of the patient.
- Represented the respondent in a court application case under the Vulnerable Adults Act (VAA), involving ongoing concerns regarding the care and well-being of a 79-year-old individual lacking mental capacity.
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Family practice requires much empathy and a strong sense of right and wrong — plus a huge dose of common sense. Many times, it is very raw and, as a lawyer, I am often faced with emotional elements. I always keep a cool head, without losing my sense of empathy.
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