I see my mission in practice as helping businesses thrive. I derive great satisfaction from helping start-ups and entrepreneurs overcome their legal challenges and flourish.
Samuel Yuen
Founder and Managing Director
Head of Corporate and Business Practice Group
Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore
LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore Class of 2000
Certificate in Christian Ministries, Trinity Theological College
I see my mission in practice as helping businesses thrive. I derive great satisfaction from helping start-ups and entrepreneurs overcome their legal challenges and flourish.
Samuel Yuen is a leading Singapore lawyer recognised by the prestigious Chambers and Partners for his corporate and commercial work. He is a renowned corporate M&A expert with a “multi-threat” background in securities, intellectual property and commercial transactional work.
Specialisation
- Corporate & Commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Technology & Media
- Data Protection
- Labour & Employment
- Competition
- Intellectual Property
Language Proficiency
English, Mandarin
Samuel Yuen is the Managing Director of Yuen Law LLC and Head of its Corporate and Business Practice Team. He founded this law firm in 2012 after a fruitful career in corporate and securities law, including a three-year stint as a department head in a leading Malaysian IP Agency.
Samuel is featured in ALB’s Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers in 2024. Ranked as a leading legal practitioner in Singapore, Samuel has a strong focus on corporate and commercial matters relating to start-ups and emerging companies. Driven by the belief that an effective lawyer is a collaborator for success, he works hand in glove with his clients to meet their needs at their various stages of growth.
He is perhaps best known for being a creative thinker who provides out-of-the-box but practical and efficient legal solutions.
An old hand at business development owing to a long family line of entrepreneurs and undertakings in various law firms including his own, Samuel understands the struggles, challenges and gratification of running businesses. That empathy, combined with business acumen that’s constantly sharpened in the course of serving clients and networking, is what builds greater affinity between him and corporate clients. Samuel is renowned for his effective negotiation skills and is frequently sought after for his commercially savvy and innovative advice.
Samuel is a published author, with “Funding for Start-ups — A Guide to Fundraising” launched in February 2020. This book draws on his extensive experience, having advised numerous startups and tech/fintech companies in their capital raises, as well as investors including venture capital firms and institutional investors.
As a leader, he has imbued a spirit of excellence among the Yuen Law team – whether lawyers or colleagues in other roles – that is propped up by a firm culture of supportiveness and empathy. He upholds the highest expectations of his team in the standards of their work and how they treat clients and one another. The firm invests in its people, both professionally in terms of constant upgrading and upskilling, as well as in encouraging time outs for their family and personal life and self-care.
A great believer in nurturing the next generation of legal professionals and entrepreneurs, Samuel regularly contributes his time and insights at talks, workshops and legal clinics for undergraduates and startups at NUS LAW, SMU and various business associations.
Samuel is the honorary legal counsel for the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore and founded Guide Dogs Singapore Ltd, a registered charity with Institute of Public Character status. He is also a member of the School Advisory Committee of Tanjong Katong Secondary School.
He worships at Covenant Evangelical Free Church and enjoys exploring the world. He is the proud father of a precious little girl.
- Advising of local and foreign businesses on listing on the SGX Mainboard and the Catalist Board
- Reverse takeover of SGX Catalist board company
- Structuring businesses with cross-border subsidiaries
- Advising on the set up of the Chamber of Commerce in Singapore for a North African Country
- Advising on compliance with MAS regulations for a fintech group
- Advising on seed and series funding for health tech startup, a fintech startup, government linked investment arms and venture capital firms
- Advising property developer on setting up a proptech accelerator
- Advising on merger & acquisitions transactions for a real estate firm, and a entertainment company
- Implementation of Personal Data Protection Policy for a veterinary group
- Advising on cross border intellectual property rights protection and enforcement for food and beverage groups
- Advising on compliance with local employment laws for a retail MNC
- Honorary legal counsel for the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore
- Founder of Guide Dogs Singapore Ltd, a registered charity
- School Advisory Committee of Tanjong Katong Secondary School
News & Cases By Samuel Yuen
In our firm, we liken the practice of law not to karate, taekwondo or any formal school of martial arts but to MMA. We do what it takes to protect our clients’ interests within the confines of the legal system. Our lawyers are impelled to constantly ground their practice in reality and pragmatism.
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