Yuen Law is honoured to be recognised in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026 Guide for the first time, with its Private Wealth and Family Law practice receiving a Tier 3 ranking. This inaugural ranking reflects the firm’s growing expertise in advising clients on complex family and private wealth matters in Singapore.
Clients surveyed by Legal 500 highlighted Yuen Law’s “genuine client-focused approach in matrimonial and familial cases,” and noted that the team is “well-equipped to advise on complex disputes concerning the custody of children, divorce and the division of assets, and pre-nuptial agreements.”
Key Recognition and Practice Focus
Firm Ranking:
Leadership and Key Contacts
Amos Cai, Acting Head of the Private Wealth Practice, brings extensive experience in both advisory and contentious matters, having acted for wealth management firms and business owners in high-value disputes. Consultant Lim Fung Peen is a key contact in the practice and has been consistently recognised as a Litigation Star for Family and Matrimonial matters by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific for three consecutive years, most recently in 2025.
The practice has also been voted by clients as one of Singapore’s leading firms for inheritance and succession, receiving a four-star recommendation in The Straits Times Singapore’s Best Law Firms for six consecutive years, underscoring the firm’s trusted expertise in sensitive and sophisticated succession planning matters and private wealth matters.
On the firm’s recognition, Amos Cai shares:
“Being recognised in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026 underscores the experience that our team brings to complex private wealth and family law matters. Our focus is on delivering practical solutions that safeguard clients’ assets, reputation, and legacy, while managing sensitive disputes with discretion.”
Lim Fung Peen adds:
“We are deeply grateful for the recognition based on the feedback of the legal fraternity and our clients. This is undoubtedly an important milestone for the firm, and it serves as a great encouragement for us to continue excelling in the practice area of private wealth and family work. We will continue to advise clients on complex disputes with a strong focus on protecting their interests, and in line with Therapeutic Justice of the Family Justice Courts.”
Client Testimonials
Client testimonials collated by Legal 500 reflect the team’s compassion, responsiveness, and attention to detail:
Practice Overview
Yuen Law’s Private Wealth and Family team advises on complex family and matrimonial matters, including divorce, custody, maintenance, asset division, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements, as well as cross-border child relocation disputes.
In private wealth and legacy planning, the team assists high-net-worth individuals, business owners, expatriates, and families on succession planning, multi-jurisdictional estate structuring, trusts and wills, charitable giving, probate and contentious estate matters, and Deputyship applications. Working with trusted counsel across the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, and Thailand, the team provides seamless, practical advice tailored to clients’ cross-border assets and family arrangements.
Recent Work Highlights
Over the past year, our team has acted in various matters, including high-value estate disputes, international child relocation cases, and divorce and maintenance proceedings. Key highlights include:
Maintenance Dispute
Acted for the Respondent in a child maintenance application where the Court considered the extent to which maintenance could be backdated, and whether a father had neglected to maintain children where he was unaware that the children were his biological offspring. XSR v XSS [2025] SGFC 108
International Child Abduction and Relocation Dispute
Acted for a father in a contested international relocation dispute following the unlawfully removal of his Children from Singapore to Australia, securing a return order and interim care arrangements. Instructed as expert witness in the Family Court of Western Australia (Colin John Blanch (Commissioner of Police, Western Australia Police) and Morgan [2024] FCWA 88), providing expert evidence on Singapore law relating to child custody and habitual residence.
Secured a Court-Ordered Sale of a Joint Property
We represented a business owner in a dispute over a SGD 2.6 million co-owned property, where the former business partner refused to contribute to mortgage and maintenance of the property. We successfully obtained a Court order for the sale, with sole conduct awarded to our client, as well as reimbursement for payments made and costs. Sin Chiau Soon v Aitken Robert Bond [2025] SGHC 94
About Legal 500
Legal 500 is recognised globally as a leading source of independent research and data on law firms, lawyers, and their clients. Its insights are trusted by corporate and private clients alike when instructing law firms on new mandates or reviewing existing panels. Rankings are based on extensive research, including hundreds of interviews and thousands of law firm submissions across the region. Covering a broad spectrum of practice areas and jurisdictions, the guide offers a comprehensive overview of leading firms and practitioners in Asia Pacific. Its rigorous, client-driven research methodology ensures the rankings reflect both professional expertise and the depth of experience in handling complex legal matters.
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 Guide was published on 14 January 2026.
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