Chia Shengyou, Edwin

Chia Shengyou, Edwin is a Partner whose experience is in litigation and arbitration proceedings, and estate planning. His primary practice area is Dispute Resolution.

He has experience in a diverse range of matters, including disputes between shareholders and joint venture partners, and has acted as lead counsel in disputes concerning equity and trust (involving resulting trust and common intention constructive trust), contentious probate, employment matters and disciplinary proceedings (as prosecuting counsel).

In the area of estate planning, he has extensive expertise advising on issues concerning Wills, applications for Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration (including foreign-domiciled deceased), and Lasting Power of Attorney.

He was listed in the 2020 edition of Singapore's 21 Most Influential Lawyers Aged 40 and Under by the Singapore Business Review, and was named one of the SAF NSmen of the Year in 2022. He has also been recognised as a Future Star for Private Clients by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025.

His notable experience includes acting as lead counsel where his clients successfully argued that the surviving joint owner of a commercial property was holding the property on resulting trust on their behalf, before the General Division and the Appellate Division of the High Court, and the Court of Appeal — a matter that received widespread media coverage.

Effectively bilingual, he has delivered seminars and webinars (in English and Mandarin) to and through various organisations, financial institutions and news media on topics ranging from debt recovery to estate planning.