Monica CHONG Wan Yee

Monica Chong Wan Yee is a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes and International Arbitration Practices, specialising in arbitration and mediation. She has an active court and international arbitration practice spanning a range of sectors, including energy, financial services, business consultancy, trade and investment matters, and under a spectrum of arbitration rules including SIAC, ICC, UNCITRAL and ICSID. She is an accredited Associate Mediator at the Singapore Mediation Centre and serves as Co‑Chair of the Asia‑Pacific Forum for International Arbitration (AFIA).

Her practice focuses on the enforcement of judgments and awards, and associated challenges and recovery efforts. She was part of the teams acting in the Sanum v Laos, AKN v ALN, and CBX v CBZ lines of cases—each key in developing Singapore jurisprudence on the topic. She most recently acted in DBX v DBZ, where the Court determined a novel time‑bar issue in the context of award challenges.

She graduated with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore (NUS), where she received the NUS Global Merit Scholarship (2007‑2011) and a variety of book prizes. She was also awarded the Singapore Institute of Legal Education's Prize for the Top Student in Corporate and Commercial Practice at the 2011 Singapore Bar Examinations. She served as a Justices' Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Singapore prior to joining private practice in 2013.

Monica has been recognised as a 40 under 40 by Asian Legal Business (2020), a National Leader in the Lexology Index (Southeast Asia) – Commercial Litigation guide, a Global Elite Thought Leader – Under 45, and an Arbitration Future Leader. She is also recognised as a Rising Star in asialaw's 2024 guide and as a Future Star in Benchmark Litigation Asia‑Pacific, 2024. Clients have described her as "one of the best Singapore lawyers that we have worked with" and as "a strong advocate who is excellent on her feet and a joy to work with."