Poon Pui Yee

Poon Pui Yee is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Management Practice Group at Harry Elias Partnership in Singapore. Her practice focuses on Dispute Resolution, specialising in civil and commercial dispute resolution.

She is experienced in litigation, arbitration and mediation, with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work involving various areas of law, including company law (shareholder disputes, breaches of directors' duties), contracts, sale of goods and services, probate and administration of estates, employment, landlord and tenant, construction, insolvency and insurance.

Her recent work includes international commercial arbitration matters under various arbitration institutions, including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), as well as representing both corporate and individual clients in Court proceedings at all levels, including the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the State Courts.

Her representative matters include acting for an investment holding company listed on the Singapore Exchange in court proceedings involving an injunction to restrain the company from issuing or allotting shares pursuant to subscription agreements, with issues raised as to whether the company's directors and officers were acting in breach of their duties; acting for the President of the Singapore Hainan Hwee Kuan in a dispute involving the winding up of the Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong and Burial Ground (Phua Kiah Mai v The Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong and Burial Ground [2025] 4 SLR 1580); acting in multi-party contentious probate court proceedings involving a large estate (WHR v WHT [2023] SGHCF 32); acting for an Indonesian company in a multimillion-dollar international arbitration dispute against a BVI company under the SIAC, spanning more than 7 years (CKH v CKG [2022] SGCA (I) 4); and acting for a subsidiary of an MNC in the information technology systems business in a 26-day trial involving breach of confidentiality obligations, conspiracy and inducement of breaches of contracts (3D Infosystems Pte Ltd v Voon South Shiong and another [2024] SGHC 237).

She holds an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore. She is a Committee Member of the Civil Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore (2026), a member of the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society of Singapore (2026–2028), and a member of the Singapore Academy of Law and The Law Society of Singapore.

She has been recognised as a "Notable Practitioner" for Labour and Employment by Asialaw Profiles 2025.