SIM Qian Yi

Sim Qian Yi is a Partner in the Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering Practice at WongPartnership, specialising in construction law. She represents government and private sector entities in complex and large‑scale domestic and international arbitration, litigation, adjudication and mediation proceedings concerning high‑value waste‑to‑energy projects, commercial, residential and industrial developments, mechanical biological treatment plant projects, and mass rapid transit tunnelling and station projects involving complex geotechnical engineering issues and bored piling works.

She regularly drafts, reviews, negotiates and advises on various standard form construction contracts (such as SIA, PSSCOC, REDAS, and FIDIC), project management and consultancy agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, power purchase agreements, equipment purchase agreements, construction‑related insurance policies, bonds and guarantees, and commercial lease agreements. She has particular expertise in land reclamation, infilling and soil improvement work, waste‑to‑energy plants, district cooling systems, supply and offtake agreements, and energy and utility contracts.

She holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Bristol and is admitted to the Singapore Bar. In 2025, she was appointed as an Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law. She is praised by clients for being "fast in responding to queries" and "very attentive to details" in The Legal 500, and recognised by clients as "thorough and communicates effectively" and "very responsive and communicates well" in Benchmark Litigation.