Yvonne Foo

Yvonne Foo is a Partner and Co-Head of the Construction and Engineering practice group at Harry Elias Partnership LLP, focusing on Construction Law. Her practice consists exclusively of construction-related matters relating to projects located in Asia and the Middle East.

With extensive experience advising international, regional and local clients on construction-related disputes, Yvonne routinely assists clients on a wide range of issues such as variations, extensions of time and associated costs claims, liquidated damages, acceleration, defective works, terminations and force majeure.

She acts for clients as counsel in arbitrations conducted under the rules of arbitral institutions such as SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, DIAC and ADCCAC, as well as ad hoc arbitrations. She also sits as arbitrator on construction disputes, and has been appointed by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, including as sole arbitrator on an expedited arbitration and other construction arbitrations. Yvonne is also accredited by the Singapore Mediation Centre as an adjudicator and an associate mediator.

She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a member of the SMC’s Construction Adjudicator Accreditation Committee. Her publications include contributions to the SAL Practitioner, Singapore and FIDIC Contracts in Asia Pacific: A Practical Guide to Application (Routledge).

Her recognitions include ‘Future Leaders – Partners’ for Construction by Lexology Index (2026), Band 4 for Construction by Chambers Asia Pacific (2026), ‘Next Generation Partner’ for Construction by Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2022–2026), and ‘Litigation Star’ for Construction by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2025, 2026). She holds an LLB from the National University of Singapore.