Contact
andrew.yap@covenantchambers.com
Office: +65 6533 9339
Covenant Chambers @ Adelphi
1 Coleman Street
#05-13B The Adelphi
Singapore 179803
Focus Areas
Corporate, Commercial & Financial
Investments, Banking & Finance
Employment
Mergers & Acquisitions
Legacy Planning: Wills & Trusts
Probate & Estate Administration
Conveyancing & Corporate Real Estate
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Property Transactions
Financing & Refinancing
Memberships
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Member, Law Society of Singapore
Education & Qualifications
Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1980)
LLB (Hons), NUS (1979)
Andrew L S Yap
Senior Director
Andrew Yap established and ran a law practice for over two decades before recently integrating it with Covenant Chambers LLC.
He has been actively engaged in the legal aspects of corporate and commercial matters including joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. He has extensive involvement in commercial and real property transactions. Andrew has advised on several Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) transactions in Singapore. He has also advised on international development and turn-key projects involving multinationals in other ASEAN nations.
Andrew has been retained as a legal adviser by a number of local and international corporations both in Singapore and in the region. He acted as lawyer and legal adviser for the Widjaja Kusuma Group of Indonesia in its US$600 million Power Plant project in Java, a project which brought together PowerGen plc of the United Kingdom, Morrison Knudsen Corporation of the United States, China Machine Building International Corporation of China and financiers Rothschilds amongst others.
Andrew has acted for a number of property developers in Singapore and has also represented most local Banks in property-related transactions and securitisation. Notably, he was involved in a housing development project from its inception to the completion and sale of all units. He has extensive experience in handling real estate development, and residential and commercial property-related matters.
In the area of banking and finance, Andrew has represented the major local Banks (DBS, OCBC, UOB) and foreign Banks including Maybank, Standard Chartered Bank and The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation relating to mortgages and property financing. He specialises in conveyancing and property law.
Andrew Yap was appointed a Commissioner for Oaths in May 1987 and a Notary Public in April 1996 and continues to hold these appointments to date.
Sample Cases
Advised and acted for the Widjaja Kusuma Group (Indonesia).
Advised and acted for Golden Donuts Group (of the “Dunkin Donuts” brand) in Singapore and Malaysia.
Advised and acted for Safety Innovators Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for SBCC Investments Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for Hock Tong Bee Group.
Advised and acted for Tat Hui Foods Pte Ltd & Group.
Advised and acted for Tempcool Engineering Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for Rotan Energy Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for the Jean Yip Group.
Advised and acted for the YCH Group.
Advised and acted for the Italian Trade Commission in Singapore.
Advised and acted for the IndoChine Group.
Advised and acted for Blackburne Properties (Western Australia).
Advised and acted for State Swim Group (Western Australia).
Advised and acted for the Tung Lok Group.
Advised and acted for Ossia International.
Advised and acted for Salim Investments Pte Ltd.
Advised the Urban Land Authority of the Government of Victoria, Australia.
Andrew L S Yap
Senior Director
Andrew established and ran a law practice for over two decades before recently integrating it with Covenant Chambers LLC.
He has been actively engaged in the legal aspects of corporate and commercial matters including joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. He has extensive involvement in commercial and real property transactions. Andrew has advised on several Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) transactions in Singapore. He has also advised on international development and turn-key projects involving multinationals in other ASEAN nations.
Andrew has been retained as a legal adviser by several local and international corporations both in Singapore and in the region. He acted as lawyer and legal adviser for the Widjaja Kusuma Group of Indonesia in its US$600 million Power Plant project in Java, a project which brought together PowerGen plc of the United Kingdom, Morrison Knudsen Corporation of the United States, China Machine Building International Corporation of China and financiers Rothschilds amongst others.
Andrew has acted for a number of property developers in Singapore and has also represented most local Banks in property-related transactions and securitisation. Notably, he was involved in a housing development project from its inception to the completion and sale of all units. He has extensive experience in handling real estate development, and residential and commercial property-related matters.
In the area of banking and finance, Andrew has represented the major local Banks (DBS, OCBC, UOB) and foreign Banks including Maybank, Standard Chartered Bank and The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation relating to mortgages and property financing. He specialises in conveyancing and property law.
Andrew Yap was appointed a Commissioner for Oaths in May 1987 and a Notary Public in April 1996 and continues to hold these appointments to date.
Sample Cases
Advised and acted for the Widjaja Kusuma Group (Indonesia).
Advised and acted for Golden Donuts Group (of the “Dunkin Donuts” brand) in Singapore and Malaysia.
Advised and acted for Safety Innovators Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for SBCC Investments Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for Hock Tong Bee Group.
Advised and acted for Tat Hui Foods Pte Ltd & Group.
Advised and acted for Tempcool Engineering Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for Rotan Energy Pte Ltd.
Advised and acted for the Jean Yip Group.
Advised and acted for the YCH Group.
Advised and acted for the Italian Trade Commission in Singapore.
Advised and acted for the IndoChine Group.
Advised and acted for Blackburne Properties (Western Australia).
Advised and acted for State Swim Group (Western Australia).
Advised and acted for the Tung Lok Group.
Advised and acted for Ossia International.
Advised and acted for Salim Investments Pte Ltd.
Advised the Urban Land Authority of the Government of Victoria, Australia.
Contact
andrew.yap@covenantchambers.com
Office: +65 6533 9339
Covenant Chambers @ Adelphi
1 Coleman Street
#05-13B The Adelphi
Singapore 179803
Focus Areas
Corporate, Commercial & Financial
Investments, Banking & Finance
Employment
Mergers & Acquisitions
Legacy Planning: Wills & Trusts
Probate & Estate Administration
Conveyancing & Corporate Real Estate
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Property Transactions
Financing & Refinancing
Memberships
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Member, Law Society of Singapore
Education & Qualifications
Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1980)
LLB (Hons), NUS (1979)