Yanguang Ker

Yanguang is a disputes lawyer specialising in advising clients on high-value and complex commercial disputes. He is skilled at giving tailored, practical advice to domestic and international clients to manage and tackle their issues at all stages of a dispute, as well as representing them as counsel in litigations and arbitrations before the Singapore Courts and major international arbitration institutions. In addition to his disputes expertise, he also has an active employment law and white-collar criminal practice.

Yanguang is one of Benchmark Litigation's Top 40 Under 40 list for the Asia-Pacific region, which recognises the top regional litigators. He has also been recognised as one of Singapore Business Review's 2024 most notable lawyers under 40. He is a prolific litigator, appearing as counsel in more than 40 written judgments of the Singapore Courts.

Yanguang is consistently named in legal directories for his acumen and expertise in disputes and employment. Clients and peers have described Yanguang as being "highly responsive… always goes above and beyond" (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025: Dispute Resolution), an “up-and-coming next generation commercial litigator and one to watch” (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024: Dispute Resolution), having a “deep knowledge of the law and a tenacious drive to secure the best outcome for his clients” (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023: Dispute Resolution), being a “formidable lawyer” who “delivers results” (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022: Labour & Employment), and a "rising star in the realm of investigations" (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021: Labour & Employment).

He has particular expertise in the fields of arbitration-related litigation, employment disputes, professional negligence litigation, asset freezing litigation, cryptocurrency disputes, private equity disputes and construction disputes. Yanguang has acted for a diverse portfolio of clients across numerous sectors, including state-owned entities, global multi-national corporations, venture capital funds and wealthy individuals in the marine, energy, infrastructure, technology, and consumer industries.

Yanguang also regularly advises on all aspects of employment law including termination disputes, employment agreements, post-termination restrictions, employee terminations and settlements, employment handbooks and investigations into alleged employee wrongdoing.

His practice also covers advising on regulatory investigations relating to anti-money laundering and anti-corruption legislation, and white-collar criminal defence. He volunteers as counsel with the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO) in Singapore.

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