Wern-Jhien Yam

Director at Setia Law (Singapore)

Speaker

Well-recognised for his “strategic” mind, Wern-Jhien’s practice focuses on tech, banking and financial services disputes.

In recent years, Wern-Jhien has been at the forefront of blockchain and digital assets related litigation in Singapore. He successfully represented a blockchain and cryptocurrency advisory company in a dispute relating to the design and development of a blockchain-based marketplace for NFTs and digital collectibles, has acted for a prominent cryptocurrency investor in a dispute arising from the acquisition of a cryptocurrency exchange, and has also acted for the liquidators of a major cryptocurrency investment e-platform.

Wern-Jhien also has particular expertise in the fraud and asset recovery space and has represented clients in numerous disputes involving fraudulent e-commerce transactions, financing fraud, payment processing fraud and cryptocurrency fraud. He has led and successfully obtained multiple freezing and proprietary injunctions in aid of cross-border asset recovery efforts, including the first known instance of the grant of a proprietary injunction over cryptocurrencies in Singapore.