Gerald Yee

Disputes Resolution Lawyer at Informa

Trainer

Gerald has more than 25 years’ experience as a disputes resolution lawyer with a practice focussing on shipping, marine insurance, commodities and oil and gas disputes.

His extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious shipping work includes admiralty enforcement, cargo claims, oil and gas disputes for well-known oil majors, contracts of affreightment, marine insurance and P&I matters. He also has experience in marine restructuring and insolvency matters. Gerald also has significant insurance experience, covering trade credit enforcement and recovery, as well as general liability. He conducts mediation and arbitration proceedings in UK, Singapore and regionally, in both institutional and noninstitutional arbitrations, and also instructs local counsel in the conduct of proceedings in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.

Gerald’s notable experiences include:

• Drafting of charterparties (bareboat/long-term time CPs) and additional/rider clauses and financial leasing arrangements.
• Drafting Bunker Trading and Supply including Commodity Swap Agreements.
• Conversant with Ship Arrests matters. Instructed foreign counsel on matters related to carriage of goods by sea and air in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Greece, Turkey, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus and Lagos, Nigeria.
• Instructed in matters or act for various clients (Oil Majors, Ship Owners, Charterers, Shipyards and Banks) including ExxonMobil, Chevron Texaco, UNIPEC, SINOCHEM Oil,International Far Eastern Leasing Co. (part of the Sinochem Group), ABN AMRO BANK NV, Bank of Communication, Rongsheng Heavy Industries and Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard.