Full CV

B.C.L., University of Oxford, 1997

LL.B., National University of Singapore (First Class Honours)

Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)

Solicitor (England & Wales)

Attorney and Counselor-at-law (New York)

Academic Position Held

Current Appointment:

Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2005–Present

Global Research Fellow, Hauser Global Law School Program, New York University School of Law, Fall 2008 semester

Previous Appointments:

Partner (2004-2005), Senior Associate (2000-2003), Allen & Gledhill

Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney General’s Chambers, 1999-2000

Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court, 1998-1999

Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court, 1997-1998

Other Positions

Ad-hoc Deputy Registrar, Subordinate Courts, 2007

Advisor, Allen & Gledhill, 2006-2008

Member, Professional Affairs Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2007

Member, Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2002-Present

Member, Implementation Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2006-Present

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2005-2006

Courses Taught in SMU

Business Law

Law of Mergers and Acquisitions

Research Areas

Corporate Law

Securities Regulation

Current Projects

Articles on Mergers and Acquisitions

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Wan Wai Yee (2008), "Civil Liabilities for False or Misleading Statements Made by Listed Companies to the Securities Market in Singapore", forthcoming in the Company and Securities Law Journal

Wan Wai Yee (2008), "Business Crimes ", Chapter 4, Principles of Singapore Business Law (Cengage Learning, Singapore)

Wan Wai Yee (2008), "Defences to Auditors' Liability for Failure to Detect Fraud", Journal of Business Law, 362-369

Wan Wai Yee (2007), "Effecting Compulsory Acquisition via the Amalgamation Procedure in Singapore", Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 323

Wan Wai Yee (2007), "Financial Assistance - The Case for Re-examining Section 76 of the Companies Act" 19 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 80

Wan Wai Yee (2007), “Singapore’s Insider Trading Prohibition and its Application to Take-over Transactions”, 28 Company Lawyer 120

Wan Wai Yee (2007), “The Amalgamation Procedure in Singapore”, 25 Company and Securities Law Journal 62

Wan Wai Yee (1998), “Restitution for Wrongs”, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 299

Wan Wai Yee (1996), “'Right of Silence’ and Drawing of Adverse Inference on the Accused’s Refusal to Testify in at Trial”, Singapore Law Review, 17, 88

Wan Wai Yee (1995), “The Exclusion of Foreign Law: Public Policy in Choice of Law Process”, Singapore Law Review, 16, 286

Wan Wai Yee (1994), “Recent Changes to the Westminster System of Government and Government Accountability”, Singapore Law Review, 15, 297