ESTABLISHED IN 2017

Total number of professionals: 1
Principal office: Kuala Lumpur

Key practice areas

Civil and commercial litigation; commercial arbitration; corporate restructuring and insolvency; employment; intellectual property.

Our services

Elaine Yap Law Office (EYLO) is a law practice specialising in corporate and commercial dispute resolution and insolvency litigation in Malaysia. The firm provides legal advice, strategy, support and conducts litigation and arbitration. Core values of the firm that are given primacy in all aspects of its services are technical supremacy, professional integrity and responsiveness.

EYLO is founded by Elaine Yap, an experienced court litigator and arbitration practitioner who left the large establishment set-up to focus on delivering high-quality personalised client service. Elaine has been in active legal practice since 1999 with a track record of cases and an appreciation for client needs. She is also an accredited arbitrator.

EYLO is based in Kuala Lumpur and assists local and foreign companies and individuals to manage, mitigate and resolve complex disputes with a solutions-oriented approach. As a specialist practice, EYLO also collaborates with and provides counsel and legal consultancy services on Malaysian law to foreign and other niche law practices.

EYLO is independent, agile and draws on the relevant experience and expertise of its principal and a network of capable professionals to identify, confront and solve difficult issues for clients. The firm has the capability of handling a wide variety of civil and commercial disputes in the state courts in Malaysia, including specialist courts and tribunals such as the Construction High Court, Intellectual Property High Court and the Industrial Court in Malaysia. It has the relevant procedural and substantive know-how to handle ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations administered under the rules of institutions such as the Asian International Arbitration Centre, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and International Chamber of Commerce.

Subject areas include contract disputes in any trade or private setting; company law issues such shareholder disputes, corporate restructuring and insolvency litigation; breach of duties by directors, agents and employees; economic torts, trespass, negligence and defamation; intellectual property infringement; enforcement of foreign and domestic judgments and arbitration awards; employee dismissal claims and administrative actions against public authorities.