BRENT YAP HON YEAN

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Co-founding Partner

BRENT YAP HON YEAN (叶汉圆 )

Advocate & Solicitor of High Court of Malaya

Qualifications

Bachelor of Jurisprudence (UM)
C.L.P (Malaya)

Practice Areas
  • Business & Commercial
  • Corporate Advisory & Private Equity
  • Real Estate & Conveyancing
  • Family & Guardianship
  • China Law Advisory
Direct Contact

Email : brentyap@vikneshyap.com

Personal Motto: “Passion Drives Success”

Brent Yap is a co-founder and partner of the Firm.

Brent advises clients in both civil and business legal affairs including civil law and litigation, legal compliance related to sole proprietorships, partnerships, start-ups and SMEs  as well as winding up & liquidation proceedings. He has appeared in legal workshops to present some of these areas. He also guides SMEs and private companies to enter into the relevant commercial, investment & business agreements including cross-border business and shares acquisitions and investments.

Brent has expanded his services to emerging businesses and tech start-ups  to assist in areas involving legal compliance & information protection as well as raising new business capital and funding. ​Having successfully completed a Chinese Law course at one of China’s leading law universities, Brent  is now advising both the Chinese and Malaysian corporations and enterprises in Sino-Malaysia cross-border market activities. ​

​​He has participated at various Belt & Road Initiative related events and summits including the Belt & Road Summits in 2017 and 2018 in Hong Kong organised by the Hong Kong Trade Developmental Council (HKDTC) and the China Conference 2018 organised by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

He is presently serving in the executive committee of several established NGOs promoting the commercial interests of Malaysian Chinese businesses with the central and provincial governments of Malaysia and China, and is the legal advisor to several Malaysian associations.

Some of Brent’s Career Highlights 

Non-Governmental Roles:
Youth Secretary – The Federation of Malaysian Chinese Commerce Association (2018/2020)
Secretary General – The Malaysia Mixed Martial Arts Association
Visiting Researcher – China-ASEAN Legal Research Center, Chongqing, China
Exco Member – Malaysian Business Council Dubai
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Associate International Legal Advisor :
Win Long Guangdong Law Firm, Guangzhou, China
PW & Partners, Guangzhou, China
Qinghai Yan Hui Law Firm, Qinghai, China
Tongxin Hainan Law Firm, Hainan, China
Rashid Deemas al-Suwaidi, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Legal Advisor :
The Malaysian International Economic Cooperation Association (MIECA)
Malaysian Business Council UAE (MBC), United Arab Emirates
The Malaysian Association of Professional Ambulance Services(MAPAS)
The Electrical and Electronic Association of Malaysia (TEEAM)
The Malaysian Pro Boxing Association(MPBA)
Abdulshafe Legal Consultancy LLC FZ (UAE), United Arab Emirates

Recent Experience

  • Kuwaiti gold store chain : advising the Kuwaiti client on a gold supply agreement with local partners in the UAE and the wider GCC region for the sale and supply of gold bars from the UAE gold refinery.
  • Malaysian DNA genome sequencing laboratory : advising Malaysian client in the supply and sale of DNA genome processing kits and related services in the DNA genome sector between Malaysia and UAE.
  • Chinese microelectronics company : advising the Chinese SME client on its acquisition of an equity interest in a confidential third party in Malaysia with its intended market distribution to Taiwan, China, Japan and South Korea.
  • Chinese ceramic manufacturer : assisting the Chinese SME client in debt recovery exercise in Sarawak, Malaysia exceeding more than USD($)2million in civil claims.
  • UAE IT systems management company : in relation to the restructuring of new shareholders into the emerging IT company which has an established foothold in designing and implementing IT systems for tourism companies based in UAE.
  • UAE holding group : in relation to incorporation of a new holding company based in the UAE to expand the principal shareholders’ business interest from Jordan and the Netherlands.
  • MNC in Zhejiang China : advising the foreign multinational corporate client based in China in a negligence lawsuit amounting to USD$30 million against a Chinese financial company and a foreign counterparty.