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Faculty Profile

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YEO Tiong Min

Full-time Faculty
Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law
Yong Pung How School of Law YPHSL
  • D.Phil., University of Oxford, 2002
  • B.C.L., University of Oxford, 1992
  • LL.B., National University of Singapore, 1990
  • Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 2002
  • Honorary Senior Counsel (Singapore), 2012

Academic Position Held

Current Appointment:

  • Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2007-Present

Previous Appointments:

  • Dean, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2012-Jun 2017
  • Associate Dean (Research), School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2009-2011
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 2000-2007
  • Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, 1998-2000
  • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1997-1999
  • Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1992-1997
  • Senior Tutor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1990-1992

Other Positions

  • Member, Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Co-chair, Council of Law Reporting, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Selection Panel for Singapore Law Reports, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Commissioning Panel, Academy Publishing, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Chair, Advisory Board, Asian Business Law Institute

Course Taught in SMU

  • Contract Law
  • Commercial Conflict of Laws

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

  • Conflict of Laws
  • Equity
  • Restitution
  • Contract
  • Remedies

Selected Publications

  • Commercial Conflict of Laws (Academy Publishing, 2023)
  • "Conflict of Laws", Volume 6(2) (2023 Reissue), Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore (LexisNexis, 2023)
  • "Common Law, Equity, and Statute: The Effect of Juridical Sources on Choice of Law Methodology", Hague Recueil des Cours, 2023, Volume 431: 9-88
  • "Exit, Stage 2, for the Plaintiff in Service Out of Jurisdiction?", Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 33, no 2, (2021): 1237-1251
  • "Singapore", in Girsberger, Graziano, Neels (eds), Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (Oxford: OUP, 2021): 633-649
  • "Foreign Judgments and Contracts: The Anti-Enforcement Injunction", in Dickinson and Peel (eds), A Conflict of Laws Companion: Essays in Honour of Adrian Briggs (Oxford: OUP, 2021): 251-271
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Curriculum Vitae

Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

Strategic Priorities

Highlights
5
Publications
7
H-Index (All Time)
285
Citations (All Time)
Yeo Tiong Min is a leading authority in private international law and commercial conflict of laws, whose scholarship and legal opinions have shaped jurisprudence and law reform in Singapore and internationally.

Widely cited across jurisdictions and relied upon by courts in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, England, Hong Kong SAR, and the Cayman Islands; combines deep theoretical insight with practical legal reform; recognized for advancing Singapore’s legal system through scholarship, expert opinions, and government collaborations; recipient of multiple national and academic awards for contributions to law and education.

Focused research areas include Conflict of laws (choice of law, jurisdiction, enforcement of foreign judgments); evolution of party autonomy in commercial litigation; unjust enrichment and restitution; equitable doctrines in cross-border contexts; law reform in private international law.
Areas of Expertise
Private International Lawconflict of lawscontract lawunjust enrichment lawequity
This highlights are AI-generated content using the faculty's CV.
  • D.Phil., University of Oxford, 2002
  • B.C.L., University of Oxford, 1992
  • LL.B., National University of Singapore, 1990
  • Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 2002
  • Honorary Senior Counsel (Singapore), 2012

Academic Position Held

Current Appointment:

  • Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2007-Present

Previous Appointments:

  • Dean, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2012-Jun 2017
  • Associate Dean (Research), School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2009-2011
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 2000-2007
  • Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, 1998-2000
  • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1997-1999
  • Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1992-1997
  • Senior Tutor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1990-1992

Other Positions

  • Member, Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Co-chair, Council of Law Reporting, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Selection Panel for Singapore Law Reports, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Commissioning Panel, Academy Publishing, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Chair, Advisory Board, Asian Business Law Institute

Course Taught in SMU

  • Contract Law
  • Commercial Conflict of Laws

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

  • Conflict of Laws
  • Equity
  • Restitution
  • Contract
  • Remedies

Selected Publications

  • Commercial Conflict of Laws (Academy Publishing, 2023)
  • "Conflict of Laws", Volume 6(2) (2023 Reissue), Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore (LexisNexis, 2023)
  • "Common Law, Equity, and Statute: The Effect of Juridical Sources on Choice of Law Methodology", Hague Recueil des Cours, 2023, Volume 431: 9-88
  • "Exit, Stage 2, for the Plaintiff in Service Out of Jurisdiction?", Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 33, no 2, (2021): 1237-1251
  • "Singapore", in Girsberger, Graziano, Neels (eds), Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (Oxford: OUP, 2021): 633-649
  • "Foreign Judgments and Contracts: The Anti-Enforcement Injunction", in Dickinson and Peel (eds), A Conflict of Laws Companion: Essays in Honour of Adrian Briggs (Oxford: OUP, 2021): 251-271