Yee Keong was called to the Singapore Bar in 2015, and he is currently a Partner at Harry Elias Partnership LLP.
He graduated from NUS Law with LLB (2nd Upper Class Honours) and was awarded the Ella Cheong Intellectual Property Scholarship, and the NUSS Medal for Outstanding Achievement.
During his time at NUS, Yee Keong was heavily involved in varsity activities:
• Chief Editor of the Law Annual sub-group, which launched Justified (webpage chronicling student life in NUS Law: http://justified.nuslawclub.com/) and Overheard@BTC (Facebook group connecting NUS Law students across cohorts).
• Campus radio deejay and emcee with NUS Radio Pulze at NUS Kent Ridge campus: http://www.radiopulze.com/
• Avid mooter: (1) Honourable Mention Oralist, William C. Vis Int’ll Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna) 2014, (2) Champion Team, Permanent Court of Arbitration Vis Pre-Moot (Hague) 2014, (3) Best Oralist & Champion Team, 5th Annual GNLU International Moot (Gujarat) 2013, (4) Champion Team, University of Malaya-NUS Moot (Kuala Lumpur) 2012, (5) 13th Speaker & 10th Team, 13th D. M. Harish Memorial International Moot (Mumbai) 2012, (6) Semi-Finalist, Advocacy Cup (by Drew & Napier LLC, Singapore) 2012, (7) NUS Representative, Australian Law Students’ Association Moot (Sydney) 2011, (8) 1st Runner-up, Rodyk Moot (by Rodyk and Davidson LLP, Singapore) 2011, and (9) Semi-Finalist Team, 9th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot (Hong Kong) 2011.
He teaches legal analysis, research and communication (written and oral advocacy) skills to freshmen over two semesters, since 2016.
