Yan Shen Tan focuses his practice on commercial litigation and arbitration, representing a diverse array of international clients in complex multi-party High Court proceedings across several sectors such as banking, general finance and insurance. Mr. Tan has experience representing high-profile individuals and companies in white-collar investigations conducted in multiple jurisdictions by regulators such as the DOJ, SEC and HMRC.
Mr. Tan has also worked on several pro bono matters, including assisting the victims of the Beirut Port blast in their Lebanese law claim against an English-domiciled company before the English courts and an appeal from the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas to the Privy Council.
Mr. Tan trained at Dechert and qualified in 2024.
• A major bank in its defense of a US$850 million Commercial Court fraud case.
• A sovereign state in the successful setting-off of a historic judgment debt.
• A multinational restaurant chain in a landmark COVID-19 business interruption insurance.
• An investment bank in respect of insurance claims linked to its exposure following the collapse of Greensill Capital, including working with Australian counsel to bring litigation claims in New South Wales seeking an indemnity under insurance policies.
• An Italian hedge fund against Lehman Brothers Finance SA in relation to proceedings in Switzerland arising out of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.
• A Czech mining conglomerate in a complex insolvency involving claims of unlawful dividend payments following the collapse of commodity prices.
• One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in its defense against historic insurance claims.
• A Lebanese bank in its defense against a claim by a former customer as a result of the Lebanese banking crisis.
• A group of Lebanese investors in a claim for unlawful redemptions from an investment fund by other investors following the Lebanese banking crisis.
• A Kazakh oil and gas company in a complex restructuring to obtain funds to enforce unpaid arbitral awards from a sovereign state.
• A biotechnology startup in its restructuring.
• A Cypriot bank in arbitral proceedings against a Greek bank over the failed purchase of a banking entity.
• Senior cryptocurrency exchange executive in DOJ, SEC and CFTC investigation relating to FTX.
• A leading aircraft manufacturer in a whistleblower claim and investigations involving export controls.
• A major consumer healthcare company in its internal investigations.
• A director of a Chinese real estate development company in investigations relating to the bribery of a US public official.
• Privy Council Appeal – Assisted a convict in The Bahamas in an appeal to the Privy Council.
• Windrush Compensation Claims – Assisted a claimant in her claim for compensation against the UK Government under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
• Advice on the Proceeds of Crime Act – Advised a multinational not-for-profit organization on the application of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to restrain proceeds of a mining company suspected to have infringed human rights.
• Claims Against a Charity – Represented a local charity against various claims brought by a former board member.
• Beirut Blast Claims – Represented victims of the Beirut Port Blast in their Lebanese law claim against an English domiciled company in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court.
• Enforcement – Represented a litigant in the enforcement of a judgment debt against her former employer.
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- University of Oxford, B.A., Jurisprudence, 2021, First Class Honours
- BPP University, Legal Practice Course, 2022, Distinction
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- England and Wales
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- English
- Mandarin