Tan Chau Yee is a Senior Partner in Harry Elias Partnership LLP, a renowned law firm in Singapore. He heads the Construction and Engineering Practice Group. The Practice Group which he heads has been recommended and ranked in various legal publications such as The Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers and Who’s Who Legal for Construction Law – Singapore.

Chau Yee is one of the contributors to the book, “Singapore Precedents of Pleadings” (2006) and from time to time, a speaker for seminars organized by The Law Society of Singapore and other organizations, and a contributor to legal articles in newspapers and magazines.

Chau Yee was an ASEAN scholar for his secondary school education in Singapore in 1980’s.  He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1992, having graduated from National University of Singapore with Second (Upper) Class Honours in Bachelor of Law in 1991.  He also holds a certification in accounting and finance from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK and is a Fellow of and admitted to the Panel of Arbitrators of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He was also appointed as a member of Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Complaints & Disciplinary Panel and is gazetted as counsel to appear on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore in civil proceedings for claims relating to State land besides acting for various government agencies, such as National Environment Agency, People’s Association, Singapore Land Authority, Ministry of Health, Public Utilities Board and Energy Market Authority.