Alvin Yeo

Yeo fue miembro del Partido de Acción Popular . Fue miembro del Parlamento por la circunscripción de Hong Kah GRC desde 2006 hasta 2011, y por la circunscripción de Chua Chu Kang GRC desde 2011 hasta 2015.

En las elecciones generales de 2015 , se retiró de la política, y Yee Chia Hsing sucedió en su escaño, incluso cuando el GRC se redujo de cinco a cuatro miembros. ^{[ 3 ]} Durante su tiempo como miembro del Parlamento, fue presidente del Comité Parlamentario del Gobierno para Asuntos Internos y Derecho. ^{[ 4 ]} Yeo ha sido descrito como un diputado atento que fue "el caballero perfecto" durante su tiempo en la política. ^{[ 5 ]}

Yeo was called to the bar in 1988.^[6] In 1992, Yeo founded the law firm, WongPartnership along with Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, Sundaresh Menon, and Wong Meng Meng (the lawyer the firm is named after).^[7][6] In 2000, Yeo was appointed as a senior counsel, making him the youngest ever lawyer to be named at just 37 years of age.^[1] He had an illustrious career as a litigator, specialising in banking and corporate disputes as well as construction related matters.^[8] he also handled billion dollar and international claims in his career.^[9] He has been called a "giant in the legal fraternity".^[10]

On 31 July 2017, a complaint of possible overcharging by Yeo was made by three Court of Appeal judges to the Law Society. The legal bill that was sent to a wealthy widow, who Yeo represented between November 2010 to June 2015 in series of legal proceedings was S$8.8 million. The judges were concerned by the amount charged and with the client's lack of mental capacity. The bill was later discounted by 32.5 percent. On 19 June 2019, a Law Society disciplinary tribunal dismissed the complaint.^[11] On 24 June 2019, the Law Society sought a review of the tribunal to the High Court of Singapore.^[12] On 8 January 2020, the High Court later ordered for another round of disciplinary tribunal hearings after having found that the original charges brought on by Law Society were not framed properly as they excluded considerations for the client's lack of mental capacity, and also that the original tribunal had decided that the mental capacity issues were not within the scope of complaint, contrary to some of the initial concerns raised by the Appeal judges. On objections from Yeo's lawyers that he would have to be investigated again, the High Court judge presiding over the matter, Justice Valerie Thean, called the situation "unfortunate" and cited a 2008 parliamentary act that forbids any judicial review while disciplinary proceedings are ongoing, and thus the Court could only review the matter after the disciplinary proceedings completed.^[13] Justice Thean also noted that Yeo was fully prepared to defend himself in any new disciplinary proceedings.^[14]

Yeo was the chairman and senior partner of WongPartnership,^[15] a position he occupied from 2007. Prior to this, he was Managing Partner of the firm.^[16] A distinguished lawyer who has been described as brilliant and warm,^[17] Yeo tripled the size of WongPartnership during his tenure there and was inducted into the Hall of Fame by Legal 500 in 2021.^[5] He also developed its regional network in Asean, China and the Middle East.^[18]

After Peter Lim owned Valencia CF in 2014, he appointed a new board of directors which included Yeo.^[19] Yeo held the directorship until his death in 2022.^[20]