Tee Puang Yan (Senior Associate)
Puang Yan graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) with a Second Class Upper from Multimedia University. She was also the recipient of the Bernard Kok Prize for Civil Procedure for the graduating class of 2012.
She commenced her pupillage at Messrs. Vohrah & Tan Chee Lan (Melaka) under the tutelage of Mr. AC Vohrah and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in August 2013. Following her call to the Bar, Puang Yan was retained as a Legal Assistant where she had the experience attending to general litigation matters with a primary focus on accident claims, prior to her joining Messrs. BL Chong & PY Tay (Melaka) as a Legal Associate attending to both project conveyancing and general civil litigation matters.
In February 2015, she joined the Corporate and Conveyancing Department of Messrs. Chee Siah Le Kee & Partners (Melaka), one of the largest legal firms in the southern region of Malaysia as a Legal Associate and was subsequently promoted to the position of Junior Partner with effect from January 2019, where she gained invaluable experience in corporate and commercial advisory works including for property developers, private hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
In December 2022, Puang Yan decided to relocate to Kuala Lumpur and joined Messrs. Raja Eleena Siew Ang & Associates (Kuala Lumpur) as a Senior Legal Associate, focusing in the fields of corporate and commercial, real estate and banking laws.
Puang Yan joined Richard Wee Chambers in November 2024 as a Senior Legal Associate.
Advising clients on various joint venture transactions involving integrated development projects, local and cross-border investments as well as privatisation of projects
Drafting and advising on agreements related to mining activities including the agreements to grant exploration rights, joint ventures in relation thereto and subsequent agreements for the sale of minerals
Preliminary study and advisory works relating to the asset securitisation
Advising on a multitude of business and commercial contract such as manufacturing agreements, supply agreements and distribution agreements
Preparing and reviewing corporate share sale agreements, share swap agreements, shareholders’ agreements and subscription agreements
Advising on establishment of private fund in Labuan
Drafting and advising on real estate transactions including sale of properties by developers as well as in the secondary market
Drafting and advising on lease and tenancy matters involving various types of property
Corporate and retail loans