Weiyi Tan, CFE
Partner, Investigation & Dispute Management Group,
Clyde & Co
Weiyi advises clients on investigations into corruption, money laundering, employee misconduct, fraud and other white-collar offences, and assists them with their response to enforcement and regulatory authorities in the context of government investigations. She also advises on the design and implementation of compliance programs, including undertaking risk assessments to identify risk areas, drafting compliance policies to address these risks, assisting with the training of employees/third parties and addressing instances of non-compliance when they occur. As part of the compliance program, she further advises clients on their internal investigation protocols, employee disciplinary processes and dawn raid procedures.
As a litigator, Weiyi represents clients as lead counsel in litigation and arbitration proceedings relating to general commercial, international trade, investment, employment, and technology disputes. She is also an experienced mediator and arbitrator, having been appointed to the panels of the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
Weiyi is appointed to the Goods and Services Tax Board of Review by the Ministry of Finance and serves as Council member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. She has also served as President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) Singapore Chapter and is a Certified Privacy Manager with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Weiyi regularly speaks and publishes on her areas of expertise, and is the author of the Singapore Chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide – Corporate Investigations 2022.
Weiyi is recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” for White Collar Crime by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024, and named “Corporate Investigations Lawyer of the Year” by the Lawyer Network (2023). Clients describe her as a “stellar attorney” who “is both extremely knowledgeable of the regulatory framework and relentlessly responsive”. They also praise her for her “wealth of knowledge and pragmatic approach”.
