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Sin Min
Yoong Sin Min returned to Malaysia after graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1984. She was admitted to the Malayan Bar in 1985 after completing her pupillage and was also admitted to the Singapore Bar. She has been identified as Malaysian and has practised principally in Malaysia.
Yoong Sin Min graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984 with a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B. (Hons). After completing her pupillage, she was admitted to the Malayan Bar in 1985 and subsequently practised as a lawyer admitted to both the Malaysian and Singapore Bars.
Yoong Sin Min began her legal career with Messrs Shook Lin & Bok in 1985 and became a partner in 1992. She later served as a senior partner until her retirement from the partnership on 1 January 2022, remaining with the firm as a consultant until she ceased legal practice on 1 August 2023. At Shook Lin & Bok, she co-headed the Dispute Resolution practice and headed the Banking and Finance Litigation Department. Her practice covered civil disputes, banking and finance litigation, Islamic finance, private debt securities, investment banking, land and property matters, corporate disputes, receivership, insolvency, restructuring, vesting orders arising from bank mergers, and the transfer of non-performing loans to non-banking institutions. She acted as lead counsel in numerous appellate matters before Malaysia’s Court of Appeal and Federal Court, including significant disputes involving bank guarantees, loan security, investment banking, insolvency and financial-sector issues. From 2016 until the end of 2022, she served on Bank Negara Malaysia’s Financial Stability Executive Committee. In 2025 she joined the board of Paramount Corporation Berhad as an independent non-executive director and was also identified as a director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.
Yoong Sin Min became a partner of Shook Lin & Bok in 1992 and later served as a senior partner, co-head of the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice and head of its Banking and Finance Litigation Department.
She acted as lead counsel in numerous landmark appellate decisions before Malaysia’s Court of Appeal and Federal Court, particularly in banking, finance, insolvency and commercial litigation.
She was appointed to Bank Negara Malaysia’s Financial Stability Executive Committee and contributed legal expertise on financial-sector issues, including banking, Islamic finance, private debt securities, investment banking, receivership, insolvency and financial crisis management.
Yoong Sin Min has been listed and recognised by established legal publications including Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asialaw Profiles and Asia Business Law Journal’s Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers.
Yoong Min has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.
Yoong Sin Min has expressed the view that lawyers should focus on an area of law that interests them, develop deep expertise in it, persevere through the long process of building experience, and allow clients to recognize the quality of their work.
Yoong Sin Min served as a council member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia and participated in professional legal and insolvency-practice activities. She was appointed as a member of Bank Negara Malaysia’s Financial Stability Executive Committee from 2016 through the end of 2022.
In a 2013 interview, Yoong Sin Min emphasized perseverance, concentration on a chosen area of legal practice, and the gradual development of depth and expertise through sustained work. She also described reading and art as important interests.
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Clients and professional publications have described Yoong Sin Min as an experienced litigator with extensive knowledge of complex banking and finance matters. A client testimonial characterized her as an astute and intelligent lawyer whose understanding of organizational and business strategies complemented her litigation experience.
Yoong Sin Min has maintained significant professional connections with Malaysia’s banking, finance, insolvency and legal sectors through her long association with Shook Lin & Bok, her work for financial institutions in appellate litigation, her service on Bank Negara Malaysia’s Financial Stability Executive Committee, and her later corporate directorships.
