Clyde & Co has appointed Ms Yvonne Lam as partner, effective 1 December 2025. In her new role, she will further grow the firm's corporate insurance offering in APAC, with a focus on handling transactional, regulatory and commercial advisory matters for clients in the rapidly evolving insurance risk and regulatory environment across Australia and Singapore.
Ms Lam brings extensive experience in corporate insurance and regulatory matters. She has advised clients on matters in the Australian insurance industry, including the Financial Services Royal Commission hearings and significant transactions arising from global M&A, corporate restructures and expansions into the Australian market. She acts for insurers and reinsurers, underwriting agents, insurance brokers and next-generation InsurTech clients in APAC.
Ms Lam has been a finalist for the Lawyers Weekly New Partner of the Year Awards, Women in Law Awards for Partner of the Year and Special Counsel of the Year and the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards for Commercial Law. She is also the Asian Australian Lawyers Association NSW Branch President for 2025 and has been recognised as a finalist in the Asian Australian Leadership Awards in 2024.
Ms Lam re-joins Clyde & Co from Gilchrist Connell. Previously, she spent over a decade specialising in advising on corporate insurance and regulatory matters at Clyde & Co in Australia.