Man Yip

Yip Man is a Professor of Law in the School of Law at the Singapore Management University. She graduated with an LL.B. from the National University of Singapore. After completing her pupilage and a brief stint as an associate at Allen & Gledhill LLP (Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department), she went on to obtain her B.C.L. from the University of Oxford, where she was in residence at Keble College. After completing her B.C.L. studies, she joined WongPartnership LLP (Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group (Commercial & Corporate Disputes)) as an associate, where she practised mainly in the area of international commercial arbitration. She joined Singapore Management University, School of Law in July 2010 as Assistant Professor of Law. She is presently the Associate Dean (Faculty Matters & Research) and prior to taking on this role, she was the Academic Director of the SMU Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (CCLA).

Her principal research interests are in unjust enrichment and restitution, equity and trusts, private international law, dispute resolution, contract law and remedies. Her work has been cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal, the Singapore High Court and the High Court of England and Wales. In recognition of her research, she was awarded the DS Lee Fellowship in 2016 and the Lee Kong Chian Fellowship in 2018, 2019 and 2020. She has been appointed the V3 Group Fellow in Family Entrepreneurship in 2021.

Education

• B.C.L., University of Oxford, 2008
• Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore ), 2007
• LL.B., National University of Singapore, 2006

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, January 2023-
• Associate Dean (Faculty Matters & Research), Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, January 2023-

Previous Appointments:

• Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, January 2017-December 2022
• Director, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (CCLA), January 2021-December 2022
• Deputy Director, Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia (CEBCLA), July 2017 – December 2020
• Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2010-Dec 2016
• Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University, 2009 (Course: Equity & Trusts)

Other Appointments:

• Research Visitor, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford, 12 - 21 June 2019
• Research Visitor, University of New South Wales, Law School, May 2017
• Visiting Scholar, University of Birmingham, School of Law, May-June 2014

Professional Positions

Professional Appointments:

• Member, Digital Trust Policy Workstream, SGTech, November 2022-
• Member, SAL Journals Advisory Committee, 16 August 2022 – 31 March 2025
• Member (Singapore Team), Joint Experts (China-Singapore) to study the feasibility of co-developing a dispute resolution mechanism, Ministry of Law, 7 April 2022 – present
• Expert Member, Data Trust Rating Committee (led by Philip Heah of Credence Lab) May 2021 – present
• Assessor, Panel of Assessors for COVID-19 Temporary Relief, Ministry of Law, 2020 – 2021
• Speaker (Restitution), Attorney General’s Chamber—Professional Development Programme, 2016–Present
• Member, Law Reform Committee Singapore Academy of Law, 2012–2016

Committee Memberships:

• Member, Curriculum Reform Committee—Curriculum Working Group on Legal Skills (except Legal Writing), Singapore Management University (School of Law), 2012
• Member, Scholarship Interview Committee, Singapore Management University (School of Law), 2012–2013
• Member, PhD Programme Committee, Singapore Management University (School of Law), 2014–2015

Honors & Awards

• V3 Group Fellow in Family Entrepreneurship 2021
• SOL’s Nominee for SMU’s Excellent Teacher Award 2019
• SOL Dean's Teaching Excellence Award 2014–2015, 2017-18, 2018-19
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship July 2018 - June 2019, July 2019 – June 2020, July 2020 - June 2021
• DS Lee Foundation Fellowship July 2016 - June 2017
• SOL’s Nominee for SMU’s Most Innovative Teacher Award 2015
• School of Law Nominee for SMU Most Promising Teacher Award 2013
• University Student Life Recognition Award 2012
• SOL Most Promising Teacher Award 2011-12

Courses Taught in SMU

• Law of Equity & Trusts
• Commercial Conflict of Laws
• Advanced Law of Obligations

Research Area / Areas of Specialisation

• Unjust Enrichment & Restitution
• Equity & Trusts
• Private International Law
• Contract Law
• Remedies