Jason Yang

Partner at Virtus Law

Jason is a partner at Virtus Law* whose main practice areas are vessel finance and leasing, restructuring and insolvency and corporate law.

Jason has acted for leading vessel finance banks, ship owners, lessors and operators in range of complex financing and sale and leaseback transactions. He also excels in advising banking clients and other creditors on the Singapore law aspects of asset recovery, restructuring and enforcement strategy and has been extensively involved in the recent Emas, Ezra, Swiber, Swissco and Rickmers Maritime insolvencies.

In addition to the above, Jason has considerable experience advising on private mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance, general corporate advisory, personal data protection and non-contentious employment law matters.

*Virtus Law LLP (T13LL0339K) and Stephenson Harwood LLP (T13LL0821C) are registered as a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore under the name Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance. Both firms are registered in Singapore under the Limited Liability Partnership Act (Chapter 163A) with limited liability. The term "partner" is used to refer to a member in one of the constituent law firms.


Jason has demonstrated deep knowledge and experience in ship finance field, helping us to effectively close the transaction within a short timeline and within budget. Jason provided valuable advice in helping us navigate the negotiation process and achieving a good outcome, a testament to his experience in restructuring exercise.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021

Expertise

Awards

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 –Next Generation Partner
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 –Recommended Lawyer