Fung Peen Lim

Lim Fung Peen serves as a director and Head of the Family Practice Group at Yuen Law LLC, specialising in asset protection and family matters. Leading a team of passionate and dedicated practitioners, the group has garnered recognition from The Straits Times – Singapore Best Law Firms for four consecutive years for its exceptional work in family law, inheritance, and succession matters.

With around three decades of experience in the legal field, Fung Peen specializes in a wide array of legal matters, including adoption, pre-nuptial agreements, divorce, child relocation, maintenance orders, forced property sales, Mental Capacity Act applications, personal protection orders, wills, probate and letters of administration, trust deeds, and deed of family arrangements. He has also provided counsel on unique legal issues such as child abduction cases and applications under the Vulnerable Persons Act. Notably, in 2024, he was invited to provide expert witness testimony in a family case in the Australian Court.

A strong advocate for mediation, Fung Peen has actively and successfully guided many clients to reach an amicable resolution to their lawsuit. His affable disposition and personal approach in dealing with cases helps clients feel at ease, even as he helps them navigate and emerge from sometimes sticky and distressing legal quagmires. A firm believer in mediation, Fung Peen has actively and successfully guided many clients to reach an amicable resolution to their lawsuit.

Client’s describe Fung Peen as:
“Prompt, responsive and professional throughout”
“Multilateral thinker with good listening & probing skills, his advice is invaluable & infinitely superior to others, he is clearly a good legal strategist with a big heart”
“Caters to questions and show personal care to understand where I was coming from. His long-standing experience shall benefit clients, along with abundant wealth of knowledge”
“Showed genuine empathy and sensitivity. They patiently explained all the legal aspects, making sure we were well-informed and comfortable”
“As a pragmatic person, I needed someone who combined expertise, empathy, and speed to get through a complex international structure without adding unnecessary complexity. Fung Peen and his team did just that – they took the time to understand my personal circumstance, and with no judgement, proceeded to advise quickly and systemically”.

Fung Peen has authored a trilogy of accessible legal guides centered on family law. Motivated by a personal and professional belief that proactive planning is essential to safeguard one’s welfare and assets. These books published by Marshall Cavendish include:
• Lasting Power of Attorney: A Guide to the LPA (2019),
• Where There’s a Will: A Guide to Setting up a Will and Managing a Loved One’s Estate (2021),
• Family Matters – A Legal Guide to Marriage, Children, and Personal Protection (2023).

• Represented the wife in divorce proceedings and effectively defended an appeal filed by the husband in the High Court. Secured judgment in favor of the wife, including custody, sole care and control of the children, the matrimonial property in this highly contentious case. VDF v VDG [2019] SGFC 135.
• Represented the wife in a 41-year marriage in contested divorce proceedings, which involved disputes over the pool of matrimonial assets and potential dissipation of assets. Secured a favorable settlement at mediation, enabling our client to retain the matrimonial home and receive maintenance.
• Advising the husband in an international child abduction case, where the mother unilaterally relocated the children from Singapore to Australia. The case involves advising on the Hague Convention’s Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCAICA), providing guidance in seeking a voluntary return through the Singapore Central Authority, acting as an expert witness for proceedings in the Australia Family Court to opine on the rights of custody of children, and whether interim custody and access orders can be brought under Singapore law.
• Represented a high-net-worth unmarried woman and facilitated extensive negotiations to secure a comprehensive Co-Parenting Agreement with the biological father of her child. The agreement addressed financial disparities, custody, visitation rights, travel arrangements, and allowed the child to take the mother’s surname.
• Represented a client in a Mental Capacity Act application to become deputy for the patient, who is the applicant’s parent. Successfully secured a settlement where the contesting brother agreed to a joint application and had to repay outstanding debt owed to the patient’s estate.

• Trusts and estates
• Criminal
• Plaintiff/claimant
• Family and Matrimonial

• Private Client

• Singapore

• BARRISTER-AT-LAW (MIDDLE TEMPLE) ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR, SINGAPORE
• LLB (HON) LONDON