Clyde & Co appoints Yvonne Lam as Partner

Sydney, 23 October 2025: Partner appointment will further bolster the firm’s corporate insurance and regulatory offering in the Asia Pacific region.

Global law firm Clyde & Co today announces the appointment of Yvonne Lam as partner, effective 1 December 2025. She re-joins the firm from Gilchrist Connell, where she was a Principal and the Head of Corporate Insurance & Insurtech, after previously spending over a decade specialising in advising on corporate insurance and regulatory matters at Clyde & Co in Australia.

Yvonne will further grow the firm’s corporate insurance offering in the Asia Pacific region, 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.

In-depth Corporate Insurance and Regulatory Expertise

Yvonne brings extensive experience in corporate insurance and regulatory matters and has advised clients on matters in the Australian insurance industry, including the Financial Services Royal Commission hearings and significant transactions arising from global mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures and expansions into the Australian market. She acts for insurers and reinsurers, underwriting agents, insurance brokers and next-generation insurtech clients and fintech ventures in the Asia Pacific region.

She has been a finalist for the Lawyers Weekly New Partner of the Year Awards (Big Law, 2025), Women in Law Awards for Partner of the Year (Big Law, 2024) and Special Counsel of the Year (2021) and the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards for Commercial Law (2018). She is the Asian Australian Lawyers Association NSW Branch President for 2025 and has been recognised as a finalist in the Legal & Professionals category of the Asian Australian Leadership Awards in 2024.

Rebecca Kelly, Australia Managing Partner, Brisbane, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Yvonne back to the firm. Her return marks an exciting step for the firm in the continued growth of our corporate insurance and regulatory practice across Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region. With our enhanced capabilities, we are strongly positioned to support our clients in managing risk, responding to regulatory change, and navigating the complexities of today’s corporate landscape. Our clients rely on us for clear, commercially focused advice, and this appointment ensures we continue to deliver with confidence and clarity.”

Gareth Horne, Head of Insurance, Australia, Sydney, said: “This growth will allow us to seize the opportunities arising from the rapidly changing regulatory environment, where we see strong client demand for help with navigating the evolving risk landscape.” 

Yvonne Lam said: “I am pleased to return to Clyde & Co and draw on the firm’s global platform and international reach particularly for my clients in the Asia Pacific region, who operate across multiple jurisdictions and in complex regulatory environments.”

Growing Corporate Insurance and Regulatory Offering

The appointment further strengthens Clyde & Co’s regional transactional, corporate and regulatory capabilities servicing insurance clients across Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. 

Clyde & Co’s global insurance practice of 2,400 lawyers in over 70 offices around the world handles matters across all lines of insurance business, helping the insurance market navigate risk.