U.K. firm RPC, whose joint law venture in Singapore is about to lose a disputes team, is already rebuilding.

A three-lawyer disputes team joins RPC Premier Law from Clyde & Co's own joint law venture in the city-state — Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore. The team is led by partner Gerald Yee, who joined on June 1; the remaining two lawyers will make the jump in July.

A litigator and arbitrator, Yee specialises in shipping, marine insurance, commodities and oil and gas disputes. He joined Clyde & Co Clasis in 2014 as a partner from Singaporean firm Colin Ng & Partners (rebranded as CNPLaw since April), where he was a partner and head of its admiralty and shipping group.