Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is pleased to announce the admission of Tan Hooi Ping, Chan Mun Yew and Andrea Chew Mei Yng as partners with effect from 1 January 2023.

Tan Hooi Ping — Employment & Industrial Relations

Hooi Ping regularly advises clients on employment-related issues that arise from setting up, reorganisation, closure, sale and acquisition of companies/businesses, local and cross-border transactions, and liquidation exercises. She is also heavily sought for advice on the exercise of managerial prerogatives, including the hiring and dismissal of employees. Hooi Ping frequently works on dismissal disputes referred to and arising from reference by the Minister of Human Resources to the Industrial Court. She has earned her experience and expertise from years of working closely with senior partner, Lim Heng Seng, who heads the practice as well as regular joint advisories with corporate and tax partners of the firm. She has published numerous articles, including co-authoring with Heng Seng the Malaysian chapter in the global guide titled “How to Hire and Fire” by Multilaw of which LHAG is a member firm. She is also an active presenter and has spoken on various topics, including employment cost-cutting measures and downsizing, flexible working arrangements as well as the recent amendments to the Employment Act 1955.

She is ranked by the Legal 500 as a “Rising Star” under the Labour and Employment category. Her client has described her as “an excellent subject matter expert and is extremely responsive”.

Hooi Ping graduated from the University of Malaya and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2013.

Chan Mun Yew — Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution and TMT

Mun Yew is a passionate litigator in the firm’s Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution and the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practice groups.

His background in commercial litigation spans a wide range of contractual and tortious disputes involving negligence, defamation, breach of confidence, and economic torts. He has advised and acted for numerous foreign and local corporations and individuals in highly contested commercial disputes.

Mun Yew also has notable experience in handling complex corporate and shareholders’ disputes involving, among others, claims for oppression, breach of directors’ duties, corporate fraud, and derivative actions etc. These disputes cover various aspects of corporate transactions and the administration & management affairs of a company.

In the TMT sector, Mun Yew has dealt extensively with technical and high value disputes. He is regularly engaged by reputable industry players to help them on matters concerning: the provision of telecommunication and network services, IT services, construction and implementation of network facilities and infrastructure; broadcasting and sponsorship agreements; procurement of hardware & software; and other IT /Telco-related agreements.

Being an active litigator, Mun Yew has secured favourable outcomes for his clients as the lead and co-counsel at all levels of Malaysian courts, as reported in the law journals.

He is also a co-author and contributor of two very authoritative legal textbooks, which are often cited by legal practitioners in court and referred to in the industry: (a) Annotated Statutes of Malaysia – Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 – by Lexis Nexis; and (b) Malaysian Civil Procedure 2021 – by Sweet & Maxwell.

Mun Yew read law at Cardiff University, Wales. He is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2015. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2016.

Andrea Chew Mei Yng — Banking & Insolvency

A versatile and driven litigator experienced in handling a broad range of civil and commercial disputes. Andrea’s practice focuses on banking and financial services litigation as well as corporate insolvency. She regularly acts for some of the nation’s largest banks and financial institutions on complex disputes affecting industry practices. She has also appeared at all tiers of courts in Malaysia to argue on intricate and high-value disputes involving contracts, negligence, economic torts, and debt recovery. Additionally, Andrea has represented and advised companies and their directors charged with committing offences under various regulatory laws in Malaysia.

She is a contributor to two authoritative legal texts in the country, namely, the Malaysian Civil Procedure and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings.

Andrea obtained her LLB from the University of London and holds a Certificate in Legal Practice. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2016.

The partners believe that their admission will strengthen LHAG’s capabilities in their respective fields. The firm wishes them the very best as they assume their new roles.