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Nicola, a corporate and commercial litigator in the Corporate & Commercial Disputes Practice Group, started her journey with the firm in 2013 as an intern. A recipient of the JPA Scholarship, she graduated with an LLB (Hons) from King’s College London and was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple). Nicola returned to the firm in 2016 as a pupil and was subsequently admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2017.
She acts for private clients and corporations on matters concerning civil fraud, fraudulent trading, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes, breaches of directors’ duties, minority oppression, and contractual/tortious disputes. She also advises on corporate insolvency and contentious winding-up proceedings. An ardent advocate, Nicola regularly appears in all tiers of the Malaysian Courts for the conduct of trials, hearings, and appeals. Out of court, she is involved in international and domestic commercial arbitration. She acts for clients in a diverse range of industries including investment holdings, construction, manufacturing, plantation, logging, banking, automotive, education, insurance, and healthcare. Her international clientele includes corporations from the United Kingdom, China, and Japan.
She is a regular contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings. She also co-authored various articles published by the firm’s Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution and Banking & Insolvency practice groups. Nicola is proficient in English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese).
Nicola, a corporate and commercial litigator in the Corporate & Commercial Disputes Practice Group, started her journey with the firm in 2013 as an intern. A recipient of the JPA Scholarship, she graduated with an LLB (Hons) from King’s College London and was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple). Nicola returned to the firm in 2016 as a pupil and was subsequently admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2017.
She acts for private clients and corporations on matters concerning civil fraud, fraudulent trading, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes, breaches of directors’ duties, minority oppression, and contractual/tortious disputes. She also advises on corporate insolvency and contentious winding-up proceedings. An ardent advocate, Nicola regularly appears in all tiers of the Malaysian Courts for the conduct of trials, hearings, and appeals. Out of court, she is involved in international and domestic commercial arbitration. She acts for clients in a diverse range of industries including investment holdings, construction, manufacturing, plantation, logging, banking, automotive, education, insurance, and healthcare. Her international clientele includes corporations from the United Kingdom, China, and Japan.
She is a regular contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings. She also co-authored various articles published by the firm’s Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution and Banking & Insolvency practice groups. Nicola is proficient in English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese).
Andrew has notable experience in the areas of banker’s liability, civil fraud, corporate insolvency and restructuring as well as money laundering. He acts for various financial institutions on financing obligations and security enforcement, involving conventional and Islamic financing, and asset recovery.
His experience in corporate and commercial disputes covers various business sectors, including energy, hospitality, logistics and plantation. He also acts for corporations on matters concerning fraud and breaches of fiduciary and fidelity by senior management and directors.
Clients have described him as a “sharp, skillful, knowledgeable articulator” and someone “who knows his work and produces really good arguments”. Andrew is a ranked practitioner by Chambers & Partners and Benchmark Litigation. Andrew was named “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 in the Commercial and Transactions category. Along with three other partners, he is ranked as a “Distinguished Practitioner” in Asialaw Profiles 2022. He was also ranked “Band 3” for Dispute Resolution in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 rankings.
He is a contributor to a number of practitioner guides, such as the Law & Practice of Corporate Insolvency in Malaysia. He also frequently speaks, locally and overseas, on matters relating to his areas of practice.
Andrew is also a member of the Malaysian Bar Council’s Advocacy Training Committee. He conducts advocacy training not just in Malaysia, but also in other countries, having had stints in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Africa.
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“Nicola is a versatile legal professional with expertise in civil fraud, corporate disputes, insolvency, and international arbitration, representing a broad spectrum of clients across diverse industries and jurisdictions.”