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Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill remains the top choice for complex, large-scale construction disputes in Malaysia, particularly due to their top-class advocacy and client-oriented approach.
Chambers Asia Pacific, 2022
Crystal is a very capable, dedicated and reliable lawyer. She is extremely hard-working and always puts in the extra efforts to really understand and analyse the clients' matter, regardless of its complexity and technicality. She delivers work of quality that exceeds clients' expectations.
Chambers Asia Pacific, 2023
Darshendev Singh is known for his ‘meticulous nature in disputes’. On the contentious side, LHAG's construction practice’s caseload includes disposal of parcels of leasehold and freehold land, as well as disputes relating to real estate development projects.
Legal 500 Malaysia, 2023

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill remains the top choice for complex, large-scale construction disputes in Malaysia, particularly due to their top-class advocacy and client-oriented approach.

Chambers Asia Pacific, 2022

Crystal is a very capable, dedicated and reliable lawyer. She is extremely hard-working and always puts in the extra efforts to really understand and analyse the clients' matter, regardless of its complexity and technicality. She delivers work of quality that exceeds clients' expectations.

Chambers Asia Pacific, 2023

Darshendev Singh is known for his ‘meticulous nature in disputes’. On the contentious side, LHAG's construction practice’s caseload includes disposal of parcels of leasehold and freehold land, as well as disputes relating to real estate development projects.

Legal 500 Malaysia, 2023

Construction & Engineering Disputes

Our Construction & Engineering practice group works with some of the world’s largest developers, general and specialized contractors, architects, consultants, and material suppliers to resolve technically complicated and high value construction, engineering and infrastructure disputes.

Our lawyers have in-depth knowledge, understanding and experience in the construction & engineering industries, which enable us to add value across the lifecycle of projects, from procurement to completion. We often work together with engineers, claim consultants and other experts. Our core services include mediation, adjudication, and arbitration.

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Construction & Engineering Disputes

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Crystal Wong Wai Chin

Partner

Crystal Wong Wai Chin

Partner

Darshendev Singh

Partner

Darshendev Singh

Partner

Dato’ Nitin Nadkarni

Consultant

Dato’ Nitin Nadkarni

Consultant

Lim Chee Yong

Partner

Lim Chee Yong

Partner

Key Experience

First of its kind Waste-to-Energy Plant in Malaysia

Advising on matters pertaining to the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in Negeri Sembilan known as SMART WTE (Solid Waste Modular Advanced Recovery and Treatment Waste-to-Energy).

World’s Second Tallest Building - Menara Merdeka 118

Representing a subcontractor which is part of an Italy-based company in its dispute with a Korean joint venture company in relation to the construction of the Menara Merdeka 118, which will be the second tallest building in the world upon completion.

Construction of a Sewage Waste Treatment Plant

Advising on a potential dispute concerning the construction of a sewage waste treatment plant project worth more than RM400 million.

Fortune 500 Oil and Gas Company

Represented the subsidiary of a Fortune 500 oil and gas company in disputes relating to the construction of the fuel hydrant pipelines at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

India’s Largest Biopharmaceutical Company

Advised one of India’s largest biopharmaceutical companies in disputes relating to the construction of a biopharmaceutical plant.

Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT 3) Project

Represented one of Malaysia’s leading conglomerates in its construction dispute relating to the RM16.63 billion LRT3 project.

Malaysian IPP

Representing and advising a leading Malaysian IPP in a French-seated ICC international arbitration concerning a multitude of disputes arising from a suite of civil law-governed agreements for water supply and the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a desalination plant in North Africa.

O&G JV

Representing and advising an oil & gas joint venture (between two of the world’s most successful national oil companies) in an ad-hoc arbitration on disputes concerning petrochemical facilities of the largest integrated petrochemical complex in Malaysia.

Malaysian IPP

Representing a leading Malaysian IPP and its subsidiary as joined respondents in a SIAC-administered international arbitration against an American multinational conglomerate, in relation to claims arising out of a suite of agreements entered into for a combined cycle steam and gas turbine power plant project.

Power Plant Owner

Advised a coal-fired power plant owner in a RM400 million dispute against American EPCC Contractor in respect of recurring defects and fleet-wide latent defects affecting commercial reliability and viability due to prolonged unplanned outages.

Foreign EPCC Contractor

Advised and represented foreign EPCC Contractor in respect of project risks management for one of the largest ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant within the region.

Largest Construction Co.

Represented the Malaysian subsidiary of the world’s largest construction company (by revenue) in an AIAC-administered arbitration, in relation to disputes arising out of the construction of the second tallest skyscraper in Malaysia, with an amount in dispute exceeding RM160 million.

State-owned Entity

Represented the Malaysian subsidiary of a Chinese State-Owned Entity in a PAM arbitration for disputes arising out of a mixed development project in Malaysia with a value exceeding RM1 billion.

Republic of Zimbabwe

Representing the Republic of Zimbabwe before the Malaysian courts, to resist applications by Swiss and German investors to enforce two ICSID arbitration awards.

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