Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Dispute Resolution

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Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill's standout disputes team in Malaysia draws on a strong bench of high-quality litigators. Its diverse expertise spans company, banking, insolvency and real estate cases, as well as construction disputes. The team also often represents clients in domestic and international arbitration.
Chambers Asia Pacific, 2023
The ‘top-notch team’ at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill handles a large volume of complex cases, covering company law, contractual issues and shareholder disputes. On the banking and insolvency front, the practice specialises in liability, liquidation and defending banks in connection with forgery and fraud.
Legal 500 Malaysia, 2023
The market-leading disputes practice at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill has specialist experience in corporate disputes, general commercial litigation, banking and insolvency litigation and construction and real estate disputes.
Legal 500 Malaysia, 2022

Our top tier practice in Dispute Resolution aims to resolve any sort of contractual dispute

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill's standout disputes team in Malaysia draws on a strong bench of high-quality litigators. Its diverse expertise spans company, banking, insolvency and real estate cases, as well as construction disputes. The team also often represents clients in domestic and international arbitration.

Chambers Asia Pacific, 2023

The ‘top-notch team’ at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill handles a large volume of complex cases, covering company law, contractual issues and shareholder disputes. On the banking and insolvency front, the practice specialises in liability, liquidation and defending banks in connection with forgery and fraud.

Legal 500 Malaysia, 2023

The market-leading disputes practice at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill has specialist experience in corporate disputes, general commercial litigation, banking and insolvency litigation and construction and real estate disputes.

Legal 500 Malaysia, 2022

Dispute Resolution

We have one of the largest dispute resolution practices in the country with more than 50 full-time litigators.

With 13 specialised sub-practices covering different areas of dispute resolution, our lawyers are well versed, efficient, pragmatic and always strive to achieve the best results for clients. Over the years, the team has been consistently ranked as a top-tier practice by leading industry publications like Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500, Asialaw Profiles and Benchmark Litigation.

With our multidisciplinary yet specialised practices, we have a strong team who can effectively represent clients and offer practical solutions in a wide range of matters, both domestic and cross-borders. Led by our experienced litigation partners, we have had a successful track record in some of the most high-profile and complex cases in the country. Our dispute resolution lawyers regularly appear at all levels of court including appellate courts.

We act for regulatory and statutory bodies, financial institutions, conglomerates, multinational corporations, government-linked companies, and public and private-listed companies from a wide range of industries, including aviation, banking and finance, FMCG and telecommunications.

The team is recognised for its depth of talent and strength in a broad spectrum of disputes including commercial and contract matters, banking and insolvency, construction, insurance, defamation and international trade.

List of Areas

Dispute Resolution

PARTNERS SPECIALIZING IN THIS AREA

PARTNERS SPECIALIZING
IN THIS AREA

Learn more about our partners who specialize in this area

Andrea Chew Mei Yng

Partner

Andrea Chew Mei Yng

Partner

Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi

Partner

Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi

Partner

Chan Mun Yew

Partner

Chan Mun Yew

Partner

Chia Oh Sheng

Partner

Chia Oh Sheng

Partner

G. Vijay Kumar

Partner

G. Vijay Kumar

Partner

Ho Ai Ting

Partner

Ho Ai Ting

Partner

Hoi Jack S’ng

Partner

Hoi Jack S’ng

Partner

Kumar Kanagasingam

Senior Partner

Kumar Kanagasingam

Senior Partner

Lambert Rasa-Ratnam

Senior Partner

Lambert Rasa-Ratnam

Senior Partner

Mong Chung Seng

Partner

Mong Chung Seng

Partner

Nicola Tang Zhan Ying

Partner

Nicola Tang Zhan Ying

Partner

Sean Yeow Huang-Meng

Partner

Sean Yeow Huang-Meng

Partner

Shaleni R. Anpualagan

Partner

Shaleni R. Anpualagan

Partner

Key Experience

Nautilus Tug & Towage

Representing a director of Nautilus Tug & Towage Sdn Bhd in an action filed in the KL High Court for leave to initiate statutory derivative proceedings under s 347 of the Companies Act 2016 on behalf of Nautilus against members of its management and directors for breach of their statutory and fiduciary duties.

Crest Worldwide

Advising Crest Worldwide, a developer of The Crest Jalan Sultan Ismail, with respect to contentious aspects of its insolvency, acting for the liquidator in respect of a challenge to its appointment by a former director.

Telekom Malaysia

Representing Telekom Malaysia in denying and refuting unfounded allegations of conspiracy advanced against the client in a counterclaim covering two civil suits initiated by Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad and Technology Resources Industries Berhad for conspiracy and breach of statutory and fiduciary duty.

Johore SSI

Defending State Secretary, Johore (Incorporated) (SSI) in a suit brought by Quarry Ventures Holdings Sdn Bhd for purported breach of a privatisation of quarry agreement entered into with the State Government of Johor Darul Ta’zim and SSI

52 homebuyers

Representing 52 homebuyers who sued a property developer for negligent misrepresentation/ breach of contract in respect of their properties in a housing development developed by the property developer in a township in Rawang.

OSK Property

Representing Wawasan Rajawali Sdn Bhd (WRSB), a subsidiary of OSK Property Holdings Berhad, in defending a misrepresentation/breach of contract suit brought by 122 homebuyers of a condominium project developed by WRSB in its mixed development in Cyberjaya.

Iskandar Investment Berhad

Representing Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) in two suits brought by purchasers of leases over strata parcels in high-rise developments developed on lands owned by IIB in Medini Iskandar, Johor.

National railway owner

Representing Malaysia’s national railway owner and operator in respect of a dispute stemming from the termination of a contract awarded to Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd for the Klang Valley Double Tracking project on grounds of national interest.

Tanjung Bin Energy

Representing independent power producer Tanjung Bin Energy Sdn Bhd with respect to a dispute over a penalty imposed on the client relating to its supply of energy to Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia’s national electric company.

Hyundai Engineering

Advising Hyundai Engineering Malaysia Sdn Bhd with respect to a dispute stemming from the withholding of payment of a performance bond to the client in relation to the construction of a power plant.

Telekom Malaysia

Representing Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) to deny and refute unfounded allegations of conspiracy made against TM in a counterclaim filed by Tan Sri Dato’ Tajudin bin Ramli and Bistamam bin Ramli in two civil suits.

BMW

Successfully representing BMW at the Court of Appeal in defence of claims arising from allegations of negligence and product liability.

Fuji Logistics

Representing Fuji Logistics (M) Sdn Bhd in a claim filed against them by Fuji Electric (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (FEM) and its insurer, Allianz General Insurance Company, for negligence premised upon an incident that transpired during the shipment of FEM’s cargo to Singapore, resulting in the consignment being destroyed.

Ban Heng Bee

Successfully acting as lead counsel to Ban Heng Bee Ricemill (1952), a prominent entity in the industry of agriculture and rice milling, as well as Syarikat Kilang Padi Maju Sdn Bhd, defending the clients together with their directors against an action filed by the minority shareholder of Kilang Padi Maju Company. Given its significance, the case has been reported in the law journals as [2022] MLJU 457.

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