Finance is important to everyone, we handle each case with care and understanding to get the best end result.
Finance is important to everyone, we handle each case with care and understanding to get the best end result.
Featuring leading litigation lawyers with Legal 500 and Chambers Asia Pacific recognition, our Banking & Finance Litigation practice’s strength lies in the team’s exceptional ability to provide pragmatic and effective solutions in a broad range of complex and high-value local and cross-border banking disputes.
We regularly act for leading financial institutions, agents and trustees for syndicated lenders and holders of debt instruments and regulators on their compliance obligation, as well as the management and avoidance of legal risk.
The team is often involved in heavily contested matters at all tiers of the Malaysian courts, some of which have resulted in landmark decisions. Our expertise includes the recovery of conventional and Islamic debt facilities, guarantees, letters of credit, performance bonds, fraud, money laundering and financial regulatory issues.
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Advising and representing a bank in respect of a major commercial dispute stemming from the default of the borrower on a RM400million term loan facility.
Advising and representing financial institutions in a debt restructuring exercise of a public listed company involving debts of RM630 million.
Acting for a local bank in defending a claim for wrongful appointment of receivers and managers under an outstanding RM250 million Islamic financing facility provided for the construction of Menara Tulus and Menara Ikhlas.
Acting for a development financial institution in a successful appeal involving the law of indemnity and guarantees, particularly on the impact of variation on guarantor’s obligations.
Representing a financial institution in a substantial debt guaranteed by a company listed on Bursa Malaysia which was disputed on the grounds of forgery, fraud, conspiracy, breaches of statutory and listing rules.
Regularly representing various financial institutions to defend claims by customers and third parties for breach of contract, negligence and defamation arising from lending and operational matters.
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