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Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Banking & Financing Litigation

Banking & Financing Litigation
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Finance is important to everyone, we handle each case with care and understanding to get the best end result.

Definitely a powerhouse when it comes to litigation and dispute resolution. Impressive competency and advocacy.
Legal 500 Malaysia, 2022
Effective delivery of services, prompt update and high-quality legal services.
Asialaw, 2022

Finance is important to everyone, we handle each case with care and understanding to get the best end result.

Banking & Financing Litigation

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.

Partners Specializing in this area

Partners Specializing
in this area

Learn more about our partners who specialize in this area

Andrea Chew Mei Yng

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Andrea Chew Mei Yng

Partner

Andrew Chang Weng Shan

Partner

Andrew Chang Weng Shan

Partner

Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi

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Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi

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Key Experience

Malaysian Bank

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.

Financial Institutions

Advising and representing financial institutions in a debt restructuring exercise of a public listed company involving debts of RM630 million.

Malaysian Bank

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.

Development Financial Institution

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.

Financial Institution

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.

Various Financial Institutions

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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