Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Real Estate Litigation

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Real Estate Litigation

Our Real Estate Litigation Practice handles all aspects of real estate-related disputes.

We represent clients in connection with complex and contentious matters relating to leases, tenancies, stratified developments, encroachment, land fraud, compulsory land acquisition, land use, zoning, as well as town and country planning.

We believe that the best results in litigation are achieved by the ability to think outside the box and to navigate in the ever-changing real estate industry. We have obtained favourable results, achieved both in court and across the negotiation table, in topical disputes involving tenancies, compulsory land acquisition and encroachment.

Our wide array of clientele encompasses property developers, banks and financial institutions, government-linked companies, private and public-listed companies, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.

Recognised by prestigious industry publications such as Legal 500 and Asialaw Profiles, we have been consistently ranked as a top tier Real Estate and Construction Practice.

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Key Experience

Property Developer

Acted for a property developer landowner to reverse the compulsory acquisition of their land for a 26-acre mosque

Largest Financial Institution

Acted for the country’s largest financial institution in 19 connected land acquisition cases involving an abandoned development project which was subsequently revived by a state government following a global settlement involving various interested parties

Property Developers

Acted for several renowned property developers in challenging compulsory land acquisitions involving the construction of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) and Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3)

Township Developer

Acted for a township developer and worked along with a state government in successfully defending the landowners’ claim for higher land compensation valued at RM45 million, arising from compulsory acquisition

Township Developer

Defended a township developer in a trespass claim brought by the adjacent township developer, which involved the construction of a highway linkage connecting both the townships

Property Developer

Acted for a property developer landowner in successfully quashing the compulsory acquisition of their land on grounds of procedural impropriety and illegality

Largest Telco Privder

Acted for the country's largest telecommunications services provider in successfully obtaining additional land compensation of RM5million for compulsory acquisition involving the construction of Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 (KVMRT2)

GLC

Defending a GLC investment holding company over claims filed by purchasers of private leases over strata parcels in housing projects developed on the company’s lands

Township Developer

Acting for a township developer and joint management body/parcel owners in challenging a compulsory acquisition affecting the common property of their condominium for the benefit of the adjacent developer landowner

Township Developers

Defending 2 renowned township developers over claims filed by homebuyers of their development for alleged misrepresentation and breach of contract

Parcel Owner

Defending a parcel owner in an action brought by the joint management body for alleged outstanding maintenance charges and sinking fund for its commercial parcel in a mixed development

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News

LHAG Recognised in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 Rankings

December 20, 2022

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December 20, 2022

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LHAG In The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023

January 19, 2023

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