Dispute Resolution

We act for companies, directors, and both majority and minority shareholders in navigating complex corporate and shareholder disputes in Malaysia.

Our expertise spans a broad spectrum of contentious matters, including breaches of shareholder agreements and fiduciary duties, partnership disputes, and issues relating to corporate governance.

Beyond shareholder and corporate litigation, we are also experienced in high-value contractual and commercial disputes. We have represented clients across a range of industries, including consumers, suppliers, manufacturers and retailers – in matters involving contractual breaches and commercial misconduct.

• Appointed by a leading global asset management firm to represent one of its managed entities in high-value court proceedings involving the non-redemption of secured senior non-convertible bonds issued by a Malaysian mining company, and the validity of alleged settlement arrangements between the parties.
• Represented one of Malaysia’s largest medical laboratories in a joint venture dispute involving serious allegations of fraud, misappropriation of funds and assets, misuse of confidential information, and diversion of business and clients.
  • We successfully obtained multiple forms of injunctive relief, including:
    • an Anton Piller Order for the disclosure and preservation of key evidence;
    • an injunction restraining the unlawful use of confidential information and intellectual property rights; and
    • a Mareva Order to freeze the assets of the joint venture partner and associated vehicles of fraud, in light of the risk of dissipation.
  • The matter also involved novel jurisdictional questions between the High Court of Malaya and the High Court of Sabah & Sarawak.
• Acted for the majority shareholder of a prominent Malaysian company in a high-stakes shareholder dispute involving claims of deceit and specific performance of an alleged agreement to sell the client’s equity stake at an undervalued sum of RM 150 million.
  • The litigation involved defending multiple urgent injunctive applications, including two successive Mareva-type freezing orders, disclosure orders and an interim preservation injunction to safeguard assets and interests pending trial.
•  Acted for a prominent Malaysian construction firm in high-value court proceedings against an international arbitration consultancy for breach of fiduciary duties. We successfully advanced our client’s case, with the High Court’s decision establishing new legal precedent on the regulation of arbitration consultants and their professional obligations. The matter is currently pending appeal before the Court of Appeal.
• Acted for the board of directors of a company in successfully securing declaratory relief to invalidate shareholders’ notices convening an extraordinary general meeting intended to effect a de facto backdoor winding-up. We also obtained consequential injunctive relief to restrain further improper attempts to undermine the company’s governance structure.
• Acted for a company’s board of directors in successfully obtaining a Pre-Action Discovery Order for the disclosure of key documents concerning an alleged “friendly loan” bearing interest at 60% per annum, purportedly entered into during the tenure of the company’s previous board.

We act for corporations and individuals in complex fraud claims and the recovery of misappropriated assets. These matters often involve time-sensitive circumstances, requiring immediate action to trace, preserve, and recover assets through coordinated legal strategies.

Our team is well-versed in conducting in-depth investigations, uncovering sophisticated fraud schemes, and securing urgent interim relief. This includes obtaining and defending freezing injunctions (Mareva), Anton Piller orders, proprietary and tracing orders, as well as other disclosure orders.

• Acted for Canadian-based clients in a complex cross-jurisdictional claim for the recovery of over USD 76 million based on causes of action including conversion, fraud, breach of trust, and breach of fiduciary duties. The matter involved parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions across Asia, Europe, North America and Australia and involved extensive injunctive relief, including freezing, discovery, and tracing orders, alongside a range of intricate legal issues.
• Acting for Thailand and Singapore-based companies in a successful civil fraud and deceit claim to recover funds paid to imposters who falsely claimed to represent one of Malaysia’s largest glove manufacturers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We obtained Mareva and Proprietary Injunctions, along with Ancillary Disclosure Orders against the defendants. A subsequent debarring order was also secured due to their non-compliance with the court-ordered disclosure obligations, which effectively barred them from defending the proceedings and facilitated the prompt recovery of the misappropriated funds.
• Acting for companies based in the Republic of Guinea and Belgium in a civil fraud claim in Malaysia arising from a push-payment fraud. Successfully obtained urgent injunctive relief, including freezing and tracing orders, to preserve and facilitate the recovery of the misappropriated funds.
• Acted for a special-purpose entity established to hold and safeguard the land rights of former settlers of a major settlement, whose interests had previously been alienated by the State Government. The suit involved claims of fraud and conspiracy aimed at challenging a purported RM86 million sale of the entire land rights to a developer—allegedly authorised by the former board of directors under highly unfavourable terms and without proper due process.

In today’s fast-paced digital era, where reputational harm can spread instantly and endure indefinitely, defamation disputes require careful legal and strategic handling.

Our team is experienced in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in libel, slander and online defamation claims across a wide range of industries and contexts. We provide early-stage assessment of potential claims or defences, develop litigation and reputational strategies, and advise on balancing legal remedies with negotiated resolutions to secure the best possible outcome for our clients.

• Acted for the Prime Minister of Malaysia in defamation proceedings commenced by his immediate predecessor, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, in respect of statements made concerning a complex waiver and debt restructuring scheme implemented by a statutory body involving the write-off of debts owed by the settlers to the statutory body.
• Acting for a member of parliament in defamation proceedings concerning statements made by an elected Member of a State Legislative Assembly from an opposing political party pertaining to, amongst others, sensitive issues of religion.
• Acted for a prominent ex-chairman of a major statutory body in defamation proceedings concerning alleged defamatory statements made in respect of the transfer of project lands by a development company worth approximately RM 100 million, which was owned by the statutory body.