

Dispute Resolution
Over the years, our Dispute Resolution team has established a niche in handling highly complex commercial and civil litigation, with an emphasis on civil and corporate fraud, insolvency and liquidations.
Within the sphere of corporate litigation, the firm is regularly engaged by a range of local and international clients in respect of derivative and oppression actions, fraud investigations, directors’ liabilities and insolvency & liquidation disputes.
Our civil and commercial portfolio includes but is not limited to: –
- Contractual Disputes
- Banking & Finance Disputes
- Corporate Disputes
- Fraud and Conspiracy to Defraud
- Bankruptcy and Liquidation
- Insolvency and Winding-Up
- Contentious Probate Proceedings
- Defamation
- Land related disputes
- Administrative & Constitutional challenges
- Professional negligence
- Contractual Disputes
- Banking & Finance Disputes
- Corporate Disputes
- Fraud and Conspiracy to Defraud
- Bankruptcy and Liquidation
- Insolvency and Winding-Up
- Contentious Probate Proceedings
- Defamation
- Land related disputes
- Administrative & Constitutional challenges
- Professional negligence
Our team combines technical expertise with strategic foresight to deliver tailored legal solutions for complex disputes.
Our recent notable transactions:
Corporate Litigation & Shareholder Disputes
We assist companies and shareholders in navigating complex corporate and shareholder disputes, acting for both majority and minority stakeholders.
Our expertise includes advising on breaches of shareholder agreements, fiduciary duties and corporate governance maters, where we are actively engaged to provide strategic counsel, negotiate settlements, and represent clients in litigation.
- Acted for a company’s board of directors in successfully obtaining declarations to invalidate shareholders’ notices for an extraordinary general meeting aimed at effectively forcing a backdoor winding-up as well as consequential injunctive reliefs.
- Acted for a company’s board of directors in successfully obtaining a Pre-Action Discovery Order for disclosure of specified documents relating to an alleged friendly loan at 60% per annum taken during the tenure of the company’s previous board of directors.
- Acted for one of Malaysia’s largest medical laboratories in a joint venture partnership dispute that concerned allegations of fraud, misappropriation of monies, assets confidential information, business and clients. We successfully sought and obtained injunctive relief in the form of an Anton Piller Order for the disclosure and preservation of evidence, an injunction order to essentially stop unlawful usage of confidential information and infringement of intellectual property rights as well as a Mareva Order to freeze the assets of the partner and the alleged vehicles of fraud used in view of the risk of dissipation of assets.
- Acted for a director and majority shareholder of a prominent Malaysian holding company in a highly contentious dispute essentially for specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of the client’s stake in the company for a contractual sum in excess of RM 150 million. The suit involved defending multiple urgent injunctive applications including two successive Mareva type freezing applications, disclosure applications and an interim preservation type injunction application.
Fraud & Asset Recovery
We assist corporations and individuals in addressing fraud and asset recovery matters.
Some of our experiences include conducting comprehensive fraud investigations, tracing misappropriated assets across multiple jurisdictions, and implementing legal strategies to recover assets.
As part of the asset recovery process, we advise clients on obtaining freezing injunctions, disclosure orders, and other legal remedies to secure and reclaim assets effectively.
- Acting for foreign entities to recover monies fraudulently paid to imposters falsely claiming ties to a major glove manufacturer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Assisted in obtaining Mareva and Proprietary Injunctions, along with Ancillary Disclosure Orders against the said imposters (see: Supermax Global Co Ltd & Anor v R Gopinathan Pillai a/l Raghavan Pillai & Ors [2022] MLJU 3468). Also subsequently obtained a ‘debarring order’ against the specified imposters to further defend the proceedings given their failure to comply with, amongst others, their disclosure obligations under a Court Order.
- Acting for one of the world’s largest bauxite deposits based in the Republic of Guinea and an entity based in Belgium for the recovery of monies fraudulently paid pursuant to a “push payment fraud” by imposters falsely purporting as the clients’ supplier.
- Acted for international clients named as Defendants in a litigation concerning a complex cross-jurisdictional claim for recovery of substantial sums of monies premised on amongst others, the tort of conversion, fraud, breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duties (See: Petrochemical Commercial Company International Ltd & Ors V Nexus Management Group Sdn Bhd & Ors [2020] MLJU 2649).
- Acting for an entity incorporated to hold and protect the land rights of former settlors of a large settlement, who had previously been alienated land rights by the State Government. The suit involved a fraud and conspiracy claim which sought to impugn a purported sale of the entire land rights for a sum of approximately RM 86 million to a developer, which were allegedly sanctioned by the previous board of directors and were carried out at significantly unfavourable terms and without due process.
Defamation
We assist individuals and organizations in defamation matters, acting for both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving libel and slander.
Our experience encompasses advising clients on the legal framework of defamation, assessing the merits of potential claims or defences, and strategizing effective approaches to protect or restore reputations.
- Acted for a senior Malaysian statesman in defamation proceedings commenced by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, in respect of statements made concerning a complex waiver and debt restructuring scheme.
- Acted for a prominent ex-chairman of a major statutory body in defamation proceedings concerning defamatory statements made in respect of alleged fraudulent conduct by a development company over the transfer of project lands worth approximately RM 100 million which was owned by the statutory body.
- Acting for a member of parliament against an elected Member of a State Legislative Assembly from an opposing political party concerning statements made pertaining to, amongst others, issues of religion.
Bankruptcy & Liquidation
We assist corporations, creditors, and individuals in navigating bankruptcy and liquidation matters, acting for both debtors and creditors in complex insolvency proceedings.
Our experience includes conducting comprehensive assessments of financial positions, advising on restructuring options, and developing strategies to manage financial obligations.
- Acted for the liquidator of a solvent company in liquidation (“CIL”), with assets exceeding RM 500 million, where its liquidation was hampered by substantial cross-shareholdings with two other associated companies in liquidation. In contentious Court proceedings, we successfully assisted the CIL’s liquidator in structuring and implementing a distribution-in-specie scheme to resolve the cross-shareholding issues, which was accepted by the High Court and subsequently affirmed by the Court of Appeal (see: Zheng Yi Trading v Sing Lian Sdn Bhd & Ors [2022] MLJU 377). We also successfully resisted an application by a former liquidator for his remuneration, arising from the illegal sub-delegation of his liquidation duty in an associated company in liquidation.
- Acted for a subsidiary of a large financial group in proceedings concerning the recovery of significant debts from the estate of a deceased bankrupt (“Deceased”). The Deceased was the son of a well-known corporate personality. He was adjudicated a bankrupt owing hundreds of millions to creditors (See: TA Securities Holdings Bhd & Anor v Ketua Pengarah Insolvensi & Ors [2020] 10 MLJ 370).
Contentious Probate Matters
In disputes over the administration and distribution of a deceased person’s estate, we are regularly engaged to assist beneficiaries, executors and administrators.
Our experiences include amongst others, advising clients on the challenges to the validity and interpretation of wills, disputes concerning the applicable laws in estate administration, and removal of executors or administrators.
- Acted for a co-trustee of an estate with assets worth in excess of RM 70 million across Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom and Australia in successfully removing a co-executor and co-trustee due to a conflict of interest in initiating a personal claim against the estate (See: Ong Soo Kan (beneficiary of the estate of Loh Ah Moy@ Loh Siew Keng, deceased) & Ors v Ong Soo Kwee (as executor and trustee of the estate of Loh Ah Moy @ Loh Siew Keng, deceased) & Anor [2023] 10 MLJ 843).
- Acting for a co-executor and co-trustee in estate proceedings involving allegations of secret trust and gift based on a forged document pertaining to valuable jewelleries, forming party of an estate located locally and abroad (See: Ong Soo Kwee v Ong Soo Keok (As Executor and Trustee of the Estate of Loh Ah Moy @ Loh Siew Keng, deceased and represented by Ong Ghee Soon as Executor and Trustee of the Estate of Ong Soo Keok, deceased) & Ors [2025] MLJU 344).
Banking & Financing Disputes
We assist corporations, financial institutions, and individuals in banking and financing disputes, acting for both lenders and borrowers in complex financial claims.
- Acted for a well-known developer in a financing dispute involving a government linked financial institution. The dispute involved claims for negligence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, economic duress, illegality and unconscionability against the financial institution vis a vis the provision of an Islamic financing facility for a construction and development project.
Administration & Constitutional Challenges
In Judicial Review proceedings, we assist individuals, organisations and pubic bodies by advising them on their constitutional rights, procedural improprieties, and the validity of administrative decisions.
- Represented constituents from Kuala Kubu Bharu and Batang Kali affected by the Malaysian Election Commission’s decision to alter the Federal and State constituency boundaries under the Elections Act 1958. In an application for judicial review, the constituents sought to challenge the alterations on the basis that the Election Commission’s acts were unconstitutional, unreasonable and procedurally improper (See: P Maradeveran a/l Periasamy & Ors v Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya & Anor [2019] 2 MLJ 70).
Advisory Matters
- Appointed to provide pre-litigation advisory services to a main contractor in a dispute pertaining to a large construction project valued at approximately RM 70 million within the Penang International Airport. The employer sought to unilaterally discharge the main contractor and forfeit the main contractor’s performance bond. We were engaged to advise the main contractor’s internal task force to manage and contain the dispute in an effort to minimize its overall impact on the development, to de-escalate matters and negotiate an overall commercial resolution. Matters were eventually amicably resolved without litigation and the project was successfully completed.
- Appointed by the University of Nottingham UK (“UON”) to advise in respect of various aspects of a prominent joint venture in Malaysia.