Amanda Given Yap WeiYen
Associate
Amanda Given is an Associate at Daniel & Wong, where she is a part of the firm’s Dispute Resolution department, specialising in civil, corporate and commercial litigation.
She holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of London and obtained her Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) in 2022. She completed her pupillage at the firm under the tutelage of Daniel Albert and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2024.
With a primary focus on corporate and commercial litigation, Amanda has experience in a broad range of matters, including contractual disputes, contentious insolvency proceedings, defamation claims and estate-related litigation.
Beyond litigation, Amanda has a keen interest in pro bono activities, having volunteered with Street Feeders of KL during her university days – an experience that deepened her commitment to justice and social responsibility.
Some of her key work highlights include: –
- Assisted in acting for Thailand and Singapore-based companies in a successful civil fraud and conspiracy claim to recover funds paid to imposters who falsely claimed to represent one of Malaysia’s largest glove manufacturers during the COVID-19 pandemic. She successfully assisted the team in obtaining 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 court-ordered disclosure obligations, which effectively barred them from defending the proceedings and facilitated the prompt recovery of the misappropriated funds.
- Assisted in acting 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 involving the write-off of debts owed by settlers of a statutory body.
- Assisted in 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.
- Assisted in acting for the liquidator of a solvent company in liquidation with significant assets, where the liquidation was significantly delayed by complex cross-shareholdings with two other associated companies also in liquidation. In contentious court proceedings, she and the team successfully assisted the liquidator in formulating a distribution-in-specie scheme to resolve the cross-shareholding impasse—an approach endorsed 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).
- Successfully assisted in representing the co-executor and co-trustees in estate proceedings involving allegations of a secret trust and document forgery concerning valuable jewellery, forming part of an estate valued at over RM70 million, with assets located both locally and internationally.
