Dispute Resolution
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Malaysia
Band 3
Email address
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+603 2055 3888About
Provided by Chooi & Company
Our dispute resolution team has experience in various sectors and in a wide variety of disputes, including judicial review proceedings against public bodies.
Our lawyers are experienced litigators at both trial and appellate stages, and are also experienced in arbitration proceedings under AIAC, SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL rules.
Our lawyers have represented and continue to represent clients in landmark cases, both in the commercial and corporate fields, and in prominent constitutional and public interest cases in Malaysia.
Areas which we advise on within this practice group include:
· Administrative & public law
· Banking
· Civil litigation
· Competition/antitrust
· Commercial and contracts
· Constitutional law
· Construction & engineering
· Corporate and company law
· Criminal law
· Defamation
· Employment
· Family & matrimonial disputes & mediation
· Insurance
· Information & communication technology
· Land
· Maritime law
· Market abuse/insider dealing
· Power & Energy
· Prospectus liability
· Property disputes
· Receivership, insolvency, and corporate rescue mechanisms
· Securities law
· Tort
· Trade secrets
· Trusts
· Wills, Probate & Administration of Estates
Chambers Review
Chooi & Company is active across litigation and arbitration proceedings in Malaysia. The firm is especially well placed to handle corporate disputes, including joint ventures and company and director disputes, as well as land and construction matters. The dispute resolution practice is also particularly adept at handling public interest cases.
Work Highlights
- Chooi & Company advised Semantan Estate on a matter of voluntary liquidation relating to the Malaysian Government trespassing on land since 1957.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chooi & Company is switched on and quick to pick up the issues at hand. We are very satisfied with how the team handled our matters."
"The team were able to comprehend the complexity and commercial aspects of our case easily."
"Chooi & Company is switched on and quick to pick up the issues at hand. We are very satisfied with how the team handled our matters."
"The team were able to comprehend the complexity and commercial aspects of our case easily."
Notable Practitioners
Christopher Leong is a well-respected litigator in Malaysia who has experience handling construction, commercial, banking and securities cases. He acts on both litigation and arbitration mandates.
Ira Biswas has a solid practice and is active on a range of cases including land and contractual disputes.
"Ira is my go-to. I know I'm in safe hands."
Lim Tuck Sun has a solid practice in commercial law encompassing shareholder and company disputes.
"Tuck Sun is a senior lawyer with a very strategic approach. He is also very committed and would go all out to represent his client's interest while maintaining integrity and professionalism."
Ranked Lawyers at
Chooi & Company
Malaysia