Cecil Abraham & Partners

Senior Partners: Tan Sri Dato’ Cecil W.M. Abraham

Partners: Rishwant Singh, Dato’ Sunil Abraham, Aniz Ahmad Amirudin, Noor Muzalifah Shabudin

Number of associates: 8

Firm Overview:

Established in 2015, Cecil Abraham & Partners is a focused set of disputes practitioners and is the only Malaysian law firm involved in Investment Treaty Disputes with significant appearance in ICSID cases both as counsel and as arbitrator. The team has successfully arbitrated some of Malaysia’s most intricate and high-profile disputes covering commercial law, public administrative law, environment law and constitutional law. Partners of the firm have also argued some of the seminal cases before the apex courts in Malaysia in so far as contractual claims, fraud litigation, defamation claims, public and administrative law as well as constitutional law, to name a few.

A disputes resolution firm offering a full range of legal services – advisory, strategic, preventive and disputes resolution, Cecil Abraham & Partners regularly advises and acts for Fortune 500 companies, media conglomerates, government-linked companies and high net worth individuals to not-for-profit entities, charities, private individuals, and private limited companies.

Cecil Abraham & Partners remain sought after for its expertise in arbitration and the last year has seen the firm involved in a number of notable cases spanning construction and hospitality industries, oil and gas, financial and investment sectors. In litigation, the firm represented multinational corporations in disputes relating to building and construction, engineering, agriculture, and telecommunications. The firm also continues to act in high-profile disputes concerning rare earth mining, banking and finance, as well as public and administrative law.

Cecil Abraham & Partners has consistently ranked in the top tiers on Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Benchmark Litigation, and Asia Law Profiles. The multi-award winning firm has also been named by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 Awards as Firm of the Year (Malaysia), Lawyer of the Year (Cecil Abraham) and Boutique Firm of the Year (Asia-Pacific). The firm's lawyers are also ranked favourably by directories including Who's Who Legal, Asian Legal Business, Benchmark Litigation, Global Arbitration Review, Asia Law Profiles, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Antitrust & Competition

■ Arbitration (Commercial, Construction & Investment Treaty)

■ Capital Markets & Securities Disputes

■ Civil claims - Contracts, Torts including Defamation & Media; Privacy; Breach of Confidence

■ Clubs & Unincorporated Associations

■ Commercial Law

■ Construction & Infrastructure

■ Energy & Telecommunications

■ Insurance & Banking

■ Land & General Property

■ Public & Administrative Law

■ Probate & Administration Law

■ White-Collar Crime, Blue-Collar Crime & Corporate Governance

Offices:

Suite 12.01, Level 12 Menara 1MK, 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont' Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.

Tel: +603 2726 3700

Fax: +603 2726 3733

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cecilabraham