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About
Provided by Chee Wee Lim
Practice Areas
Chee Wee is the Senior Partner of the firm and has been in practice for more than 28 years. He has a broad commercial, corporate, public law, and regulatory disputes practice with experience in a wide variety of high-value and high-profile cases including international arbitrations in Asia and Europe.
He is the former President of the Malaysian Bar (2011-2013), a former member of the National Unity Consultative Council, a former member of the Operations Review Panel of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, and a former member of the 1MDB Task Force for the investigations, prosecution and asset recovery.
He primarily acts as counsel having appeared at all tiers of the Malaysian Courts. He has more than 100 cases reported in the law reports with a portfolio including arbitrations, contractual disputes (involving joint ventures, IT, franchise, oil and gas), boardroom/takeover tussles, fraud investigation and recovery, regulatory enforcement action, corporate restructuring, insolvency claims, competition law, and estate disputes.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Lim Chee Wee has a broad disputes practice spanning competition, oil and gas, and fraud cases in Malaysia, among others.
Lim Chee Wee is a noted competition lawyer who often handles contentious mandates. He regularly defends MyCC in challenges, covering a range of issues from exclusive dealing to price-fixing arrangements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He provides commercially sound and practical advice."
"He leads the team with charisma, authenticity, skill and a keen commercial sense."
"He is commercially minded and practical."
"Lim Chee Wee has great legal skills and argues well in court. He puts across the case to judges well."
"He provides commercially sound and practical advice."
"He leads the team with charisma, authenticity, skill and a keen commercial sense."
"He is commercially minded and practical."
"Lim Chee Wee has great legal skills and argues well in court. He puts across the case to judges well."