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About
Provided by Kamilah Kasim
Practice Areas
Construction & Engineering
Energy, Infrastructure & Projects
ESG & Public Policy
International Arbitration
Personal
Kamilah is the Head of the Firm’s Projects unit under the Projects & International Arbitration department and also heads the Energy, Infrastructure & Projects practice in the Firm. Her areas of practice include contentious and non-contentious matters relating to infrastructure projects in Asia.
Kamilah practises as a dispute resolution lawyer and has been involved in various dispute cases with a focus on large complex engineering and energy projects.
Kamilah also has considerable experience providing advice on the privatisation of public sector businesses as well as on infrastructure development by the private sector, in partnership with the public sector or otherwise. Kamilah has negotiated and drafted many agreements including concession, power purchase, and construction and engineering contracts. She has also handled related documents under various contracting arrangements for infrastructure projects including airports, ports, land transportations (highway, monorail, double track electrified rail, and mass rapid transit), power plants (gas-fired, coal-fired, combined cycle gas turbine, solar power and hydro-electric), petrochemical plants, and buildings in the region.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kamilah Kasim is a partner at Rahmat Lim & Partners and is based in Kuala Lumpur. She remains a market leader and is particularly active on renewable energy and oil and gas matters, including project-related disputes.
Kamilah Kasim in Kuala Lumpur is noted for her experience in advising on the construction aspects of project development, as well as arbitration.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kamilah is very helpful in giving insights and advice on how to approach issues. Her candidness and bluntness on how to approach risk in certain situations is refreshing."
"She is very helpful in the sense of giving insights and how to approach issues. Her candidness, in the sense of being blunt about risk when approaching issues, is refreshing."
"Kamilah is very helpful in giving insights and advice on how to approach issues. Her candidness and bluntness on how to approach risk in certain situations is refreshing."
"She is very helpful in the sense of giving insights and how to approach issues. Her candidness, in the sense of being blunt about risk when approaching issues, is refreshing."