Mei Ken Yee
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 4 : Dispute Resolution
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About
Provided by Mei Ken Yee
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
Private Wealth Law
Career
Corporate and commercial litigation, family business feud, shareholders and directors’ disputes, banking and insolvency litigation, asset and debt recovery and arbitration. Ken has advised on schemes of arrangement for creditors and syndicated lenders and has been involved in matters relating to anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and breach of trust. He is highly experienced in advising private clients, family corporations, wills and probate action. Defamation and libel including online publication claims. Ken often defends the media and news publishers. He also has the niche experience of conducting a globally unique market research and readership litigation. He is involved in pre-publication vetting and consulted for his legal opinion by the media. He frequently appears as Counsel at the High Court and Appellate Courts. Effectively trilingual, he delivered talks on shareholders’ rights and directors’ liabilities and frequently conducted media law training for editors and journalists. Ken is the Head of our China Desk.
•Chambers Asia-Pacific (2020-20222023) “Band 4” Lawyer in Dispute Resolution
Professional Memberships
•Malaysian Bar
•The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
•Belt and Road International Lawyers Association (BRILA)
•World Law Group (WLG)
•IBA
•IPBA
Publications
The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide Malaysia: Litigation (2nd Edition), 2019
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Yee Mei Ken is a partner in Kuala Lumpur. He specialises in media and publishing disputes, regularly acting on libel and defamation matters as well as in litigation in the real estate sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ken's tactical and commercial awareness has been very helpful for us in our matter."
"Ken's tactical and commercial awareness has been very helpful for us in our matter."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Shearn Delamore & Co
The Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist — Southeast Asia 2022
Shearn Delamore & Co. is pleased to announce that three of our partners have been recognised in The Legal 500’s Inaugural Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Southeast Asia 2022 by The Legal 500.
Webinar: Corporate Disputes, Restructuring and Reinvent
Our partner, Yee Mei Ken, from the Dispute Resolution Practice Group will be speaking at a webinar titled “Corporate Disputes, Restructuring And Reinvent” organised by The Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI) on 25 January 2022 (Tuesday) at 3:00pm – 4.30pm.
The Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist — Southeast Asia 2022
Shearn Delamore & Co. is pleased to announce that three of our partners have been recognised in The Legal 500’s Inaugural Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Southeast Asia 2022 by The Legal 500.
Webinar: Corporate Disputes, Restructuring and Reinvent
Our partner, Yee Mei Ken, from the Dispute Resolution Practice Group will be speaking at a webinar titled “Corporate Disputes, Restructuring And Reinvent” organised by The Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI) on 25 January 2022 (Tuesday) at 3:00pm – 4.30pm.