Shih Lee
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Dispute Resolution
Band 3
About
Provided by Shih Lee
Practice Areas
Lee Shih is the Managing Partner of the firm and with over 17 years' experience in dispute resolution, contentious restructuring and insolvency, and fraud and asset recovery.
He acts in cross-border disputes and has appeared in international arbitrations in Asia and Europe. He has acted in arbitrations involving disputes arising from commercial contracts, shareholders' disputes, offshore construction contracts, and oil & gas matters.
His work also focuses on corporate litigation and shareholder disputes. He has acted as lead counsel in a variety of shareholder disputes, involving just and equitable winding up, oppression actions and derivative actions.
He is also the sole Malaysian member of ICC FraudNet, an international network of leading civil asset recovery lawyers in each country. In the sphere of fraud and asset recovery, he secured Malaysia's first-ever injunction against persons unknown.
He also specialises in restructuring and insolvency. He advises and acts in liquidations, schemes of arrangement, receivership and corporate rescue matters. He has acted as counsel for several cross-border restructurings involving more than RM1 billion in debts and is active in corporate rescue mechanisms like judicial management.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Lee Shih has a robust practice acting in contentious restructuring and shareholder disputes. He handles cases in a range of sectors in the Malaysian market, including shipping and finance. He is additionally skilled in cross-border cases, especially in the arbitration space.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lee Shih is sharp in anticipating the opponent's next steps and able to map potential pathways, seeing legal arguments from a broader perspective."
"Lee Shih has demonstrated thorough analysis of the case law and statutes, providing valuable insights and assisting us in understanding our legal position more clearly."
"Lee Shih is sharp in anticipating the opponent's next steps and able to map potential pathways, seeing legal arguments from a broader perspective."
"Lee Shih has demonstrated thorough analysis of the case law and statutes, providing valuable insights and assisting us in understanding our legal position more clearly."