Overview

• Successfully acted as counsel for Port Klang Authority, at all tiers of the Courts, in civil proceedings brought against the former contractor for the Port Klang Free Zone Project to declare an agreement worth approximately RM 50 million void for want of consideration. Among others, the issued posed to the Courts were whether extrinsic evidence could be relied upon to prove the terms of a contract and whether the doctrine of estoppel could defeat statutory provisions. The Court of Appeal’s decision is reported at Port Kelang Authority v Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd [2024] 1 MLJ 252.

• Acted as co-counsel for Ann Joo Steel Bhd at the Federal Court and successfully preserved the validity of a High Court Order from 1995, which was being collaterally attacked. The Federal Court found that as the Order was valid in law, any challenge to the validity of the same should have been done independently i.e., an application to set aside the said Order instead of framing it within a defence of another suit. Continued to act as counsel at the Court of Appeal in respect of the ensuing assessment of damages proceedings involving a claim in excess of RM 100 million. The Federal Court decision is reported at Ann Joo Steel Berhad v Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Negeri Pulau Pinang & Anor and another appeal [2020] 1 MLJ 689.

• Acting as counsel for a n private limited company for recovery of a loan in excess of RM 13 million which was provided, upon an oral agreement, to the holding company, and operator of the largest lifestyle mall in Seremban.

• Successfully acted as counsel in upholding an oral agreement between an individual, who had provided a loan in excess of RM 2.5 million, and the holding company of the operator of the largest lifestyle mall in Seremban. The High Court’s decision is reported at Tay Mary v Capitol Prosper Sdn Bhd [2024] MLJU 3232.

• Successfully acted as co-counsel for the administrator of an estate in challenging the fraudulent transfer of land belonging to the estate to third parties by way of a forged trust deed. The High Court’s decision is reported at Leong Kim Fond v Chong Kooi Heng & Ors [2023] MLJU 2592.

• Acting as counsel for one of the largest wholesale gold jewellery suppliers in Malaysia in a claim for recovery of gold jewellery products in excess of RM 20 million.

• Acting as counsel for AIA Public Takaful Berhad in resisting claims brought by more than 100 former policy holders in respect of purported breaches of the insurance plans purchased by them.

• Acted as co-counsel for the Malaysian subsidiaries of a leading global oil and services company in an action brought against a former employee for breaching her confidentiality obligations owed to the company. Among other, successfully resisted applications by the Defendant at both the High Court and Court of Appeal to vary the confidentiality obligations imposed on her and her solicitor [the High Court decision is reported at Aker Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd Dan Satu Lagi v Seetha A/P Kumarasamy [2020] MLJU 91] and to set-aside the ex-parte injunction and Anton Piller Order imposed on her. Furthermore, successfully acted in resisting a novel application filed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to intervene in the proceedings (the High Court decision is reported at Aker Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd & Anor v Seetha A/P Kumarasamy (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Proposed Intervener) [2020] MLJU 2636).

• Successfully acted as co-counsel for the local subsidiaries of a foreign public listed oil and services company in striking out an action brought by a former employee founded on the tort of abuse of process. The High Court’s decision is reported at Seetha A/P Kumarasamy v Aker Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd & Ors [2021] MLJU 1572 and Seetha A/P Kumarasamy v Aker Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd [2022] MLJU 3277.

• Successfully acted as co-counsel for Port Klang Authority in civil proceedings brought against its’ former General Manager for breaches of contractual, fiduciary and common law duties relating to the Port Klang Free Zone Project. The Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered damages in excess of RM 3.5 billion to be paid by the former General Manager to Port Klang Authority. The High Court decision is reported at Port Kelang Authority v Datin Paduka Phang Oi Choo @ Phang Ai Tu [2018] 1 LNS 2196.

• Acted as co-Counsel for a public listed financial institution in resisting a claim for negligence and/or mistake brought against it in respect of payment of taxes arising from the proceeds of a public auction.

• Successfully acted as junior counsel for the Danish Tax Authority in resisting an application to set aside a Writ of Summons and/or service thereof out of jurisdiction. The High Court’s decision is reported at The Customs and Tax Administration of The Kingdom of Denmark v Timothy Paul Murphy [2022] MLJU 2956.

• Acted as co-counsel for a public listed real estate investment trust in a tenancy dispute against a major hypermarket premised on whether parties had entered into a binding tenancy agreement.

• Successfully acted as counsel for an American corporation, which holds the license for the Ironman Triathlon, in obtaining a stay of proceedings filed against it by a Malaysian company for alleged breach of contract on the ground of forum non conveniens. This case is significant as it deals with the effect of an exclusive jurisdiction clause and governing law clause in a contract. The Court of Appeal’s decision is reported at World Triathlon Corp v SRS Sports Centre Sdn Bhd [2019] 4 MLJ 394.

• Acted as counsel for a foreign beneficiary in successfully obtaining an order for an administrator of an estate to account for trust proceeds in excess of RM 100 million. Thereafter, successfully acted for the foreign beneficiary in having an independent administrator appointed over the estate.

• Acted as counsel in obtaining a post-judgment Mareva injunction against a judgment debtor to preserve a potential judgment sum from separate proceedings from being dissipated in pending enforcement proceedings.

• Acted as co-counsel for a British limited liability partnership in successfully obtaining a stay of proceedings filed against a Malaysian public listed company on the ground of forum non conveniens.

• Successfully acted as counsel for Kenanga International Bank Berhad in resisting, at both the High Court and Court of Appeal, a discovery application filed by a financial planning institute for documents pertaining to the trading of shares carried out through Kenanga International Bank Berhad. The High Court’s decision is reported at Opes Capital Bhd v Ng King Hoo & Anor [2021] MLJU 369.

• Acted as counsel for a Singaporean corporation in obtaining a summary judgment in excess of USD 1.5 million against a Malaysian public listed company.

• Successfully acted as counsel before the High Court and Court of Appeal in striking out a defamation claim on the grounds that a complaint to a disciplinary body is protected by absolute privilege. The High Court decision is reported at Rathimalar A/P Gnanasundram v Dato’ NKS Tharmaseelan A/L NK Sinnadorai Dan Lain-Lain [2019] MLJU 2156

• Acted as junior counsel for the Malaysian subsidiary of a Finnish electronic manufacturing company in striking out a claim filed against it by a foreign consultant. The High Court decision is reported at Ricardo Tapel v Polar Electro Malaysia (M) Sdn Bhd [2017] 1 LNS 568 which was successfully overturned by the Court of Appeal.

• Acted as junior counsel for Intel Capital Corporation, a division of Intel Corporation, of the world’s largest and highest valued 5 semiconductor chip makers against a Malaysian company listed on the Bursa stock exchange. This case is significant for the large quantum involved and that the order was for specific performance obtained by way of a summary judgment order.

• Acted as junior counsel for a Consortium comprising two leading global engineering, construction and services corporations (one of which is ranked on the Fortune 500 List of Largest Corporations) and three Malaysian engineering and contracting companies in Malaysia. The Federal Court decision is reported at Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia v Konsortium JGC Corp & Ors [2015] 6 MLJ 612.

• Part of the legal team for an investment holding company (a subsidiary of an Australian company listed on the stock exchanges of Australia and New Zealand with leading outdoor advertising businesses in Australia and New Zealand, and with growing businesses in Hong Kong and Indonesia) in successfully resisting a claim that there was a concluded contract for the transfer of 30% shares in a local outdoor advertising company in Malaysia between the plaintiff and the shareholders of the said company. The High Court decision is reported at Capital Billboards Sdn Bhd v Asia Posters Sdn Bhd & Ors [2012] 1 LNS 724.

• Acting as counsel for Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad in various claims against its unit trust consultants and/or customers for breaches of contract.

• Acting as counsel for the Cargill Group of Companies in various claims initiated by it for breaches of contract.

• Acting as counsel for Property Guru, and its related companies, in various claims initiated by them for breaches of contract.

• Acting as co-Counsel for the shareholders and directors of an investment holding company (with excess of 50 subsidiaries) in resisting an oppression action brought against them for the removal of a director on the grounds of quasi-partnership.

• Acting as Counsel for a trustee group in resisting an action brought to declare a redeemable preference share scheme to be void, wherein the said trustee group is both the security trustee, and the trustee for various subscribers of the redeemable preference shares.

•  Advised and acted for a German incorporated holding company in removing a director and company secretary of its Malaysian subsidiary.

• Successfully acted as counsel for the foreign subsidiary of a Chinese conglomerate and investment company in various shareholder disputes pertaining to the composition of the Board of Directors of the Malaysian subsidiary and the validity of directors’ resolutions passed.

• Acted as co-counsel for shareholders of a Malaysian company in applying for a just and equitable winding up on the grounds that the company was no longer carrying out the business it was originally incorporated for, and that the directors of the company had been dissipating the company’s profits.

• Acted as junior counsel for minority shareholders of an electrical engineering company in an oppression action filed against the majority shareholders/directors premised on, among others, grounds of failure to declare dividends and dissipation of the company funds by way of payment of directors’ fees.

• Acted as co-counsel for shareholders of a Malaysian shipping company in an oppression action filed to challenge their removal as directors and the dilution of their shareholding. The 6 High Court decision is reported at Seah Eng Tog Daniel & Anor v Kingsley Khoo Hoi Leng & Ors [2016] 2 CLJ 695.

• Acted as junior counsel for minority shareholders in opposing just and equitable winding up proceedings filed by a fellow minority shareholder of a public company. The High Court decision is reported at Siti Nur Aishah Binti Ishak v Golden Plus Holdings Berhad [2018] MLJU 2165.

• Acted as junior counsel for the majority shareholder of a licensed financial institution in a board of directors and shareholders disputes involving a detailed examination of the law of conduct of meeting and interplay between articles of association and shareholders' agreement. The High Court decisions is reported at Qatar Islamic Bank v Asian Finance Bank Bhd & Ors [2015] 7 MLJ 445

• Acting as counsel for Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd in judicial review proceedings initiated to challenge the decision of the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Center.

• Acting as co-counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in resisting judicial review proceedings filed by the former directors of Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad in respect of fines imposed against them for breaches of the Listing Requirements.

• Successfully acted as counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, before both the High Court and Court of Appeal, in resisting a judicial review filed by a public listed company in challenging its de-listing. The High Court’s decision is reported at Wintoni Group Bhd v Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [2022] 1 LNS 1487.

• Successfully acted as counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, before both the High Court and the Court of Appeal. in successfully striking out a writ action filed against it for, among others, an order that Bursa Securities Malaysia’s powers to fine directors of public listed companies is unconstitutional. The High Court’s decision is reported at Ahmad Amryn Bin Abd Malek & Ors v Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [2021] 8 MLJ 948.

• Successfully acted as counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in resisting judicial review proceedings filed by a director of a public listed company which dealt with the obligation of said director to ensure that all the necessary information was provided to the holding company by its subsidiaries to allow the holding company to comply with the Listing Requirements. The High Court’s decision is reported at Lo Man Heng v Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [2017] 8 CLJ 596 which was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

• Successfully acted as junior counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in resisting a judicial review application filed by the liquidator of a public listed company premised, among others, on the grounds that a public listed company  must be immediately delisted upon winding-up. The Federal Court overturned the decision of both the Court of Appeal and High Court and conclusively set out the principles of interpretation to be applied to the Listing Requirements. The Federal Court’s decision is reported at Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad v Mohd Afrizan Bin Husain [2022] 3 MLJ 450.

• Successfully acted as co-counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in committal proceedings filed against the former directors of a public listed company for their failure to make restitution of monies which had been wrongfully paid out by said directors from the company’s resources. The Federal Court’s decision is reported at Tengku Dato’ Kamal Ibni Sultan Sir Abu Bakar & Ors v Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [2022] 3 MLJ 294.

• Successfully acted as junior counsel for Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in all tiers of the appellate courts in resisting judicial review proceedings filed by a public listed company and its’ directors which dealt with the issue of disclosure of corporate developments which caused the company to experience unusual market activity. The High Court’s decision is reported at Can-One Berhad & Ors v Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad [2013] MLJU 1640.

• Successfully acted as counsel at the Court of Appeal for Pertubuhan Keselamatan Social in resisting an appeal brought against the dismissal of a challenge against a decision of the Social Security Appellate Board.

• Acted as co-counsel for purchasers of units in a development project in Selangor in successfully opposing the creditors’ voluntary winding-up, and judicial management of the developer.

• Acted as counsel, at the Court of Appeal and Federal Court, for a creditor in challenging the sanction order granted in respect of a scheme of arrangement on the grounds of non-disclosure of material facts, and material amendments made to the explanatory statement without prior disclosure to the creditors’.

• Successfully acted as counsel, in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, for a secured creditor in resisting a judicial management application brought by a public listed company. The High Court decision is reported at Re Scomi Group Bhd [2022] 7 MLJ 620 and dealt, for the first time, with the issue of whether a public listed company is precluded from applying for a judicial management order.

• Acting as counsel for a creditor in competing applications for the appointment of a private liquidator of a wound-up company.

• Successfully acted as counsel for a judgement creditor in proceedings brought against the directors of a wound-up company for fraudulent trading. The High Court’s decision is reported at Huatah Sdn Bhd v Yap Chee Kian & Ors [2020] 8 MLJ 98.

• Successfully acted as counsel for a judgment creditor in winding-up proceedings. This case is notable as it dealt with, among others, the issue of whether a winding-up petition could be defeated because the judgment debtor had an existing counterclaim against the judgment debtor, and whether public interest was a ground to defeat a winding-up petition. The High Court’s decision is reported at Midflex Advisory Sdn Bhd v Alamrio Properties Sdn Bhd [2018] 1 LNS 1435.

• Successfully acted as counsel for a judgment creditor in successfully obtaining an order for leave to continue with assessment of damages which was heavily opposed by the liquidator on the basis, among others, that the determination on assessment of damages should be left exclusively to the liquidator. The High Court’s decision is reported at Re CMN International Sdn Bhd (In Liquidation) [2020] MLJU 2356.

• ​Successfully acted as junior counsel for the liquidator of a Malaysian company in a review application filed before the Federal Court premised on the argument that there was a quorum failure in light of the alleged unconstitutional appointment of the Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal. The Federal Court’s decision is reported at Yong Tshu Khin & Anor v Dahan Cipta Sdn Bhd & Anor and other appeals [2021] 1 MLJ 478.

• Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2012)
• Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple) (2011)
• LL.B (Hons), King’s College London (2010)
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

Chairman, Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2025/2026

• Honorary Secretary, Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2023/2024 & 2024/2025
• Co-Chairperson, Kuala Lumpur Bar Civil Practice and Court Liaison Committee 2021/2022 to 2024/2025
• Co-Chairperson, Kuala Lumpur Bar Technology Committee 2021/2022 to 2022/2023
• Deputy Chairperson, Bar Council’s Publications Committee 2024/2025 & 2025/2026
• Deputy Chairperson, Bar Council’s  Arbitration and Construction Law Arbitration Committee 2025/2026
• Deputy Chairperson, Bar Council’s Committee on Reform to Legal Sector
• Treasurer, Malaysian Inner Temple Alumni Association 2024/2025
• Committee Member, Malaysian Inner Temple Alumni Association 2021/2022 to 2023/2024
• Committee Member, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators 2024/2025
• Panel Member, Disciplinary Committee, Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board
• Trainer, Advocacy Training Course, Bar Council, Malaysia

• Co-Author of the Malaysian Litigation Series- Disclosure (2022 Edn)
• Contributing Editor to the Annotated Statues of Malaysia, Companies Act 2016
• Contributing Editor to the Annotated Statues of Malaysia, Limitation Act 1953, and Partnership Act 1961
• Contributing Editor to the Malaysian Court Practice (Trial Courts)
• Author, Malaysia Country Update, Asian Dispute Review, April 2018.
• Author, Caster Semenya: Penalised For The Way She Was Born – Where Does Mankind Stand [2020] 1 LNS(A) xcvii.
• Author, Pardon Me, I’m Going Home, Skrine’s Legal Insights, 4/2018; [2019] 1 LNS(A) xci.
• Author, Malaysia: A New Hope (And Some Legal Issues That Came With It), Skrine’s Legal Insights, 2/2018; [2019] 1 LNS(A) ci
• Author, The Coke Light of Injunctions, Skrine’s Legal Insights, 3/2016; [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxxviii.
• Author, Fraudsters Beware- Sinnaiyah & Sons Sdn Bhd v Damai Setia Sdn Bhd, Skrine’s Legal Insights, 4/2015; [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxxiii.
• Author, Bargaining in a Bazaar? – Tun Datuk Haji Mustapha v Tun Mohamed Adnan Robert & Anor, Skrine’s Legal Insights, 1/2015; [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxix.
• Author, He Had 99 Problems – Durkin v DSG Retail Ltd, Skrine’s Legal Insights, 2/2014; [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxvi.
• Author, Skrine e-Alert 2024: Strate Management: Operation of Car Park Facility – Tenancy or Licence?
• Author, Skrine e-Alert 2023: Related Party Creditors and 3^rd Party Creditors To Be Classified Differently In A Scheme Of Arrangement
• Author, Skrine e-Alert 2021: To be held Solvent or Insolvent: This is the Test.
• Author, Skrine e-Alert 2021: High Court: Public Listed Companies Cannot Apply For Judicial Management Under The Companies Act 2016.
• Author, Skrine e-Alert 2020: Insolvency Relief For Malaysian Companies
• Author, Skrine e-Alert 2020: Proposed interim reliefs for financially distressed companies and individuals.

• Panellist on SkrineCast: Litigation or Arbitration
• Moderator at Skrine Conference 2024: Fraudulent Fiduciaries – When Trust Is Betrayed
• Moderator for Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee Webinar: Trial Advocacy
• Speaker for Bar Council Seminar: Limited Liability Law Partnerships
• Speaker for Johor Bar Committee Webinar: Claims for LAD in the Time of Covid-19
• Speaker for Federation of Manufacturers Malaysia Webinar: Covid-19 Act: Impact on Manufacturers
• Speaker for AIAC Webinar: A Young Lawyer’s Wellbeing and Mental Health – The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic
• Speaker for Universiti Malaya Constitutional Team Webinar: Stop the Hop!: Is anti-hopping law the solution forward?
• Moderator for Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee Webinar: Anti-Hopping Laws or Recall Elections

• Listed as one of ALB Malaysia Rising Stars 2021
• Ranked as “Next Generation Partner” for Dispute Resolution – Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025