• Acted as co-counsel for a foreign bank in bringing the first-ever oppression action brought by a debenture holder: see The Bank of Nova Scotia Bhd & Anor v Lion DRI Sdn Bhd & Ors [2021] 2 CLJ 400.

• Acted as lead counsel in successfully resisting an injunction to restrain a company from holding an extraordinary general meeting in a shareholder dispute with assets at stake of more than RM300 million.

• Advised and acted for shareholders in Malaysian and Singaporean companies in a successful private mediation for settlement of legal actions in Malaysia and Singapore, where the assets involved spanned multiple jurisdictions with a total value of more than RM350 million.

• Advised and acted for a group of shareholders in a successful private mediation in Singapore under the rules of the Singapore International Mediation Centre, where the assets were valued at SGD68 million.

• Advised and acted for shareholders in a group of companies in a capital reduction process involving distribution in specie of assets valued at RM123 million.

• Acted as counsel for Prestariang SKIN Sdn Bhd, the subsidiary of the public-listed Prestariang Group Bhd, in its scheme of arrangement. Successfully obtained sanction of the scheme from the High Court.

• Acted as counsel for two subsidiaries of the Singapore-listed Hatten Land Ltd in its schemes of arrangement and secured restraining orders. One of the schemes has already been sanctioned by the High Court.

• Acted for the judicial manager of three subsidiaries of a public-listed oil and gas company.

• Acting as co-counsel for Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary within the Boustead Group, in its ongoing scheme of arrangement. Successfully applied for a restraining order and extensions of the restraining order.

• Acting for three Malaysian entities in the group of companies of a Singapore-listed holding company in a scheme of arrangement moving in tandem with a Singapore scheme of arrangement for the Singapore entities of the group. Successfully obtained restraining orders from the High Court.

• Acted as co-counsel for a scheme creditor to successfully set aside the grant of a restraining order obtained by a public-listed oil and gas company and its subsidiary. The decision clarified for the first time the pre-conditions that must be met under the Companies Act 2016 for a restraining order: see Barakah Offshore Petroleum Berhad & Anor v Mersing Construction & Engineering Sdn Bhd & Ors [2019] 3 AMR 673.

• Acted as co-counsel for the liquidator in the first reported case of liquidation of an interest scheme under the Interest Schemes Act 2016.

• Advised and acted for the receivers and managers in the receivership of two telecommunications companies servicing the whole of Negeri Sembilan.

• Advised various parties on insolvency and restructuring mechanisms and solutions, including schemes of arrangement and judicial management procedures.

• Acted as co-counsel in relation to an application under section 42 of the Arbitration Act 2005 to successfully set aside an arbitration award of approximately RM10 million.

• Acting as co-counsel for the claimant in arbitration proceedings for losses against the Government of Malaysia of approximately RM140 million in relation to a information and communications technology contract.

• Acted as junior counsel in a successful appeal in the Court of Appeal, against the respondent purchasers of commercial properties. The matter involved issues of limitation, misrepresentation and exemption clauses: see Bounty Dynamics Sdn Bhd (Formerly Known As Media Development Sdn Bhd) v Chow Tat Ming & 175 Ors [2016] 1 MLJ 507).

• Acted as co-counsel for a subsidiary of Deleum Berhad, a public listed company, in its fraud litigation involving the employees of the subsidiary, suppliers and employees of a customer. Successfully obtained delivery up and freezing orders against the defendants.

• Acted as co-counsel for a subsidiary of a foreign public-listed company in a fraud dispute for the recovery of monies of more than RM170 million.

• Acted as counsel and co-counsel to obtain a wide range of interlocutory applications including freezing orders, search orders, and discovery orders.

• Advised parties in various fraud disputes as to investigation and litigation strategy.

• Acted as junior counsel for the Securities Commission in a series of judicial review applications filed by an audit firm and its partner. Successfully opposed leave for judicial review in relation to inquiry proceedings of the Securities Commission: see Lee Kok Wai v Securities Commission Malaysia [2015] 4 CLJ 260.

• Acted as junior counsel in a successful appeal in the Court of Appeal to strike out a claim filed by an audit firm and its partners seeking relief under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010.

• Acted for Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission in various enforcement proceedings.

Qualifications

• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2014)

• Barrister-at-Law (Gray’s Inn) (2013)

• LL.B. (First Class Honours), University of Leeds (2012)

Professional Affiliations

• Founding committee member of the Thought Leaders 4 NextGen FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement) Community.

Presented the following talks:

• Fraud Litigation Cases: Year in Review 2021, KL Bar, 2021.

• Restructuring and Insolvency: Year In Review 2021, KL Bar, 2021.

• Talk on “Rescue Options for Businesses in a Time of Corona” at the Fire Starters: Hot Topics in the New World Order event, 2020.

• Talk to PricewaterhouseCoopers on “Recent cases on corporate insolvency and restructuring”, 2020.

• Talk to the Kuala Lumpur Bar, “Distressed Companies: Receivership, Schemes of Arrangement and Corporate Rescue”, 2019.

• Talk to the Kuala Lumpur Bar, “How to Slay a Dragon – Shareholder Remedies Under the Companies Act 2016: Winding Up, Oppression and Derivative Action”, 2017.