Soh Lip Shan

Associate

Lip Shan is a litigator whose practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation and extends to corporate litigation, shareholders disputes, fraud and asset recovery, and restructuring and insolvency.

She has been involved in a broad spectrum of civil litigation cases, such as opposing contractual claims in the commercial sector, pursuing and defending against claims of conspiracy to injure, obtaining restraining injunctions, securing orders for the sale of properties and defending clients in defamation suits.

Her experience in corporate litigation and shareholder disputes includes securing judgments against directors for breaches of fiduciary duties and representing shareholders in oppression suits.

In the realm of fraud and asset recovery, Lip Shan has advised companies on financial fraud issues and successfully represented clients who were victims of scams.

She graduated from University of Malaya in 2020, where she was awarded the Chief Justice Prize for achieving the highest GPA in her final year.

Key Practice Areas
Civil and Commercial Litigation
  • Acted as junior counsel in opposing a claim brought by a public listed financial services company against a subsidiary of another public listed company and its director, resulting in a reduction of our clients’ exposure by over 90%: see Kenanga Investors Berhad v Impiana Sdn Bhd & Anor [2024] CLJU 627.
  • Acted as junior counsel where we successfully opposed an application for summary judgment exceeding RM21 million brought by a public listed financial services company against a subsidiary of another public listed company and its director.
  • Acted as junior counsel where we successfully obtained an interim restraining injunction pending arbitration before the HKIAC pertaining to a dispute over ownership of mixed metal scrap and/or copper chops: see Aeromet Group Limited v Alliance Industry Sdn Bhd [2022] MLRHU 1490.
  • Acted as junior counsel in representing a foreign corporation in claiming against both nationals and foreigners for conspiracy to injure through the wrongful detention of copper chops for ransom.
  • Acted as junior counsel in representing partners of a multi-disciplinary dispute resolution practice in, successfully: (a) terminating co-proprietorship of a property among the partners and a former partner; and (b) obtaining an Order to compel the sale of the property to the partnership: see Chu Chai Yin & Anor v Lim Mee Wan [2024] MLJU 1244.
  • Acted as junior counsel for a former Director of the AIAC in pursuing a defamation action premised on a poison pen letter: see Sundra Rajoo A/L Nadarajah v Leaderonomics Sdn Bhd & Anor [2024] 7 MLJ 223.
  • Acted as junior counsel in defending a defamation suit against a beneficial shareholder of an engineering consultancy.
  • Acted as junior counsel where we successfully opposed garnishee proceedings by a sub-sub-contractor against the main contractor.
Corporate Litigation and Shareholder Disputes
  • Acted as junior counsel to successfully enter summary judgment against the directors of a company for breach of fiduciary duties, statutory duties and duties of fidelity by: (a) stifling the company’s claim in Court against its landlord; and (b) facilitating the winding up of the company by a related entity of the landlord.
  • Acted as junior counsel in representing a shareholder cum director in initiating an oppression action against the majority shareholder and managing director.
Fraud and Asset Recovery
  • Acting as junior counsel in advising a company on issues related to financial fraud through the manipulation of company records and misappropriation of inventory.
  • Acted as junior counsel where we represented an employee of a public university in defending against claims of fraud and conspiracy to injure in the course of his employment.
  • Acted as junior counsel where we successfully obtained an Order in favour of an individual client who fell victim to the infamous ‘agarwood scam’.
Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Acted as junior counsel in successfully setting aside an Order to wind up and appoint a liquidator over a company, establishing that the winding-up petition was filed for collateral purposes and therefore constituting an abuse of process: see Le Apple Boutique Hotel Sdn Bhd v Keen Solution Sdn Bhd [2023] 6 MLJ 454. Then, was also successful in opposing the application for leave to appeal to the Federal Court: see Keen Solution Sdn Bhd v Le Apple Boutique Hotel (KLCC) Sdn Bhd [2023] CLJU(O) 21.
  • Acted as junior counsel to successfully oppose an application to stay the Court of Appeal Order setting aside a winding-up order on the basis that such a stay has an effect of reverting to the status quo ante instead of preserving the status quo.
    Qualifications and Professional Affiliations
    • Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2021)
    • LL.B. (Hons), University of Malaya (2020)
    Publications and Talks

    Publications

    • ‘How to Identify Insiders and Intruders Disguising as Investors in the Assignment of Investments’ [2022] 71(2) International & Comparative Law Quarterly 357 (Cambridge University Press)