Arbitration & Mediation
Our Arbitration & Mediation Practice Group delivers innovative, custom-made solutions to serve each client’s specific needs. Our lawyers are responsive, effective and strategic. We have decades of experience as well as the right resources with the depth and dedication to deal with disputes across all key industry sectors, both internationally and domestically. We advice in commercial and construction related disputes, and draw on legal talent from various practice groups to provide rounded solutions. We cover industry sectors like infrastructure, energy, engineering and construction, telecommunications, automotive, manufacturing, shipping and maritime.
Our lawyers are members of the world’s major arbitral institutions and have experience arbitrating in proceedings held under the KLRCA, SIAC, ICC, ICC-CMI and UNCITRAL rules, cementing our solid reputation as a leading international arbitration practice. We represent clients globally in markets ranging from London, Paris, New York, Geneva, Rome to Hong Kong and Singapore. Our competent team has contributed to and continues to play an important role in the development of arbitration in Malaysia and worldwide. Our partners sit as arbitrators through party appointed nominations as well as institutional appointments.
We support clients from the drafting of arbitration clauses, selecting the appropriate venue and process, advising on the appointment of arbitrators, representation at arbitration hearings and enforcement proceedings, and setting aside arbitral awards. We assist with applications to Courts for interim measures, recourse against awards as well as the recognition and enforcement of awards. We assist clients mediate disputes in cases where arbitration or litigation can prove costly or incompatible with the nature of the dispute and the relationships in place.
Key cases that showcase our strategic approach in this area:
- Represented the main contractor in an arbitration commenced by the subcontractor in a major electrified double track project.
- Represented the main contractor in an arbitration commenced by the developer in a mixed development that includes a premier shopping mall in the Klang Valley.
- Represented a leading manufacturer in disputes involving the development of a steel making plant.
- Represented a car manufacturer in disputes involving development agreements for digital electric vehicles.
- Represented an international mobile telecommunications company in a dispute with its digital software and technology service provider.
- Represented a joint venture company in disputes involving mining equipment.
- Arbitrated a dispute involving the right of a local authority to terminate a joint-venture and lease agreement in respect of an abandoned plaza project with a potential gross domestic value of over several billion ringgit.
- Acted in a shareholder dispute involving two leading telecommunications companies.
- Represented the subcontractor in an arbitration against the main contractor relating to the design and construction of a causeway bridge.
- Acted for a Malaysian shareholder in a RM100 million joint venture dispute with a Thai party.
- Acted in a dispute involving an agreement for the development of an integrated tourist resort.
- Acted in a shipbuilding dispute between a ship owner and shipyard.
- Acted in a dispute involving warranty claims for a car tracking system.
- Acted in disputes involving the supply of pharmaceutical products to the national pharmaceutical concessionaire of approved drugs and medical products to government hospitals and clinics.
- Represented a heavy vehicle assembler in a dispute with the parts and chassis supplier, over case relating to the renewal of a franchise.