Ooi & Ooi provides specialist dispute resolution services to both domestic and regional clients. The boutique firm handles an array of contentious matters, including contractual disputes for businesses, shareholder claims, and banking litigation. The firm’s dispute resolution experts also advise on construction, infrastructure and real-estate disagreements encompassing contractual breaches, defects, non-payment, and project delays. Ooi & Ooi is led by partners Nicholas Ooi and Natalie Ooi, who have extensive experience litigating high-value and complex commercial disputes.
Work highlights
Successfully resolved a decade-long dispute for a residents' association and 31 property owners against developers over water infrastructure issues, resulting in a RM2.8 million ($0.66 million) settlement. The case involved multiple legal victories, including contempt proceedings resulting in RM270,000 in fines and a RM1.75 million mandatory injunction. The resolution enabled residents to obtain individual water meters and access residential rates, and secured the handover of infrastructure to AIRSEL. The landmark case, which produced three reported decisions, recovered RM1.3 million in outstanding water charges and established important precedents in Malaysian property law.
Representing BL Agro, an organic vegetable operator, in a high-profile civil litigation concerning the Batang Kali landslide tragedy that claimed 31 lives and left 61 survivors. The ongoing case, valued at minimum RM1 million, involves multiple defendants including the landowner, Selangor State Government and various government agencies. As one of Malaysia's most significant natural disaster litigations since the Highland Towers collapse, this landmark case will shape future legal interpretations of disaster liability, agricultural regulation and public safety standards across Southeast Asia.
Representing a high-net-worth individual in an ongoing negligence and misrepresentation claim against OCBC Bank (Malaysia) regarding the sale of a complex structured derivative investment product that resulted in a total loss of RM1 million in 2022. The case centres on alleged breaches of duty of care and failure to disclose material information, particularly concerning internal age-based restrictions for high-risk products. Following trial completion in November 2024, the pending judgment is expected to set important precedents for banking advisory standards across Malaysian financial markets.
Key clients
BCB, Homegrown Development, Pengurusan Air Selangor
