Tuang Chu & Co is regularly referenced by industry peers for its niche expertise in both construction and dispute resolution work. The firm’s dispute resolution department has extensive experience in litigation, domestic and international arbitration, adjudication and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, representing prominent local companies as well as foreign corporations across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. The dispute resolution practice is led by partner Ryan Soon Wei Chu. Litigators Zhong Yan Lau and Chee Weng Leong are also key figures, joined recently in April 2023 by new partner Siaw Ching (Angelina) Kok from Yeo Chambers.
Work highlights
Represented Sindiyan and Sindiyan Agro Park in a heavily publicised suit filed in the Kota Bharu High Court involving native customary rights commenced by a group of aboriginal people located in Gua Musang, Kelantan against 14 other entities. This is one of the novel cases filed by a group of aboriginal people claiming their customary rights over a massive piece of land within the jurisdiction of Malaysia. The outcome of each interim application and the main action in this case carries material implications in law and for the public interest.
Successfully represented Global Wall (Malaysia) in obtaining an interim injunction order to restrain the calling of a RMR16 million ($3.4 million) counter-guarantee relating to a construction dispute against Samsung C&T Corporation UEM Construction JV. The injunction applications present a novel legal point about how counter guarantees and performance bonds should be interpreted – totally or in isolation. Malayan Banking argues security documents for project financing should be interpreted in isolation, while Global Wall (Malaysia) argues this would defeat the purpose of counter guarantees as security.
Key clients
BMG Global, Khoo Soon Lee Realty, Samaiden, Setara Jaya
