Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill has conventional and Islamic finance specialists who advise on a full range of banking and finance matters.  The firm is regarded for its “familiarity with Shariah principles and reliability to convince the Shariah Committee to endorse Islamic legal docs,” says one client. Weng Hwee Tay leads the team and is involved in debt restructuring and mezzanine financings on behalf of foreign funds and banks. The firm’s client list features impressive international financial institutions, such as HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ and Deutsche Bank.

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is widely recognised for its offer of a full package of competition advice and compliance programmes. “Their service is prompt, reasonable, accommodative and proactive,” says one client. Adlin Abdul Majid is known for her expertise in regulatory matters. She advised a multinational company on competition law compliance training.

Apart from transaction matters, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is also strong in construction disputes. Ong Eu Jin advised Axis Real Estate Investment Trust on a unit split exercise and the subsequent due diligence report. Dato’ Nitin Nadkarni advised MTD ACPI Engineering in its claim against Gerbang Perdana for the compensation received by it. The case was valued at RM21.6 million.

“Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is the litigation powerhouse in the country,” says one competitor. “It is prompt, reasonable, accommodative and proactive,” adds a client. The firm is a preferred choice for foreign clients. Lambert Rasa-Ratnam heads the dispute resolution team and is recognised as one of the leading figures in this area in Malaysia.

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is recognised as one of the top three firms for labour and employment by its peers. Lim Heng Seng advised the British International School of Kuala Lumpur on a judicial review application to quash the Minister of Human Resources’ decision to refer a former teacher’s representation to the Industrial Court for adjudication. Lim also defended Universiti Utara Malaysia against an employee’s claim for a declaration that he held the position of senior lecturer.

Peers regard Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill as the market leader for restructuring and insolvency in Malaysia. The firm is actively involved in high value, high stakes cases on behalf of banks, receivers or managers. Its banking and insolvency disputes team specialises in bankers’ liability cases and defending banks in forgery and fraud cases. Andrew Chiew is advising a bank on a multi-million debt restructuring arrangement.

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill has one of the largest tax teams in Malaysia and handles many appeals. DP Naban and Saravana Kumar advised Tenaga Nasional on one of the biggest litigations in Malaysia in 2016 amounting to RM20 billion. The team also won two appeals for Petronas Group in 2016.