Lim Kee Wai-UAT

LIM KEE WAI

Partner

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

BIOGRAPHY

Kee Wai is a litigation lawyer.

Prior to joining Gan, Lee & Tan (GLT Law), Kee Wai was the founder of Kee Wai & Associates, a boutique law firm specialising in dispute resolution matters. After his admission as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in August 2010, Kee Wai served as an associate at Raja, Darryl & Loh and senior associate at Thomas Philip.

Kee Wai’s core practice area includes corporate & commercial litigation (e.g. shareholder disputes, breach of directors’ duties, corporate insolvency and etc.), employment and labour related disputes, and strata management disputes.

QUALIFICATIONS

LL.B (Hons) University of London, Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP)
  • Shareholders’ disputes and oppression claims
  • Directors’ disputes
  • Labour and employment disputes
  • Strata management disputes
  • Breach of contract and claim for damages
  • Construction and infrastructure disputes
  • Pre-emptive preservation orders
  • Injunctions and declaratory orders
  • Probate and administration of estates
  • Arbitration
  • Corporate and commercial litigation
  • Adjudication
  • Mediation
  • Debt recovery and execution proceedings
  • Bankruptcy, liquidation, insolvency
  • Defamation
  • Acted as co-counsel in a corporate recovery claim against a director of a water treatment company for misuse of funds in the sum of RM14 Million.
  • Acted as co-counsel in a corporate recovery claim to recover property belonging to a wound up company (in the value of RM4.5 Million) fraudulently transferred to a third party.
  • Acted as counsel for a Malaysian cleaning company in a claim against a director for breach of directors’ duties involving more than RM2 Million.
  • Acted as counsel in respect of corporate insolvency matters involving a public listed steel company and its group of companies.
  • Acted as counsel on behalf of a group of shareholders in an internal dispute involving an agriculture company.
  • Acted as counsel in various debt recovery claims for a major dolomite mining company in Malaysia.
  • Acted as co-counsel in civil litigation matters surrounding the Port Klang Free Zone Project.
  • Acted as co-counsel on behalf of minority shareholders in respect of a shareholder dispute involving a group of companies based in palm oil plantation.
  • Acted as counsel for a property developer in resisting an unfair dismissal claim in the Industrial Court.
  • Acted as counsel on behalf of a construction company in a claim for professional negligence against a Malaysian legal firm.
  • Acted as co-counsel for an international brand chain hotel in resisting a claim in contract and tort involving RM1.5 Million.
  • Acted as counsel for various joint management body/management corporation and property management companies in strata management related issues.
  • Acted as counsel for a multi-national junket company in respect of its corporate and regulatory practices.
  • Acted as counsel for a group of purchasers in a class action claim against a property developer involving a breach of a guaranteed rental return scheme.
  • Acted as counsel for various companies in respect of claims arising from the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012.

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