The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a third tier firm,

Heavily focused on contentious work, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill utilises its strong links in the finance world to defend banking groups against claims. Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi made several successful representations, including at appeal. The practice also acted for Maybank on a $26m loan facility to an Indonesian energy corporation. Tay Weng Hwee leads on debt financing matters.

Within Corporate and M&A, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a third tier firm,

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s team provides ‘professional advice aimed at a commercial and practical solution’. Practice head Ng Leong Huat has experience representing domestic clients in cross-border matters and on government-related project work. Recent mandates include acting on M&A deals for real estate or construction sector clients, such as Consistent Record’s RM505m takeover of General Corporation. Tay Weng Hwee represents clients such as IJM Land and SapuraCrest Petroleum. Iain Sedgley left the firm to set up Sedgley & Co.

Within Dispute resolution, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a first tier firm,

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s disputes team, which is headed by Lambert Rasa-Ratnam, has strength in depth and expertise across a wide number of areas. Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi and Sean Yeow Huang-Meng focus on banking and insolvency cases; Rosli Dahlan leads on corporate disputes and counts a national airline and an international tobacco company among his clients; and SM Shanmugam successfully represented defendants in certain High Court shareholder disputes. In the industrial relations and employment space, Lim Heng Seng represents several major banking clients and Thavalingam Thavarajah recently successfully defended CIMB Bank and Malaysian Airline System.

Within IT and telecoms, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a third tier firm,

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s IT and telecoms practice was bolstered by the return of Adlin Abdul Majid from a stint working for MSC Malaysia, a government agency focused on promoting the IT and communications technology industry. The firm’s dispute resolution team handles numerous related contentious matters.

Within Intellectual property, tier 4

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s clients include multinationals and leading domestic companies. Bahari Yeow Tien Hong specialises in IP disputes.

Within Islamic finance, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a second tier firm,

Well connected to the banking world, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is building a presence in Islamic finance following the hire of new practice head Megat Hizaini Hassan from Zaid Ibrahim & Co in 2011. Hassan led advice to the Malaysian government on its $2bn sovereign bond issuance.

Within Projects and energy, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a second tier firm,

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill suffered the departure of its former corporate head and projects expert Iain Sedgley, who 
left to set up his own firm. The remaining corporate team remains active, with Ng 
Leong Huat advising SapuraCrest on 
developing the first marginal oil and gas field, while Tay Weng Hwee leads on project financing and recently acted for a lender on an RM119m Islamic facility for a university campus development.

Within Real estate and construction, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a second tier firm,

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s broad dispute resolution team includes specialists in property, land and construction cases, while the firm also advises on real estate transactions. Rosli Dahlan represented YTL Land & Development in reaching a settlement with the state government of Perak. Nitin Nadkarni focuses on contentious construction matters.

Within Tax, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is a first tier firm,

Led by the well-respected and senior figure D P Naban, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill’s taxation practice provides advisory and dispute resolution services for businesses and private clients. This includes acting for local and multinational corporations on Inland Revenue appeals; advising on restructuring; and appearing in benchmark litigation. The team, which includes senior associate Saravana Kumar, has recently achieved a sizeable volume of wins in tax disputes.