Kelvin Seah Khye Jie > Lim Chee Wee Partnership > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile

Kelvin is a commercial litigator and his work focuses on commercial and corporate disputes, estate disputes, fraud and asset recovery, and regulatory enforcement.

He has advised and acted for directors of a public company in resolving boardroom tussles where the majority shareholders were pressing for immediate removal. He has also advised and acted in proceedings involving recovery of vacant possession, fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duties by company directors, and recovery of company funds and assets misappropriated by wrongdoers.

He has advised and acted for a beneficiary in probate disputes over multiple jurisdictions, including recovering of assets belonging to the estate. He regularly works with various leading law firms based in Hong Kong, China, the British Virgin Islands and Malaysia.

His fraud and asset recovery experience includes obtaining urgent injunctions, executing an Anton Piller search Order and a Mareva freezing injunction, and liaising with enforcement agencies such as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Inland Revenue Board.

Kelvin graduated from Cardiff University and was awarded the Legal Profession Qualifying Board’s Award for Civil Procedure in the year 2017. He did his pupillage and practiced in the dispute resolution team of one of the largest and leading law firms in Malaysia. He joined Lim Chee Wee Partnership when the firm was established.