Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Banking and Insolvency

Partner

Medha is part of the Firm’s Banking & Insolvency Practice Group. She holds an LLB (Hons) from Queen Mary University of London. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2018 upon completing the Bar Professional Training Course at BPP University Manchester, before being admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.

Medha advises and represents financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, statutory bodies, and corporates across a broad spectrum of contentious banking, restructuring, and insolvency matters. Her practice encompasses corporate and personal insolvency, judicial management and winding-up proceedings, proof-of-debt and asset recovery disputes, and related advisory work. She regularly acts in complex, high-value insolvency disputes across multiple industries.

Beyond insolvency, Medha has vast experience in commercial and contractual disputes, including matters involving civil fraud, conspiracy, breaches of fiduciary and statutory duties by directors, shareholder disputes, and ancillary relief. She regularly appears before all tiers of the Malaysian courts and is also involved in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. Her work spans industries including banking and finance, aviation, plantations, construction, manufacturing, investment holdings, and statutory bodies, with matters frequently involving cross-border elements.

Medha is a contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell Asia) and has co-authored articles and client alerts for the Firm’s Banking & Insolvency and Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution practice groups. She holds the INSOL Foundation Certificate in International Insolvency Law and is an active member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Malaysia Network.

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LLB (Hons), Queen Mary University of London Bar Professional Training Course (BPP Law School) Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple)