Our Team

Meet the lawyers who make up our firm


Owee Chia Ming


He is accessible, proactive, and detailed."

Benchmark Litigation 2021 Rankings


Owee spearheads our firm as Managing Partner.


With over 22 years of experience under his belt, he often acts in a wide variety of high value and complex corporate and commercial disputes. He has acted for public listed companies, multinational corporations, private companies and wealthy private individuals in disputes exceeding hundreds of millions in value.


His ability to strategise and think from all angles has also seen him in acting in several large civil and commercial fraud disputes including cross-border transfer and recovery of assets.


He has also been briefed to act as counsel in the superior courts of Malaysia.



Selected Experience:


. Acted as lead counsel for one of the largest architectural firms in Malaysia to resist a RM50 million conspiracy  and breach of contract claim


. Acted as lead counsel for a joint liquidator in a post winding-up dispute as to the realisation of properties worth in excess of RM30 million


. Acted as co-counsel in a mega conspiracy claim over the shareholding of several companies valued at up to RM158 million


. Acted as co-counsel for a public listed company in successfully resisting a minority oppression claim against the company over the events of the company's virtual annual general meeting


. Acted as lead counsel in opposing a RM9 million claim over a private contract seeking to influence the tender of a high value government project 


. Acted as co-counsel in a complex post winding-up dispute over the distribution of surplus assets in several companies including a wound-up public company amounting to hundreds of millions in value




Here are some of the cases our team has been involved in recently


. Pan Choon Weng v Mexvin Chow Yew Hoong & Ors [2022] MLJU 2357

. Tan Kim Chuan v Tan Kim Tian & Ors [2022] 6 MLJ 888

. Safari Alliance Sdn Bhd v Tan Lee Chin & Ors [2022] 7 MLJ 27

. Zheng Yi Trading v Sing Lian Sdn Bhd & Ors [2022] MLJU 377

. Golden Plus Holdings Bhd v Eng Hup Tat & Ors [2022] 8 MLJ 879

. Sri Astaka Sdn Bhd v Chong Le Chin [2021] MLJU 2253

. Ko Kim Hwa & Anor v Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd & Ors [2021] MLJU 2047

. Khee San Bhd & Anor v OCBC Al-Amin Bank Bhd [2021] MLJU 987

. Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd v Khee San Food Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor [2021] 12 MLJ 78

 Taz Logistics Sdn Bhd v Taz Metals Sdn Bhd & Ors  [2020] 10 MLJ 791

. Tan Kim Tian v Tan Kim Chuan & Anor [2020] MLJU 86

. Impresive Circuit Sdn Bhd v Setia Haruman Sdn Bhd & Ors [2019] MLJU 1862

. Yam Sau Wah v Superboom Projects Sdn Bhd [2019] MLJU 302

. Goh Bak Ming v Yeoh Eng Kong [2019] 1 CLJ 461

 

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