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Qualifications & associations:
- LL.B, University of London
- LL.M, BPP University of Birmingham, U.K.
- Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn
- Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (2021)
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Lee Sin Yee, Nicole, a Senior Associate of the firm, was called to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2019 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2021. She holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of London and Master of Laws degree (LL.M) with Distinction from BPP University of Birmingham, U.K.
Nicole is experienced in a wide array of general civil litigation and arbitration, with her practise focused primarily in the area of construction, corporate and commercial disputes. She is also experienced in corporate insolvency and recovery, winding-up proceedings and judicial management proceedings. Creative and solution-oriented, she strives to provide clients with the most pragmatic business solution.
Nicole has also obtained her Professional Diploma in International Arbitration and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIarb).
Areas of Practice
- Commercial and Contractual Disputes
- Corporate Insolvency and Recovery
- Shareholders Disputes
- Construction Disputes
- International and Domestic Arbitration
- General Civil Litigation
Team Members
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Representing a subsidiary of a Hong Kong public listed company against a subsidiary of a Malaysian public listed company and obtained an injunction in restraining the latter from encashing the monies under 2 bank guarantees amounting to approximately RM26 million. This matter went to the Court of Appeal which allowed for the injunction to subsist.
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Acting for a subsidiary of a Hong Kong public listed company in an arbitration involving a sum of approximately RM132 million.
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Representing creditors with a total debt of RM80 million in a judicial management proceedings.
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Acting for a subcontractor in a claim of approximately RM26.5 million against a GLC for the construction work done for a highway project.
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Representing subcontractors in a claim of approximately RM100 million (collectively) against a GLC for the construction work done for a highway project.
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Representing a Hong Kong public listed company, its subsidiaries, directors and other stakeholders against a foreign company and a foreign national in a complex corporate dispute of approximately RM180 million in respect of a large energy infrastructure project in Malaysia.