Rahmat Lim & Partners is recognized for its commercial, construction, labour and employment, and shipping disputes work. It has a thriving international arbitration and adjudication practice stocked with experienced partners who have multi-jurisdictional qualifications.
Litigation head Jack Yow, and international arbitration and projects head Yee Leong Chong helm a team of focused partners that includes Allen Choong, Boon Leong Chong, Daphne Koo, Kamilah Kasim and Yeow Han Yap.
In commercial and transactions, the firm successfully acted for GrabCar in defending a $22.6 million claim brought by the Malaysian Association of Taxi, Rental Car, Limousine and Airport Taxi for breach of the Road Transport Act 1987. In another dispute, the firm acted for the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Singapore in opposing an application by AmGeneral Insurance to set aside the registration of a judgment obtained in Singapore and registered in Malaysia under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958.
In the competition/antitrust sphere, the firm is assisting Langkawi Auto Express (LAE) and Langkawi Ferry Services (LFS) in appealing the final decision by the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) to the Competition Appeal Tribunal of Malaysia. The MyCC found LAE and LFS, among other parties, to have entered price-fixing arrangements in the market for the transportation of vehicles via roll-on, roll-off vessels. The matter is currently pending the issuance of decision by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
A construction-related matter had the firm act for a Dubai-based construction company in an application for recognition of an arbitral award issued by a Stockholm-seated arbitral tribunal constituted under the Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce against a major subsidiary of a Malaysian-listed company. This case resulted in the first reported decision on the interpretation of the words “‘not yet binding” under the Arbitration Act 2005 in the context of a foreign arbitral award.
The firm promoted Penny Wong to partner in January 2022. The head of the firm’s competition/antitrust team Chin Shiung (Raymond) Yong retired in September 2022.
Notable litigation clients include CECA Gold, CIMB Bank, City of London Investment Management Company, Karun Klasik, Pesat Bumi, Sapura Energy and Vision Pines.
