Vin & Isaac Lee is a full service boutique firm that was established in 2013. Its disputes offering focuses on construction and white-collar crime matters and is staffed by one partner and three associates. For construction mandates, the team regularly represent clients in adjudication under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act, arbitration and in the Malaysian civil courts. Its white-collar crime practice is gaining traction and the team has acted for clients on fraud allegations, cheating and conspiracies involving publicly-listed companies and government-linked companies.
Construction specialist and partner Kelvin Ng is a key contact at the firm for disputes matters.
A sampling of the firm’s recent highlights includes acting for S Quarry, a contractor of a project known as the Desaru Resort, against the owners for unlawful termination of a rock extraction contract. The High Court found in favour of the landowners. This decision was subsequently reversed by the Court of Appeal who found in favour of the firm’s client and awarded them damages.
In ongoing cases, the team defended a group of companies in an action relating to a conspiracy to defraud and cheating for an alleged multi-million dollar sum. The team also represented a former director of Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia against a High Court action filed by his former employer over claims of fraud and conspiracy to defraud the company.
The remaining clients that instructed the firm during the research period are confidential.
