Gan Partnership

Number of Partners: 8

Number of Lawyers: 21

Languages: English, Malay, Mandarin (other Chinese Dialects)

Firm Overview: Clients faced with complex and difficult cases look to Gan Partnership. Known for its solid strength in dispute resolution, this internationally recognized law firm provides clients with an arsenal ranging from senior counsel with over 25 years’ experience before all levels of courts to aggressive junior and modern litigators. With the wide access to a network of eminent international and local technical consultants and experts, the resourceful and multilingual team provides comprehensive and innovative solution to its clients spanning across various industries.

Practice Areas:

• Arbitration
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption
• Antitrust & Competition
• Banking & Finance
• Boardroom Risk & Reputation
• Construction, Engineering, Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
• Corporate Governance & Compliance / M&A
• Corporate Litigation & Risk Management
• Crisis Management
• Cyber Security
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment & Industrial Relations
• Energy & Resources
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Intellectual Property
• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Regulatory & Compliance
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Sports
• Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)

Notable Transactions:

Arbitration

■ Acted before the apex court in a challenge against an arbitration award concerning novel constitutional and jurisdictional issues

■ Acted for an international conglomerate in an international arbitration against a foreign equity fund

■ Acted for the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) including the first reported constitutional challenge on statutory adjudication

■ Acted in a multi-million dollar arbitration in AIAC (including subsequent recovering proceedings in the Commercial Court of Nanterre, France) arising from the collapse of an offshore crane

■ Acted in an international arbitration against a Chinese conglomerate in a construction dispute

■ Acted in the apex court on significant legal points concerning limitation periods in arbitration

Lead Partners: Foo Joon Liang, Gan Khong Aik, Tan Min Lee

Construction, Projects, Infrastructure & Energy

■ Acted in a series of disputes arising from a bridge collapse in Malaysia involving leading engineering experts from Europe and Asia

■ Acted in a state commission inquiry for a highly-publicised hill slope failure

■ Acted in the appellate courts in a dispute involving the interplay between insolvency laws and a direct payment provision of the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) resulting in a landmark decision in the construction dispute resolution industry

■ Acted in the oft-cited landmark decision of the apex court on jurisdictional issues concerning CIPAA

Lead Partners: Foo Joon Liang, Tan Min Lee

Employment & Industrial Relations

■ Acted for local and foreign employer-companies in a board range of employment and industrial relations disputes and advisory

■ Advised on the employee’s code of conduct in light of the newly enforced corporate corruption liability

■ Involved in an appeal leading to a significant decision relating to the computation of benefits in an unlawful dismissal action

Lead Partner: Gan Khong Aik

Insurance

■ Advised Insurers and Reinsurers on a wide range of issues relating to insurance policy, claims, and disputes

Lead Partner: Gan Khong Aik

Corporate Litigation & Risk Management

■ Acted in a RM1.3 billion dispute over a corporate sale deal, which spans Malaysia and Singapore

■ Acted in an action arising from a deadlock in a family-run company which tested the new company law regime

■ Acted in multiple actions arising from the complex disputes between directors and shareholders of a company operating in the nature of a quasipartnership

Lead Partners: Gan Khong Aik, Foo Joon Liang