Meng Fai Kee

Practice Areas

Construction & Engineering

Energy & Infrastructure

Arbitration

Adjudication

Mediation

Career

Meng Fai is a senior partner of Belden, specialising in construction, energy and infrastructure law. He has over 15 years’ experience in this specialist area, having practised in Singapore and Malaysia. Meng Fai appears regularly in international and domestic arbitrations as well as appellate courts of Malaysia.

Apart from dispute resolution, his practice includes drafting and advising on construction contracts, offering valuable guidance on project management for a wide range of infrastructure projects. This includes urban transport, high-value commercial developments, residential property development agreements and mixed-use projects encompassing Grade A corporate office towers, residential towers, and retail space with a gross development value (GDV) of RM800 million. Meng Fai leverages his legal expertise alongside a seasoned understanding of the industry to deliver solutions for his clients. He empowers his clients through training to strengthen their in-house legal and project management capabilities and ensure they remain resilient and adept within the industry.

Professional Memberships

Panel Arbitrator & Adjudicator, Asian International of Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, 2009

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIArb)

Experience

International arbitration involving a mining contractor relating to pricing arrangements for a Life of Mine project.

International arbitration between a mining contractor and its employer in a dispute arising out of inaccurate geotechnical information.

International arbitration on disputes relating to the design and construction of double tracking railway project.

Construction of the largest trade and exhibition centre in Malaysia.

Disputes in the construction of a coal-fired power station project.

Shutting down of a polycarbonate factory.

Design and construction of electric transmission towers and stringing.

Design and construction of oil storage terminal.

Disputes between a developer of a mixed master development in the heart of Kuala Lumpur and a Korean multinational contractor.

Disputes between a master builder and their subcontractors.

Disputes between a UK-based upstream oil and gas multinational and its contractor.

Disputes between a Chinese multinational contractor and its subcontractors.

Disputes between a master builder and a statutory board on the construction of the latter’s headquarters.

Languages Spoken

English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese