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ABOUT WEI YING

WEI YING, a distinguished alumna, graduated with First Class Honours from Cardiff University, United Kingdom. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Middle Temple in 2018 and subsequently admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2019, following a comprehensive nine-month pupillage at a leading law firm in Malaysia.

Her primary areas of practice span civil, corporate, and commercial litigation, encompassing breach of director’s duties, company and shareholder disputes, debt recovery actions, and bankruptcy. Wei Ying is also well-versed in handling immigration and citizenship matters.

Fluent in Mandarin, English, and Malay, Wei Ying is a versatile communicator. She holds a strong belief in giving back to society, with a particular emphasis on the transformative power of education. Actively participating as a volunteer, she has dedicated her time to teaching children in the rural areas of Sabah and Sarawak. Additionally, Wei Ying has contributed as a facilitator and speaker at motivational camps for high school students.

Beyond her legal pursuits, Wei Ying finds joy in exploring the world, particularly national parks. An occasional hiking enthusiast, she values spending quality time with friends in the great outdoors. Wei Ying’s diverse interests and commitment to community service reflect her well-rounded and socially responsible approach to both her professional and personal life.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION

    • Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya
    • Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple
    • Bar Professional Training Course
    • LLB (Hons), University of Cardiff

AREAS OF PRACTICE

    • Arbitration
    • Bankruptcy
    • Citizenship law
    • Contract law
    • Corporate & Commercial law
    • General litigation
    • Immigration Law
    • Land law
      – Tenancy & landlord disputes
    • Tort Law
    • Wills, Probate & Administration

SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF WORK

  • 1. Corporate and Commercial Litigation

    Part of a team that represented an international telecommunications company in court proceedings related to disputes arising from a strategic investment in a local telecommunications company where the claim sum is approximately USD 200 million and the trial spanned more than 25 days. Assisted the team in the trial preparation, settlement negotiations and at trial. Also assisted the court as a contemporaneous transcriber during the court proceedings, in respect of a witness who has reduced hearing ability due to old age.

  • 2. Arbitration Proceedings

    Part of a team that defended an arbitration action brought by the owner of a power plant against a multinational conglomerate for alleged negligence in the design, manufacture, supply and installation of a turbine. The matter was highly technical and involved understanding the workings of a turbine and perusing voluminous documents including engineer’s reports. Involvement includes the filing and responding to interlocutory applications in the arbitration proceedings such as discovery applications and a joinder application. The application to join third parties was successful and third parties were also joined to the arbitration proceedings.

  • 3. Arbitration Proceedings

    Part of a team that represented a foreign reinsurer company in an application filed at the High Court. This application was to set aside an arbitral award granted in the client’s favour and the filing of enforcement proceedings to enforce the arbitral award, in relation to a claim for an alleged breach of a reinsurance treaty. The application to set aside the arbitral award was successfully resisted at the High Court.

  • 4. Immigration Law

    Acted for 15 Indonesian crew members who were imprisoned and subsequently detained in Malaysia in relation to their deportation from Malaysia. Liaised with the Malaysian Prison Department, Immigration Detention Centre, Royal Malaysia Police, Indonesian Embassy and the courts as well as assisting in holding a watching brief for the crew members in an Anti-trafficking in Persons and Anti-smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 court proceedings brought against a third party. Successfully expedited their deportation process from Malaysia during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • 5. Corporate and Commercial Litigation

    Successfully applied for an Anton Piller Order and interim injunctions in relation to a suit for breach of contract, unlawful business interference and tort of conversion filed at the High Court.

  • 6. Corporate and Commercial Litigation

    Acted for a management company in relation to a recreational membership scheme under the Interest Schemes Act 2016. Experience includes the lodging the relevant prospectus with the Companies Commission of Malaysia on an annual basis, preparation of supplemental deed of trust, preparation of supplemental prospectus and submitting the same for registration and liaising with the trustees and statutory and regulatory body.

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