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Nicholas  Yap Chun Yew

Nicholas Yap Chun Yew

Daniel & Wong, Malaysia

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Senior Legal Associate

Career

Nicholas’s practice focuses on civil, corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on corporate / shareholder dispute, fraud & asset recovery, defamation and contentious probate dispute.

Nicholas holds an LL.B (Hons) degree from the University of London and obtained a Certificate in Legal Practice in 2019. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2021.

Notably, in the field of asset recovery, he assisted in obtaining a Mareva Injunction, Proprietary Injunction and Ancillary Disclosure in a matter involving imposters who claimed to be associated with one of the world’s largest glove manufacturers during the height of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. As regards corporate disputes, Nicholas recently assisted a company’s board of directors in declaring that notices to convene an extraordinary general meeting in a well-known investment holding company, aimed at effectively forcing a backdoor winding up, were invalid as well as consequential injunctive relief to prohibit the requisitions from convening the said meeting.

Languages

English, Malay (Bahasa Malaysia), Mandarin, Cantonese

Memberships

Malaysian Bar, Kuala Lumpur Bar Member

Education

Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (2021); CLP (2019); LL.B. (Hons) University of London

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