Mr Mun Yew Chan > Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia > Lawyer Profile

Mr Mun Yew Chan

Work Department

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL DISPUTES, TMT

Position

Partner

Career

Mun Yew is a passionate litigator in the firm’s leading Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution, and the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practice group.

His background in commercial litigation spans across a wide range of contractual and tortious disputes, including those involving economic torts, defamation, negligence, breach of confidence, trespass to goods / property, misrepresentation, breach of exclusivity and sale of goods & services. He brings valuable counsel and representation to both local and foreign corporations and individuals embroiled in heavily contested commercial conflicts.

Mun Yew also has notable experience in handling complex corporate and shareholders’ disputes encompassing, among others, claims for oppression, breach of directors’ duties, corporate fraud, and derivative actions etc. His expertise in corporate transactions and company management affairs ensures comprehensive and effective resolution strategies for clients.

In the dynamic realm of Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), LHAG stands as a trailblazer, boasting one of the few major law firms with a dedicated team specializing in TMT disputes.

On that note, Mun Yew has dealt extensively with various technical and high value TMT disputes. He is regularly engaged by reputable industry players to assist them on matters concerning provision of telecommunication and network services, IT services, construction and implementation of network facilities and infrastructure; broadcasting and sponsorship agreements; procurement of hardware & software; and other IT/Telco-related agreements.

Apart from TMT disputes, Mun Yew is also regularly engaged by notable TMT players to assist them on regulatory and compliance matters concerning the Communications & Multimedia Act 1998, mandatory standards, directions, and determination, issued by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Being an active litigator, Mun Yew has secured favourable outcomes for his clients as the lead and co-counsel at all levels of Malaysian courts (as reported in the law journals) and in arbitration.

Mun Yew was recently recommended in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024.

He is also a co-author and contributor of two very authoritative legal textbooks, which are often cited by legal practitioners and referred to in the industry: (a) Annotated Statutes of Malaysia – Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 – by Lexis Nexis; and (b) Malaysian Civil Procedure 2021 – by Sweet & Maxwell.

Mun Yew read law at Cardiff University, Wales, and is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. He was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2015. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2016.

Languages

English, Malay, Mandarin

Education

• LLB (Hons), Cardiff University
• BPTC, Cardiff University
• Barrister-at-law (Lincoln’s Inn)