Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Corporate

Partner (Projects & Construction)

Internationally experienced and commercially astute projects/construction and corporate practitioner interested in getting the deal done

Steven has extensive experience both domestically and internationally in advising on major utility, energy, and infrastructure projects as well as corporate transactions. In addition to Malaysia, he was previously resident in Singapore and the Middle East where he was attached to international law firms. He now leads our front-end Projects & Construction practice.

Projects/Construction

Steven has worked on, amongst others, independent water and/or power projects as well as projects in the transport, oil & gas, metals and real estate sectors in Southeast Asia and the Gulf. He has acted for sponsors, governments, contractors, lenders, and other stakeholders in relation to greenfield project development as well as the sale or acquisition of existing project assets or companies, whether on a negotiated or competitive bid basis. He is also an adviser to clients in the construction industry. He regularly counsels developers, contractors, consultants and suppliers on major construction and engineering and other service agreements. He is well versed with the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) suite of contracts used in various guises in international transactions.

M&A/Corporate

Throughout two decades of practice, Steven has maintained active corporate practice, particularly in the field of mergers and acquisitions, including private equity transactions. He has advised on, amongst other things, share sale agreements, asset purchase agreements, joint venture or shareholders’ agreements, land development contracts and hotel contracts, often in relation to cross-border transactions.

Steven has been ranked as a “Leading Partner” for Projects and Energy by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025. He was also recently ranked “Band 2” in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy, and ranked “Band 3” in Construction by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025. He was ranked as “Highly Regarded” in the IFLR1000 2024 lawyer rankings and acknowledged as a “Distinguished Practitioner” by asialaw 2024. Steven has also been recently recognised in the A-List – Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers 2024 by the Asia Business Law Journal.

English, Malay.

LLB (Hons), University of Melbourne LLM, King’s College London Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales

Tennis, Reading (politics, history, etc.)