Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Dispute Resolution

Partner (Banking & Insolvency, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency).

Sean has a diverse and active dispute resolution practice in general civil and commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on banking and financial services litigation and corporate insolvency.

He focuses on banking and insolvency litigation, often acting for financial institutions, receivers and managers, judicial managers, and liquidators. He also acts extensively on civil and corporate matters, including contractual, tortious and trust disputes.

He has seen more than his fair share of heavily contentious matters litigated at all tiers of the Malaysian legal system. He is regularly ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific and other legal research directories as a notable practitioner.

Sean is ranked as a “Distinguished Practitioner” in Asialaw Profiles 2023/2024 in both Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency practices. He has also been recognised as a ranked lawyer for Dispute Resolution by the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 for the past 16 years. He was also a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 rankings.

English, Malay.

LLB (Hons), University of Sheffield Certificate in Legal Practice (Hons) Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya