Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
lh-ag.comLawyers
Han Wey Wong
- Phone+60362085956
- Email[email protected]
- Profilelh-ag.com
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Han Wey, a key member of the Banking & Insolvency Practice Group of the Firm, read law at the University of Leeds. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2017 before being admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2018.
With a well-established robust practice focused on complex, high-value debt recovery and lender liability disputes, Han Wey has worked alongside practice head, Senior Partner Kumar Kanagasingam, regularly representing the nation’s leading financial institutions on landmark issues concerning Islamic finance, enforcement of securities, guarantees, and indemnities. His experience in dealing with financial disputes spans across a wide range of industries, including agriculture, telecommunications, renewable energy and property development.
Han Wey has appeared before all levels of the Malaysian courts, including the apex court, on diverse matters. He regularly advises clients on a range of insolvency matters including liquidation, receivership, personal insolvency, corporate restructuring and corporate rescue mechanisms. He is a member of the pilot cohort of INSOL Future Leaders Malaysia with INSOL International.
In addition to his primary focus, Han Wey maintains a diverse portfolio of litigation work, representing both private and public corporations on various types of contractual and commercial disputes. His experience also extends to advising and representing government-linked companies and statutory bodies in some of the nation’s largest fraud cases and disputes involving fiduciary breaches. This breadth of experience demonstrates his versatility and understanding of complex legal frameworks across both the private and public sectors.
Beyond his practice, Han Wey has contributed to several practitioners’ guides such as the Malaysian Civil Procedure (White Book) and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings. He has co-authored various articles published by the firm’s Banking and Insolvency Practice Group.