Gan Partnership

Dispute resolutionLabour and employment 

Partner

Mei Yee is active in corporate, civil and construction dispute resolution. She appears and assists in proceedings before the courts of Malaysia and in arbitration.

She focuses in handling boardroom and shareholder disputes. She has experience in litigating actions on behalf of companies, shareholders and directors in various types of corporate disputes, including derivative proceedings, minority oppression suits, breach of directors’ duties, breach of shareholders’ agreements and joint venture disputes. As corporate disputes are often complex and prolonged, she ensures that the clients are properly guided throughout the litigation process.

Aside from corporate disputes, Mei Yee also handles contractual and investment disputes. She acts for both investors and financial advisors in disputes relating to various types of investment arrangements. Her experience includes defending financial advisors in professional negligence suits.

Mei Yee also manages, in both litigation and arbitration, contractual and construction disputes for various industry players, including the engineering, procurement and construction industries. Notably, she formed part of the defence team of an arbitral institution in an action which challenges the constitutionality of the adjudication regime in Malaysia.

She is also well-versed in industrial relations practices and regulatory compliance. Her clients include multinational oil and gas corporations, banking institutions, private companies and associations.

Mei Yee is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom. She holds a Diploma in International Arbitration by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom. She has co-authored the Malaysian chapter on International Arbitration in Global Legal Insights 2020. She is also an active contributing author to the publications by International Law Office (ILO). She is proficient in Mandarin and works closely with our clients in their collaborations with business partners based in Mandarin-speaking jurisdictions.

English, Malay, Mandarin.

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom

Mei Yee read law at the University of Malaya.