Gan Partnership

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Foo Joon Liang was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2000. He is a partner of Gan Partnership, a firm he co-founded in 2011. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), and Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb).

Joon Liang is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Malaysian Branch of CIArb. He sits on the panel of arbitrators and adjudicators of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), and is one of the first 10 Malaysian appointees to the panel of arbitrators of the Hainan International Arbitration Court. He also sits on the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Center (SIDREC)’s Panel of Mediators and Adjudicators. He is part of the ICC Malaysia Arbitration Committee.

Joon Liang is listed as a Future Leader in Construction by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) and ranked as a Future Star in Construction, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration by Benchmark Litigation. WWL noted “Foo Joon Liang has impressive experience in high-value construction disputes across litigation and arbitration proceedings.” He is also recommended by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Real Estate and Construction.

Joon Liang has spent the past 20 years building upon an active dispute resolution practice in arbitration, litigation and more recently in adjudication. He regularly appears as counsel in arbitration as well as at all levels of the Malaysian courts. He has advised and acted in a broad spectrum of disputes, from engineering, construction, power, contract, securities, to company and shareholder disputes.

In the past several years, Joon Liang has been increasingly involved in engineering related incidents in construction projects. Amongst the more notable matters he was involved in were the highly publicised failure of a hill slope in Penang and a bridge collapse in the Klang Valley. He has acted in some of the leading cases in construction adjudication, including the first Construction Industry Payment & Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) matter heard at the Federal Court.

Joon Liang often speaks at conferences and trains with the Malaysian Bar’s advocacy training programme. He has authored several publications in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, his scholarly contributions include a book titled “Manoeuvring Corporate Governance in Malaysia: Litigation Perspectives” published by Lexis Nexis Malaysia.

English and Malay

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom.Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), Singapore.Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, (HKIArb), Hong Kong.

Joon Liang holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.