Address:
Suite 12.01, Level 12 Menara 1MK, 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont’ Kiara
Kuala Lumpur, 50480
Malaysia
Partner: Sunil Abraham
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Partners: 5
Other qualified practitioners: 7
Total number of lawyers: 12
Languages: English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin
Network memberships: AsiaLaw, Benchmark Litigation
Established in 2015, Cecil Abraham & Partners is a focused set of disputes practitioners and is the only Malaysian law firm involved in investment treaty disputes with significant appearances in ICSID cases both as counsel and as arbitrator. The team has successfully arbitrated some of Malaysia’s most intricate and high-profile disputes covering commercial law, public administrative law, environmental law and constitutional law. Partners of the firm have also argued some of the seminal cases before the apex courts in Malaysia in so far as contractual claims, fraud litigation, defamation claims, public and administrative law, as well as constitutional law, to name a few.
A dispute resolution firm offering a full range of legal services – advisory, strategic, preventive and dispute resolution – Cecil Abraham & Partners regularly advises and acts for Fortune 500 companies, media conglomerates, government-linked companies and high-net-worth individuals, as well as not-for-profit entities, charities, private individuals, and private limited companies.
Cecil Abraham & Partners remains sought after for its expertise in arbitration, and the last year has seen the firm involved in a number of notable cases spanning the construction and hospitality industries, oil and gas, and the financial and investment sectors, with amounts ranging from USD 7.5 million to USD 2.4 billion. In litigation, the firm represented multinational corporations in disputes relating to building and construction, engineering, agriculture, and telecommunications valued between MYR 40 million and MYR 1 billion. The firm also continues to act in high-profile disputes concerning rare earth mining, banking, and finance, as well as public and administrative law.
The firm has consistently ranked in the top tiers on Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Benchmark Litigation, and Asia Law Profiles. The firm’s lawyers are also ranked favourably by directories including Lexology Index (formerly known as Who’s Who Legal), Asian Legal Business, Benchmark Litigation, Global Arbitration Review, Asia Law Profiles, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
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