Firm Overview
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 appearance 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, environment 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 disputes resolution firm offering a full range of legal services – advisory, strategic, preventive and disputes resolution, Cecil Abraham & Partners regularly advises and acts for Fortune 500 companies, media conglomerates, government-linked companies and high net worth individuals to not-for-profit entities, charities, private individuals, and private limited companies.
Cecil Abraham & Partners remain sought after for its expertise in arbitration and the last year has seen the firm involved in a number of notable cases spanning construction and hospitality industries, oil and gas, financial and investment sectors with amounts ranging from USD7.5 million to USD2.4 billion. In litigation, the firm represented multinational corporations in disputes relating to building and construction, engineering, agriculture, and telecommunications valued between MYR40 million to MYR1 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 Who’s Who Legal, Asian Legal Business, Benchmark Litigation, Global Arbitration Review, Asia Law Profiles, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.