Partner
Wong Sze Si
Sze Si has a strong commercial litigation practice and substantial experience in complex corporate disputes.
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Sze Si obtained her Bar Vocational Course Certificate from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2007 and was called to the English Bar as a member of Lincoln’s Inn in the same year. She has been a Partner in the firm since 2021.
Sze Si has a strong commercial litigation practice and substantial experience in complex corporate disputes. Her practice encompasses shareholders’ disputes, corporate and commercial litigation, general litigation and financial services litigation. She has acted in a broad range of matters involving shareholder conflicts, contractual disputes, personal and corporate insolvency and general advisory work. Since 2015, she has served as instructing solicitor to law firms in Singapore, Hong Kong, England, and the British Virgin Islands in a multi-jurisdictional shareholders’ dispute, including appeals before the Privy Council, the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
Work Highlight
- Acted for individual clients in RM17 million claims arising from breaches of contract and guarantees as well as other related disputes involving breach of trust proceedings and a corporate dispute concerning the validity of a continued Annual General Meeting and the resolutions passed thereat.
- Acted as co-counsel for a subsidiary of a Bursa Malaysia-listed technology conglomerate to set aside an Arbitration Award and resist the counterparty’s application to amongst others, recognise the Arbitration Award and advising the conglomerate on the subsequent settlement negotiations with the counterparty.
- Acted as co-counsel representing a former senior management executive of a public listed company who is now the CEO of a public listed company in two interconnected actions, involving multi-faceted claims including breach of employment contract, unfair dismissal and defamation relating to a Bursa Malaysia announcement and a claim for copyright/patent infringement, conspiracy to injure and unlawful interference with trade. Successfully vindicated the clients against committal proceedings arising from alleged breaches of Anton Piller order at the High Court. (see: Mi Technovation Bhd & Anor v Chin Yong Keong & Ors [2024] MLJU 1409)
- Acted for a public listed company against a claim for breach of subscription and shareholders agreement.
- Acted for a purchaser in a case of breach of contract and successfully obtained a mareva injunction and a committal order against the seller in the said suit. (see: Puteh Aman Power Sdn Bhd v Bittersweet Estates (Sabah) Sdn Bhd [2012] MLJU 835; Puteh Aman Power Sdn Bhd v Bittersweet Estates (Sabah) Sdn Bhd [2012] MLJU 834)
- Advised overseas casino operator on the recoverability of a loan granted to its guest in its London casino.
- Acted for 2 individuals in a claim for breach of a joint-venture agreement and breach of trust relating to entitlements to shares in a listed company and the subsequent assessment of damages proceedings.
- Acted for a company suing former director and trustee of the company for an account (see: MTD Capital Bhd v. Tan Sri Dr Azmil Khalili Dato Khalid [2019] MLJU 773).
- Acted for a company suing ex-directors for breach of fiduciary duties.
- Acted for a bank in a claim by its customer for breach of safe deposit rental agreement.
- Acted as assisting instructing solicitor in a multi-jurisdiction shareholders’ dispute involving multiple separate suits and appeals to the Privy Council, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
- Acted for a shareholder to invalidate a corporate restructuring exercise involving a transfer of shares from a director and substantial shareholder or person connected to him. The dispute involves recovery of shares and bonds valued over RM500 million.
- Acted for a shareholder in a shareholders’ dispute in respect of a company with net assets in excess of RM 1,500,000,000.00.
- Acted for a public listed company to claim for balance purchase price of sale of shares to another public listed company.
- Acted for a public listed company against a claim for breach of subscription and shareholders’ agreement.
- Acted for a shareholder to invalidate a corporate restructuring exercise involving a transfer of shares from a director and substantial shareholder or person connected to him based on Section 132E of the Companies Act, 1965 (see: Foo Fatt Chuen v Axis Identity Group International Sdn Bhd & Anor [2011] MLJU 676).
- Acted for banking institutions againstjudgment debtors in winding-up proceedings.
- Actedfor banking institutions against judgment debtors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Testimonials
"Sze Si is tireless, good-humoured, and a pleasure to work with. She is detail-focused and gets results."
Qualifications
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court in Malaya (2009)
- Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) (2007)
- LLB (Hons), University of Manchester, United Kingdom (2006)
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