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Eddie Chuah is a partner with the Dispute Resolution and Compliance Practice Group of Wong & Partners. He is involved in all aspects of civil litigation, arbitration, industrial relations disputes and compliance. He undertakes a wide variety of briefs as lead counsel in complex litigation and arbitration matters. His briefs include all types' of commercial disputes including post M&A disputes, restructuring and insolvency litigation. He also focuses on compliance issues, in particular, anti-corruption investigation, government procurement, fraud, audit and prevention. Eddie focuses his practice as counsel and regularly appears in all level of Court proceedings. He is also focused on international and domestic arbitration representing numerous clients to pursue and defend claims in arbitration proceedings administered by the AIAC (previously known as KLRCA), HKIAC, SIAC, LCIA and ICC. On the compliance front, he regularly advises and assists domestic and multinational corporations on a broad range of risk-related issues in compliance. He has assisted and represented major corporations on internal as well as external investigations by the Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission, the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office, Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Agency. He has also advised relevant stakeholders on the legal remedies upon discovery of fraud or corruption.
In Insolvency

Malaysia: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2023

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In brief The Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2023 (“Amendment”) was passed in the Dewan Rakyat on 24 May 2023. The Amendment seeks to provide for a more effective bankruptcy administration system which is in line with the Government’s intention to preserve the welfare of bankrupt individuals. The Insolvency Act 1967 (“Act”) was last amended on 1 September 2021 vide the Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2020. Key takeaways The critical suggested amendments to the Act are as follows:…

In Jurisdiction

Anti-Arbitration Injunctions: Interests Preserved?

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In circumstances where an arbitration clause expressly includes only some, but not all, of the parties to a transaction, and a dispute arises between all concerned, naturally, only those parties included in the arbitration clause may participate in the arbitration, leaving the other parties to seek redress from the courts. The question is what the non-parties to the arbitration can do if the arbitration touches upon their interests? In Jaya Sudhir Jayaram v Nautical Supreme…