Crisis Management, Investigations & Litigation
- Advising a subsidiary of a Japanese coffee manufacturing company operating in Johor Bahru for potential infringements under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 in respect of alleged discharge of industrial effluent.
- Advised a Singaporean multinational petroleum supplier company in relation to alleged discharge of pollutants onto soil and wells in Kelantan, Kedah, and Johor Bahru arising from the operation of service stations leased to local companies.
- Advised an American-European beverage manufacturing company in relation to the operations of its wastewater treatment plant and sewage treatment plant systems of its local subsidiary and issues involving alleged discharge of industrial effluent in Johor.
- Advised an American multinational semiconductor manufacturing company in relation to the operations of the deionized water treatment system of its local subsidiary and issues involving alleged discharge of industrial effluent in Penang.
- Represented a Canadian multinational recycling and manufacturing company in a statutory appeal under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 against a decision by a state Director of the Department of Environment to suspend the company’s local subsidiary’s licence for allegedly importing scheduled waste without prior written approval in Kedah.
- Represented a subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturing company in a civil suit for alleged breach of tortious and statutory under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. The claim involved disease allegedly caused by exposure to chemicals at a Methylmethacrylate Butadiene Styrene plant. In Kuantan.
- Provide support to clients on liaison with the statutory authorities, employee relations, media messaging, the establishment and conduct of an internal investigation, directing technical experts, documents preservation, as well as representation at any resulting criminal and civil proceedings.Regulatory compliance
- Conducted a due diligence for an international construction engineering company in connection with a successful bid for an integrated waste management treatment and management business in Seremban.
- Conducted a due diligence and comprehensive environmental compliance audit for an international helicopter manufacturing company concerning all its assets in Malaysia.