LLB (Hons) London, CLP
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Email: yeap@pcalaw.com.my
Phone: +603-2201 8000
Fax: +603-2201 3300
YEAP KIM HOCK
PARTNER, PAUL CHEAH ASSOCIATES
Yeap Kim Hock joined PCALaw as a Partner in May 2023,Yeap Kim Hock was called to the Bar in 1994 and brings with him 25 years of experience in litigation and conveyancing. During his initial years in practice, Mr. Yeap gained his knowledge and experience in legal practice by working in smaller firms where he is exposed to the bread and butter areas of legal work i.e. civil litigation and conveyancing.
He gained expertise in dispute resolution practice, more specifically in relation to contractual disputes, land disputes, construction claims, defamation, matrimonial disputes, corporate disputes, probate and administration, small estates distribution and appeal cases. Mr. Yeap has had the opportunity to handle high profile civil litigation cases such as defamation cases involving a former Deputy Prime Minister (and current Prime Minister) in the Court of Appeal as well as the Federal Court.
Among the more recent reported court cases handled by Mr. Yeap (as independent counsel) is a case involving a high profile corporate boardroom tussle in a listed company which was decided in Mr. Yeap’s client’s favour (as reported in [2019] MLJU 1177).