LIM TUCK SUN

In the field of Dispute Resolution, Tuck Sun has been named as a Recommended Lawyer by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 – The Guide to Asia’s Commercial Law Firms 2025, Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific in its 2018 to 2025 editions, and continues to be ranked by Chambers Asia Pacific (2016 to 2026). He has once again been named as a Distinguished Practitioner in Dispute Resolution in its 2024 and 2025 editions of Asialaw Leading Lawyers.    

His experience includes:

As Counsel

• acted for the claimants in an arbitration under the auspices of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in a dispute between parties based in Malaysia and respondents located in the United States of America, regarding an investment in a telecommunications company in Pakistan
• represented the claimant, a Cayman Islands registered company, in an arbitration under the auspices of the SIAC in a dispute arising from the exercise of an option exercised by the claimant under a shareholder agreement between the claimant and a respondent, the respondent being a Singaporean entity
• acted for directors formerly nominated by an international telecommunications company to the board of a Malaysian telecommunications company in resisting proceedings bought in Malaysia against such directors to reverse the effects of an arbitration award made in an ICC Arbitration, which award was adverse to the Malaysian company in question, where the claim sum was approximately USD 200million
• represented a foreign reinsurer in an arbitration in the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (“KLRCA”) in relation to a claim for an alleged breach of a reinsurance treaty, and in proceedings brought in the High Court and Appellate Courts by the other party to set aside that said arbitration award
• acted for a prominent domestic ship management company in both ad-hoc arbitration and court proceedings in Malaysia in relation to a dispute on shares, which latter proceedings involved novel point of law pertaining to the circumstances in which a court may restrain arbitration proceedings upon an application of a non-party to the agreement to arbitrate

As Arbitrator

• sole arbitrator in an arbitration under the SIAC Rules (Expedited Procedure) in a matter involving a claim for payment due under a letter of credit
• sole arbitrator in an arbitration under the SIAC Rules and three 3 related ad-hoc arbitration proceedings on disputes between Malaysian and Singaporean parties on relating to fees payable on management agreements between them
• sole arbitrator in an arbitration under the KLRCA Rules pertaining to a dispute involving allegations of fundamental breaches of a software development agreement
• sole arbitrator in a dispute concerning the breach of a joint venture agreement relating to the construction of over 200 telecommunication towers and the consequential rental proceeds, involving a claim sum of approximately RM130 million, which arbitration was conducted under the KLRCA Rules

Other Experience

Tuck Sun is certified as a “Tutor Trainer” in Trial Advocacy by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2011) and has been actively involved in the Advocacy training programme run by the Malaysian Bar.

He is a Contributing Editor of Malaysian Civil Procedure 2013, 2018, 2021 and 2024 editions published by Sweet & Maxwell Asia. He is also a Co-contributor and Updating Editor of the Companies (General) Volume in Malaysian Court Forms in Civil Proceedings, published by LexisNexis in 2010 and 2013; and an author of the Computer Crimes Chapter in Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia – E-Commerce (Volume 16(1)) in 2009; updated in January 2022.

Tuck Sun has also given presentations on topics related to civil litigation, companies litigation, commercial transactions and insolvency.