Eric Tan has over 20 years of experience at the Malaysian Bar, focusing on dispute resolution matters. He is well known to be engaged in matters involving corporate and commercial law.

Eric has on numerous occasions been engaged to deal with matters involving disputes amongst shareholders and directors in both private and public listed companies. Such briefs include minority oppression, breakdown of relationships and breach of fiduciary duties. At the commercial front, Eric also handles matters arising from contractual disputes, trusts and fraud.

Eric is also well-versed in corporate rescue and insolvency law. He actively advises corporations on debt restructuring exercises. He also represents insolvency practitioners such as liquidators or receivers (and managers) on matters involving recovery of assets. Amongst those he has been engaged to advise are Deloitte Malaysia, PwC Malaysia, Baker Tilly Malaysia and Rodgers Reidy Malaysia.

Eric takes pride in providing his service efficiently and promptly. Legal works carried out by him and his team are delivered well ahead of imposed deadlines, giving his clients ample opportunity to discuss and review their matters.

Educational Qualifications

• LLB (Hons) Thames Valley, CLP

Professional Qualifications

• Advocate & Solicitor, High Court, Malaya

Languages Spoken

• English
• Chinese
• Bahasa Malaysia

Memberships

• Insolvency Practitioners of Malaysia (IPAM)
• Malaysian Carbon Market Association (MCMA)
• Global Law Experts

Key Practices

• Arbitration
• Carbon Tax
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Litigation
• Restructuring and Insolvency

Representative matters

• Successfully and advising Drawbridge Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd (“DT”), a shareholder of AD&M Global Sdn Bhd (“AD&M”) in a suit brought by AD&M for a sum of MYR1.809 million. The matter was eventually settled for a much lower sum of MYR347,000.
• Representing and advising Erdasan Group of Companies on a series of questionable transactions in 2020 - 2021.
• Successfully representing and advising Advancecon Holdings Bhd in defending the board of directors’ decision to convene an extraordinary general meeting to remove a director.
• Successfully representing and advising the shareholders of NexG Bina Bhd (then known as Caely Holdings Bhd) in removing and replacing its entire board of directors.
• Successfully representing and advising the shareholders of Advance Information Marketing Bhd in convening an extraordinary general meeting to remove and replace its entire board of directors.
• Successfully representing and advising SC Estate Builder Bhd against the removal of its board of directors by an extraordinary general meeting.
• Successfully representing and advising the shareholders of Auro Holdings Bhd (then known as NWP Holdings Bhd) to obtain the record of depositors for purposes of convening an extraordinary general meeting.
• Successfully representing and advising NexG Bina Bhd (then known as Classita Holdings Bhd) in defending against an application by a shareholder for leave to commence an action on behalf of the company against the board of directors.
• Successfully representing and advising the shareholders of Metropolitan Commerce Sdn Bhd in discharging their liabilities as personal guarantors by utilising the corporate rescue mechanism provisions of the Companies Act 2016.
• Successfully representing and advising a liquidator in obtaining a consequential order in a stalled liquidation process.
• Successfully representing and advising a liquidator in obtaining a court order to recognise 3rd party litigation funding arrangement for ITD Vertex Consortium Sdn Bhd. (in Liquidation).
• Successfully representing and advising former employees of CNLT (Far East) Berhad (in Liquidation) in establishing fraudulent trading against the officers of the company.
• Successfully representing and advising a client in establishing monies held by Plant & Offshore Technology Sdn Bhd (in Liquidation) were held on trust on his behalf and in recovering the same.
• Successfully representing and advising shareholders of GIIB Healthcare Products Sdn Bhd in challenging the appointment of a lawyer by the company in commencing a suit against them.