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Cecil Abraham

Senior Partner · Cecil Abraham And Partners

MalaysiaDispute Resolution, LitigationEnglish, Malay, Tamil

About

Senior Partner at Cecil Abraham & Partners with a Malaysian Bar career spanning over 50 years. He is a leading advocate with extensive appellate experience (including the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, Special Court and Privy Council), over 300 reported decisions, and a practice focused on high‑stakes, complex disputes across corporate, banking, insurance, maritime, competition, environmental and arbitration matters.

Practice areas

Dispute ResolutionLitigationInternational ArbitrationCorporate / M&ABanking & FinanceInsuranceMaritimeCompetition

Office

Expertise

Land acquisition and planning disputesDefamation (qualified privilege and media reportage)Investor‑state and international arbitrationCommercial arbitration

Education

  • LLB (Hons), Queen Mary College, University of London
  • Fellow (Faculty of Law), Queen Mary College, University of London
  • Barrister at Law, The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
  • Bencher, The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
  • Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

Admissions

  • Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya
  • Barrister at Law of The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
  • Bencher of The Honourable Society of Middle Temple

Languages

EnglishMalayTamil