Davidson Lawrence Jr.
- Associate
- Advocate & Solicitor (High Court of Malaya)
Davidson is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team, with a practice focused on high-value and complex cross-border corporate and commercial disputes.
His practice encompasses shareholder disputes, fraud, directors’ duties and liabilities, as well as project and infrastructure, construction and oil and gas disputes. He has experience advising and representing clients in arbitration proceedings under the rules of various institutions, including the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM).
Davidson graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) from Universiti Malaya. During his studies, he actively participated in local and international mooting competitions, representing his faculty. He actively contributes to legal education by coaching university moot teams for local and international competitions.
Davidson is also a Fellow of Yayasan Tan Sri Profesor Ahmad Ibrahim, a foundation that focuses on pro bono initiatives, social justice and access to legal aid. He remains active in its community work in Sarawak and with indigenous communities and kampungs in Peninsular Malaysia, where he focuses on legal education for schoolchildren.
Davidson is fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin.
Key Practices
Qualifications
- Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya
- University Malaya, LL.B. (Hons)
Speaking engagements
Memberships
- Member, Malaysian Bar
- Fellow, Yayasan Tan Sri Profesor Ahmad Ibrahim
Selected Experience
Selected Experience
- Represented Carlsberg, one of the world’s largest brewing companies, in connection with its debt recovery portfolio under its merchant partner agreements.
- Represented an Italian company in a series of disputes concerning the Merdeka Maybank Tower (Merdeka 118 Tower), the world’s second tallest building.
- Represented a Malaysian public-listed company on disputes arising from a waste-to-energy project.
- Represented a Singapore-based social media company on a dispute with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission concerning issues of freedom of expression.
- Advised a US-based social media company on regulatory queries raised by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission regarding proposed amendments to Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, the primary legislative framework regulating telecommunications, broadcasting and online digital services in Malaysia.
- Represented a Japanese company in proceedings before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia, with the matter subsequently proceeding to the Federal Court of Malaysia, in a dispute concerning claims of inducing a breach of contract involving a parent company.
- Represented a Malaysian telecommunications infrastructure provider in disputes arising from network development projects.